4g-complaints
networks
Vodafone Rages Against Ofcom’s 4G “Head Start” for Everything Everywhere

Vodafone has once again launched a broadside against UK telecomms watchdog Ofcom, claiming that the decision to let Everything Everywhere launch a 4G network at the end of this year gives "an unjustifiable head start to the largest player which could seriously undermine competition in the UK market for many years to come." Read More >

Mobile mast 4G tower
networks
Three Denies UK Pull-Out Over 4G Auction Mess

Three's pretty tetchy over the whole 4G auction in the UK, fearing the "big" guys could muscle it out of decent spectrum. Now, according to the Times on Sunday, Three's parent company has thrown its toys out of the pram and threatened to pull out of the UK unless it gets a decent chunk of LTE-capable spectrum. Or has it? Read More >

Raining
science
We’re Not In a Drought, We’re In an ESRD, Don’t You Know

With all this rain we've had in the last month or so you'd be forgiven for thinking we're no longer in a drought. And you'd be right. According to the Environment Agency, we're undergoing "Environmental Stress due to Rainfall Deficit," or ESRD -- it's a new (cough marketing buzzword, cough) term for when it's bucketing down, but the country still doesn't have any water. Read More >

Paddling pool dotd
dealzmodo
A Paddling Pool For Just £15 Is Your “I’ve Forgotten What the Sun Even Looks Like” Deal of the Day

Okay everyone -- the summer is finally here at last. Time to take action and make the most of it before it ends sometime early next week. Let's get out the PADDLING POOL! Read More >

galax3
samsung
The Samsung Galaxy S III Will Be Almost 4G-Fast

There's not long to wait now to get your mitts on Android's new Emperor, but for those looking to jump on the Galaxy S III bandwagon we have some good news for you. It's not quite 4G-fast, but it'll still be blazing compared to your standard 3G phone thanks to a 42Mbps DC-HSPA boost. Read More >

Computer
networks
Fancy a Dirt-Cheap New Computer and a Year’s Broadband For Just £159 All-In?

In need of a new computer and broadband connection? Can't stomach the hefty prices of fibre? How about the whole lot for just £159 for a year then? That's what Martha Lane Fox's new Get Online @ Home initiative is offering in an attempt to cut the cost of internet access across Britain. Read More >

Owl
wtf
Seen a Load of Owls Flying About Recently? It’s All Harry Potter’s Fault

Apparently Britain is positively overflowing with owls that have been turfed out of their homes. Potter fans that fell in love with the wizard's mail-delivering pet owl, Hedwig, all went out and bought one. Now that Potter's all done and dusted the poor owls are getting dumped too. Read More >

Kingdom of Plants
tv
David Attenborough Is Eyeing Up Plants as His Next 3D Target

The legend that is Sir David Attenborough is a pioneering soul, and he believes that nature in 3D is the future. To start, he's just given a bunch of plants the 3D treatment, because it's a heck of a lot easier to film plants than it is animals with a hulking great 3D camera set-up. With the magic of timelapse, you'll apparently get to see mice eating plants and all manner of strange going-ons, but there's a catch. Read More >

mistake, email
networks
T-Mobile Accidentally Leaks Customer Emails to 1,099 New Friends

T-Mobile inadvertently provided 1,099 customers with a whole bunch of new friends by emailing customers' email addresses to each other. The gaff saw everyone on T-Mobile's Hothouse mailing list get acquainted whether they liked it or not, followed by several attempted email recalls and finally, a sheepish apology. Read More >

Blu-ray dotd
dealzmodo
Toy Story and Other Disney Blu-Ray Box Sets Are Your “To Infinity and Beyond” Deal of the Day

Just for a while, what's say we forget about all the evil and sickness that infects Mother Earth, transporting ourselves instead to a quieter, happier place where the only peril is of the mild variety -- the world of Disney movies. Read More >

waterstones-kindle
ebooks
Waterstones Surrenders to the Amazon Ebook Behemoth and Agrees to Stock Kindles

Waterstones is about to bet big on Kindle and undertake a huge shift in its business, announcing plans to sell both the Kindle hardware and Amazon's e-books across its chain of UK shops. Read More >

galaxy-s-voice
samsung
Sample Samsung’s Galaxy S III S Voice Right Now, or Just Download Vlingo

The entire software set that powers Samsung's about-to-launch Galaxy S III has been dumped online, with users able to grab the 800MB file and enjoy Samsung's latest Touchwiz tools and see if its many piles of new stuff are actually of any use. Read More >

Skyfall
watch this
Feast Your Eyes On This Awesome First Skyfall Trailer

We've been waiting long enough, fuelled by teasers, behind the scenes sneak peeks and a couple of photos from the sets, but now we've finally got a full-blooded trailer to sate our Bond cravings. Read More >

Raspberry Pi Camera
computers
Slap a Camera Onto Your Raspberry Pi and Turn It Into the Ultimate DIY Spy Cam

When the Raspberry Pi was first released, and the board spec was shown off, there were a couple of interesting non-working expansion slots that sent our imaginations wild. Now it seems there's a snazzy new camera module on its way to take up one of those slots and turn the Pi into the ultimate low cost spy gadget. Read More >

aquaticscentre
architecture
Not Getting Invited To The Opening Of Your Own Building Has Gotta Suck

It's always going to be a little bit awkward when you don't get invited to your own building that you designed. As Zaha Hadid describes as being just plain "rude," the Olympic Games failed to give her an invitation to the £269-million Aquatics Centre that she painstakingly designed and built over eight years. Read More >