http://www.gizmodo.co.uk Tue, 21 May 2013 23:40:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-secret-tricks-to-cut-through-the-crap-of-customer-service/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-secret-tricks-to-cut-through-the-crap-of-customer-service/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:12 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167464 Modern electronics can be fickle. With so many things to break, it’s no surprise that one in four bits of consumer electronics gets returned to the manufacturer at some point in its life. But dealing with customer service is a nightmare of head-banging Greensleeves-playing call-centre torture, and if you’re going to survive in that world, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-secret-tricks-to-cut-through-the-crap-of-customer-service/feed/ 30 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-to-get-google-all-access-music-in-the-uk-right-now/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-to-get-google-all-access-music-in-the-uk-right-now/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:44 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=167124 Google has a new streaming music product, and that’s all good and well, but it’s only available in the US. We can’t let the Yanks have all the fun, though, so here’s how to suckle on the sweet, musical breast of Google from a UK IP address. Be warned: elements of this guide are probably [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/how-to-get-google-all-access-music-in-the-uk-right-now/feed/ 26 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/microsoft-surface-pro-launching-here-on-may-23/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/microsoft-surface-pro-launching-here-on-may-23/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 10:15:49 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166398 Microsoft’s higher-end tablet dream will be available in the UK next week, with Microsoft giving the folding tab a May 23 launch date. The Surface Pro will cost a stonking great £719 for the 64GB Core i5 Windows 8 machine, rising to £799 if you’d prefer the 128GB unit. You might want to read our Surface [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/microsoft-surface-pro-launching-here-on-may-23/feed/ 28 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/bang-olufsens-new-affordable-surround-sound-system-looks-like-an-army-of-vengeful-metal-flowers/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/bang-olufsens-new-affordable-surround-sound-system-looks-like-an-army-of-vengeful-metal-flowers/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:02 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166382 Normally, we wouldn’t consider £2,500 to be affordable for a set of surround-sound speakers. But when said speakers come from Bang & Olufsen, legendary purveyors of stupidly expensive stuff, and they’ve got a rather exciting aluminium design, well, then we’re cooking on gas. The BeoLab 14 system consists of four or five satellite speakers, and [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/bang-olufsens-new-affordable-surround-sound-system-looks-like-an-army-of-vengeful-metal-flowers/feed/ 5 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/want-one-of-sonys-affordable-4k-tvs-55-inches-will-run-you-4000/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/want-one-of-sonys-affordable-4k-tvs-55-inches-will-run-you-4000/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 13:15:31 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166076 We’ve finally got shipping dates and prices for Sony’s surprisingly affordable 4K TVs in the UK. The Bravia X9 is now up for pre-order starting at a wallet-crushing, but-slightly-less-than-a-car, £4,000 for the 55-incher, with its bigger 65-inch brother setting you back a £6,000. Considering that’s basically what a top-end HDTV cost up until about 4 [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/want-one-of-sonys-affordable-4k-tvs-55-inches-will-run-you-4000/feed/ 8 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/yeah-4gs-probably-not-going-to-nuke-your-tv-after-all/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/yeah-4gs-probably-not-going-to-nuke-your-tv-after-all/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 12:45:20 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=166049 After all the fear mongering that the wide-scale launch of 800MHz 4G in the UK would nuke all our Freeview TVs, blocking up airwaves and sending us back to the dark ages of televisual viewing, it seems it’s really not that big a deal. Just 15 out of 200,000 homes in a test area saw [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/yeah-4gs-probably-not-going-to-nuke-your-tv-after-all/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/tescoll-flog-you-unlimited-broadband-for-just-2-a-month/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/tescoll-flog-you-unlimited-broadband-for-just-2-a-month/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 08:30:53 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165945 Firing its first salvo into the broadband price war, Tesco’s carved the arse out of its broadband fees, bringing them all the way down to just £2 a month for 12 months. Even better, if you’re a Tesco Mobile customer, you can bag the same for absolutely