Featured comment by dunksterp:
"Thanks for that! It made a bit of a mess then! Good job it wasn't in a populated area!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhote-Alin_meteorite" More »
We're getting reports that EE's suffering a data outage across the country, with customers on the 4G EE network (not T-mobile or Orange for now), being hit with no data access. Is this happening to you? Read More >>
Featured comment by lolhotdog:
"Yeah wireless strength is poor compared to my old S3 :/
Worth getting it RMA'd? From what I can tell some people have had up to three replacements ..." More »
The demand for "real time" streaming media is pushing ISPs like never before, with new stats claiming an average 40 per cent of all peak internet traffic in Europe is generated by demand for music and video streams. And in some countries it accounts for as much as half of all network traffic. Read More >>
Featured comment by ScyBy:
"Well put.
I just can't tell if his eccentric fashion sense is genuinely his own or just created for the benefit of the programme." More »
Mobile network EE, which was at the centre of a little storm over claims a market research company was offering to sell details of its users to the police, has advised everyone to calm down a little. It was anonymised data that wouldn't be able to identify or lead to the tracking of its users. Read More >>
Samsung says it has completed and tested one possible format that could be used as a basis for 5G wireless data technology, claiming to have magically pulled connection speeds of up to 1Gbps through its new super-super-fast mobile data connection. Read More >>
An introductory chat about the weather and last night's TV may soon be enough to get you through your bank's telephone security system, with Barclays successfully testing a voice recognition tool that authenticates users by analysing their speech patterns. Read More >>
Last autumn, the Internet Archive celebrated a massive milestone, as the "online Library of Alexandria" reached 10 Petabytes of stored information. Yes, that means 10,000,000,000,000,000 bytes accessible to anyone. Wow. Read More >>
Some incredible rejected baby names have emerged from New Zealand, where names for kids such as "4Real" and "Queen Victoria" have been rejected by officials. One child was even set to be called "Anal" before the state intervened. Perhaps the parents didn't know how to spell Alan? Read More >>
As far as unlimited SIM tariffs go, Three's One Plan has always been pointed to as the best, however Virgin Media's managed to eclipse it today with its VIP package, which for £31 a month (or £26 if you're an existing customer) you get unlimited calls, texts, data, and for the first time for any network, free access to 0800 numbers. Read More >>
Britain's favourite hypocritical outrage and celebrity-arse photograph portal has launched a public-facing stats page, giving normal people an easy way to shake their heads in dismay at the opinions of its mad, racist, angry nutcase readers. Read More >>
Supposedly real-world use analysis of a variety of Windows machines has declared that Apple's MacBook Pro is the best at running Microsoft's software without crashes and glitches. Which is embarrassing for everyone on numerous levels. Read More >>
Featured comment by Spazturtle:
"You said you had issues under both OSX and Windows which would mean that it is a hardware fault.
Now if you are having problems with OSX as well then..." More »
Geodata experts have "mashed up" real surnames and Twitter usernames, creating a map of the UK that compares how the council refers to us, with what we tend to call ourselves when pretending to be mysterious and exciting on the internet. Read More >>
The advertising watchdog has just given EE's budget arm, T-Mobile, a big slap across the chops over its claim of "unlimited" data on its Full Monty plans. According to the ASA, it's not actually unlimited because T-Mobile employs traffic management, which makes it, err, limited. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"I downloaded a 500mb game yesterday just because I didn't want to wait. For most people that's their monthly limit. I had it in less time than a pizza..." More »
UK network O2 has been shouting about its plans for its forthcoming 4G network launch, claiming it'll be "mind-blowingly aggressive" when it come to pushing out its future LTE services in the UK. Read More >>
Featured comment by EvilSamo:
"Having left giffgaff(o2) due to network shoddiness, this is a sign of a good step forwards.
as some of you may know vodafone and o2 network infrastru..." More »