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. Read More >>
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? Read More >>
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 forbidden fruit -- including Spotify downloads -- it just takes a bit of work. Read More >>
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. Read More >>
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??? Read More >>
Featured comment by britishchris:
"really? I managed to last time.
I was a member a back before they even did streaming and cancelled in 2006, rejoined last year when they did the last..." More »
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. Read More >>
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. Read More >>
Featured comment by roganic:
"I care - because I want a 4(ish) inch Android phone which is good...
This is not it, nor have I seen a suitable contender. Currently I have a HTC S..." More »
Just days after revealing that he was working on a 100-per-cent 3D-printed weapon, Defence Distributed boss and scary sunglasses-wearer Cody Wilson appears to have successfully test-fired the 'Liberator' pistol, a gun made entirely out of plastic. Spiffing. Read More >>
Featured comment by snapper.fishes:
"I thought there was one, but now that I have searched for it again, I am not so sure... You know what, I think I am actually wrong. My bad." More »
So you've got a Windows RT tablet of some description cos hey, they're cheap, and pretty handy for a lot of things. But there's a few things missing from Windows RT -- namely the ability to run even basic x86 programs, or Flash on non-whitelisted websites. We're here to change that, showing you how to run full Windows programs on Windows RT, among other things. Read More >>
Google's suffering a bit of an 'out of the frying pan into the politician's lap' moment. Having recently been accused of being tax cheats, Google's now apparently a liar as well. Awkward. Apparently, one of the cornerstones in Google's tax argument was that it doesn't have any salespeople in the UK, something job advertisements seem to disagree with. [Reuters] Read More >>
Featured comment by Someone Else:
"Then if taxation is a legal not a moral issue then there is no good or evil in Google's tax payment simply legal or illegal. yet you still call it imm..." More »
This morning, I was in the middle of a proper writing groove -- coffee brewed, tunes blaring and email inbox set to off -- and all was looking well. Third story of the morning, here I come! But no. Windows had decided, in its infinite wisdom, that its arse-shagging auto-updates were more important, so it restarted on me. Bastards. Read More >>
Heads up freetards -- time to get your fill your online gaming boots, as Microsoft's giving the UK a free weekend of Xbox Live Gold. You know, just in case you haven't tried it yet. Starts 12pm Friday, and there's even double XP up for grabs in Gears of War, Assassin's Creed 3 and Far Cry 3. [TomsHardware] Read More >>
Ofcom has agreed to deeply and thoroughly probe BT's business practices, following complaints from TalkTalk that BT's been a naughty boy, charging third-party ISPs more than it should for access to their high-speed fibre-optic network. Read More >>
Featured comment by spank86:
"I wouldn't say no chance, I'd never promise that but if you don't change anything it should be the same.
Only problem is sometimes people muck up ..." More »
In a move akin to violently stabbing his political career in the heart and lungs, a UKIP candidate has responded to accusations of being a Nazi....by photoshopping himself into a group shot with Hitler, several times over. But it's fine, because it's a joke. Honest, 'guv. Read More >>
If you're anything like us, washing your car will involve looking out of the window at it during a heavy shower, nodding approvingly and kidding yourself that it's a job well done. Read More >>
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