free, well, plus line rental. Valid until the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/tescoll-flog-you-unlimited-broadband-for-just-2-a-month/feed/ 16 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-tates-taking-away-explanatory-text-panels-how-screwed-are-we/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-tates-taking-away-explanatory-text-panels-how-screwed-are-we/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 12:45:26 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165723 I’ll be honest: I’m terrible at interpreting modern art. A soup tin is, well, a soup tin, and I won’t get an extistential experience out of looking at it unless there’s a plaque next to it, explaining why it’s a symbolic representation of the downfall of society. That’s why I’m kinda bummed the Tate is [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/the-tates-taking-away-explanatory-text-panels-how-screwed-are-we/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/nokia-lumia-925-hands-on-this-is-the-windows-phone-youll-want/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/nokia-lumia-925-hands-on-this-is-the-windows-phone-youll-want/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 10:36:03 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165648 Nokia’s just unveiled the Lumia 925, and while you might have thought it’s just a UK version of the Lumia 928 that our US cousins are getting, it’s so much more. Gone is the all-plastic traditional Lumia, subsumed by a much more refined feeling metal-polycarbonate mix. This thing looks and feels great. So, what’s it [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/nokia-lumia-925-hands-on-this-is-the-windows-phone-youll-want/feed/ 41 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/report-were-only-using-half-of-fibre-optics-capability/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/report-were-only-using-half-of-fibre-optics-capability/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 10:00:13 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165562 Getting bummed ‘cos you’re only getting 80Mbps on your fibre-optic broadband line? Well, there’s no need to do a Hyundai yet, because researchers reckon that we’re only using around half of fibre’s capacity at the moment, leaving a whole ‘nother chunk of bandwidth ready for the advent of 4K ‘movies’. One of the current methods [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/report-were-only-using-half-of-fibre-optics-capability/feed/ 11 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/tesco-nfc-is-passed-its-sell-by-date/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/tesco-nfc-is-passed-its-sell-by-date/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 14:45:27 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165388 Bad news for those who’d like to see NFC phone payments like Google Wallet actually take off in the UK. The Tesco retail juggernaut has basically said it’s a load of crap, and that it’s already out of date. It’s just not “cool” enough, apparently. Crapping all over NFC like Steve Jobs on Android, Tesco’s [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/tesco-nfc-is-passed-its-sell-by-date/feed/ 12 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/dolby-atmos-the-incredible-prototype-cinema-behind-the-future-of-movie-sound/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/dolby-atmos-the-incredible-prototype-cinema-behind-the-future-of-movie-sound/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:27 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164199 Tucked in a corner of Soho Square, cosied up against ad agencies and seemingly every media firm in London, is the London HQ of Dolby, who you may remember from the title credits of just about every film ever. Hiding in the heart of this otherwise-ordinary building, though, is arguably the coolest cinema in the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/dolby-atmos-the-incredible-prototype-cinema-behind-the-future-of-movie-sound/feed/ 29 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/now-you-can-watch-dumbo-on-netflix/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/now-you-can-watch-dumbo-on-netflix/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 11:45:49 +0000 Sam Gibbs http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=165295 Craving a good dollop of Disney? Good, because Netflix has just landed a whole load of “exclusive” Disney movies, both classics and new stuff, for streaming in the UK. Included in the mix are Marvel films, stuff from Dreamworks, and things like Wall-E and Pirates of the Caribbean. Hopefully that means the Star Wars lot [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/now-you-can-watch-dumbo-on-netflix/feed/ 10 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/next-star-wars-film-will-be-shot-here-in-the-uk/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/next-star-wars-film-will-be-shot-here-in-the-uk/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 07:00:11 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164986 An announcement from the well-known fantasy film maker George Osborne has revealed that owing to cunning tax breaks, the upcoming Disney-powered Star Wars will be shot in the UK. So we can rule out the Tattoine scenes then. The move demonstrates even further the government’s