Dammit, it's hard to get a decent mobile data connection sometimes. Are the walls thick in your building? Are you surrounded by exotic electrical equipment that's causing interference? Or did you just stumble into a cage fight by accident? Read More >>

Holidays. Paydays. Your birthday. They're all important in their own special ways. But which day of the year is the most important? This handy calendar visualization from xkcd reveals all. Read More >>

Describing any form of technology in simple English can sometimes be tricky. But try describing a space craft, and suddenly things get much, much harder. Read More >>

These are troubling times for internet identity, with passwords being ravaged and real names outed. How does a young web citizen keep himself secret and safe? By being a unique brand of nutjob, of course. Read More >>

You hate "green" energy. You love mayhem. You're an eccentric billionaire just looking for a good way to kill a Sunday afternoon. If any of these applies to you, here's a blueprint for the most advanced trolling the world has ever known. Read More >>

People shouted and screamed and stomped their feet over the fact that Microsoft bundled a browser with an OS. Clearly, we haven't learnt a thing. Read More >>

There's a generation of youngsters growing up who think that Cloud Storage means Dropbox or Drive, and not some crazed childhood idea to collect all those awesomely shaped plumes in the sky. [XKCD] Read More >>

Presented minus our usual glib commentary: today's XKCD comic. Make a tea, and prepare yourself for spending far too long clicking and dragging your way through it. Then, click on over below the jump here, and let's talk about how it made you feel. [XKCD] Read More >>

It can be hard deciphering a five-star rating system, but it really doesn't have to be. Especially when you accept that almost everything is terrible anyway. [XKCD] Read More >>

You overslept; burnt your breakfast; spilt coffee down your shirt, and stumbled into work looking a wreck—a bit like every other Monday morning, just ten times worse. But that's OK, because you have an excuse: last night, you were watching history being made. Read More >>

So we may not have gotten the future we wanted with flying cars, robot butlers, and vacations on the moon. But we did end up with fantastic advances in science and modern medicine, and the internet. However, there was a catch. A very costly addition to the fine print that proves you don't get something for nothing. [DogHouseDiaries] Read More >>

When robots become sentient, it won't be long until they rebel. But while many a Hollywood movie may convince you that humans will have their luck cut out trying to battle the 'bots, there is an easier way: just add water. Read More >>

Xkcd's one of our favourite web comics, but did you know the bloke behind it, Randall Monroe, is one smart cookie? He's launched a new site called "What If?" that'll answer all your weird and wonderful hypothetical questions with physics, every Tuesday. Read More >>

Because if NASA were into faking its accomplishments, it would have gotten round to pulling something else impressive out of its ass in the last 40 years. [xkcd] