The Nexus 7 became the first smash hit for Google's tablet ambitions, with the Asus-made device sold for a cheap price and offering what was an extremely high tech spec for the time. However, angst within the Android community claims it's now breaking en masse, with the blame pointed at failing cheap components. If you've got one, how's it doing? Read More >>
Featured comment by mattoc4:
"Yeah, the youtube controller is amazing!
As I'm working a lot right now (freelance), I don't play much PS3, but have it on constantly with Youtube up..." More »
No piece of tech runs perfectly, but some run less perfectly than others. It doesn't mean they're totally worthless; it just means they're harder to use. Sometimes the jank comes hand in hand with utter awesomeness. What's the glitchiest, jankiest, freeziest, aghhhhhhhhhh-iest device that you loved through and through, even when it was making you scream? Read More >>
Working out clever ways to bypass phone lockscreens is the new hot thing for nerds to do with their time these days, with the iPhone 5 and severalSamsung models recently falling victim to clever little glitches that can access supposedly secure phones. Now Sony's new smartphone flagship has been cracked, too. Read More >>
Featured comment by JoeyG410:
"Made my day To be or not to be...is a stupid question.! :-)
True though isn't it. Unless you are government or CIA or for some reason keep your ca..." More »
Apple's automated Do Not Disturb feature has gone a little haywire with the big switchover to 2013, and is now refusing to wake up some iPhones and iPads from their scheduled offline time. Read More >>
Featured comment by lewismariot:
"i've discovered this, not sure if it's meant to happen or not but-
Take a picture through the camera and then delete it, go onto the safari or chr..." More »
Google's popular Chrome browser joined Gmail in mysteriously crashing for a spell on Monday, with the cause being some dodgy server configurations that forced the desktop browser to suddenly quit. Read More >>
Featured comment by Smileyvirus:
"And that is why I like my beige box with it's own software that doesn't go tits up the moment a server somewhere dies. ^__^" More »
Is it me or has Apple lost its mojo? I mean, one cock-up is fine, forgivable almost, but then there's two, three and so on. Bugs with the iPhone 5 launch blocked people's Wi-Fi, and now an infinite iTunes loop blocked people downloading games, apps and music over the weekend. Is Apple just having a run of bad luck, or has something actually failed here? Read More >>
The bizarre glitch that saw Microsoft break/suspend the publishing of new apps on its Marketplace has been fixed, with MS mending the digital certificate problem that was causing the WP app store to appear even more barren than usual. It'll take "a day or two" for the updated code to fully deploy and for new apps to appear again for those hit by the lockout. [Windows Team Blog] Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Not to take anything away from it (honestly) but it is a lot easier for professional devs to convert existing Apps then it is to create new ones. Thus..." More »
Virgin has recently released an update for the firmware that powers its Superhub modem, with several users reporting new problems with downloads as a result. Are these the usual teething problems, or some wider issue breaking the internet of the nation? Read More >>
Featured comment by TankBoyBen:
"i like virgin but i FUGIN HATE the superhub, the signal is weak (on all channels) and the 3 houses i know that have one (mine included) whenever im th..." More »
The complete crash of RBS and Natwest's payment system for four days last week was caused by a glitch in an automated batch processing tool, which is a rather mundane explanation for the banks' complete failure to register payments last week. Read More >>
Featured comment by Taf:
"Niether will I if I choose to change Jobs... My bonus goes with job.
Whats wrong with rewarding performance, sharing profit etc....
I agree bad per..." More »
Ronald Page, a retired GM worker living in the Detroit area, took advantage of one hell of a computer glitch, after happening upon a cash machine that allowed him to make unlimited cash withdrawals. Read More >>
The Post Office's national IT network suffered a couple of outages yesterday, making the simple act of JUST TRYING TO POST SOMETHING even more depressing and long-winded than usual. Read More >>
Featured comment by austint:
"Their Price Finder page has been down for 5-6 weeks now. With the same unchanged "we are urgently working on this" message.
Their actual postage-pu..." More »
The SIM-free retailers are reporting that Samsung has stopped supplying them with the Galaxy Nexus, presumably so the much-needed volume glitch fix can be applied before Samsung's entire world collapses. Read More >>
The infamous volume bug that's breaking the Galaxy Nexus on certain networks could be repairable, with an Android rep saying "We are aware of the volume issue and have developed a fix." We live in hope. [Android Police] Read More >>
Featured comment by Roger38:
"It's being a great news to hear that they make a fix program for Galaxy Nexus. Now i can use this Android device with full support from Google." More »