desire to prostitute themselves for publicity support the UK’s film industry — [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/next-star-wars-film-will-be-shot-here-in-the-uk/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/not-at-all-dodgy-lightning-cables-for-1-are-your-really-really-fake-deal-of-the-day/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/not-at-all-dodgy-lightning-cables-for-1-are-your-really-really-fake-deal-of-the-day/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:45:25 +0000 Andy Dawson http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164250 Today’s bargain is not just a great deal — it also gives you the chance to possibly play Russian Roulette with your iPhone 5 or iPad 4. Good eh? It’s a lightning connector cable, the new state-of-the-art connector that Apple unveiled with their latest phone and tablet. And it could be yours from Poundland for [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/not-at-all-dodgy-lightning-cables-for-1-are-your-really-really-fake-deal-of-the-day/feed/ 3 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/five-awesome-banned-chrome-extensions-and-how-to-install-them/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/five-awesome-banned-chrome-extensions-and-how-to-install-them/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 12:00:48 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164119 Occasionally, Google (and some of its users) don’t quite see eye-to-eye. Extensions to Google Chrome which provide functions that are both legally and morally dubious fall into that category, which is why they generally get removed. But if your morals are loose and your scruples few and far between, you can still get at the [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/five-awesome-banned-chrome-extensions-and-how-to-install-them/feed/ 34 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/infamous-bittorrent-tracker-demonoid-resurrected-to-fill-your-computer-with-malware/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/infamous-bittorrent-tracker-demonoid-resurrected-to-fill-your-computer-with-malware/#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 09:45:42 +0000 Gary Cutlack http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=164112 Long-running Bittorrent tracker Demonoid appeared to be attempting another relaunch this week, although it’s almost certain the return was a scam designed to trick people into visiting a malicious site to fill their computers with malware. A bizarre email purporting to be from people who found the old Demonoid server data asked users to visit [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/infamous-bittorrent-tracker-demonoid-resurrected-to-fill-your-computer-with-malware/feed/ 1 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/six-months-of-lovefilm-instant-for-a-tenner-is-your-endless-fun-while-home-alone-deal-of-the-day/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/six-months-of-lovefilm-instant-for-a-tenner-is-your-endless-fun-while-home-alone-deal-of-the-day/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 14:45:03 +0000 Andy Dawson http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163907 Remember when we all used to sit down and watch a TV show or film at the time of broadcast? You do? How old are you then — a hundred and eleventy??? Nowadays it’s all about streaming your TV fun on demand as and when it suits you, your face and your ears. Chances are [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/six-months-of-lovefilm-instant-for-a-tenner-is-your-endless-fun-while-home-alone-deal-of-the-day/feed/ 14 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/all-the-mobile-contract-you-could-ever-need-for-15-is-lol-fair-usage-suckers-deal-of-the-day/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/all-the-mobile-contract-you-could-ever-need-for-15-is-lol-fair-usage-suckers-deal-of-the-day/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 14:30:25 +0000 Andy Dawson http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163543 Love them or hate them, it looks as though mobile phones are here to stay, so it’d pay for you to shop around for the best deal. Which is why we’re here. As the technological leaps reduce, more and more of us are sacking off the idea of regular upgrades and switching to SIM-only deals, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/all-the-mobile-contract-you-could-ever-need-for-15-is-lol-fair-usage-suckers-deal-of-the-day/feed/ 4 http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-releases-another-budget-android-phone-but-does-anyone-actually-care/ http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-releases-another-budget-android-phone-but-does-anyone-actually-care/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:08 +0000 Chris Mills http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/?p=163483 Striking yet another blow at the heart of anyone who wanted a high-end phone in a reasonably-sized body, Samsung has released the Galaxy Core, a 4.3-inch phone with incredibly mediocre specs for people too poor to afford a Galaxy S4. The specs read exactly like a flagship phone from two years ago: dual-core 1.2Ghz processor, [...]]]> http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/05/samsung-releases-another-budget-android-phone-but-does-anyone-actually-care/feed/ 11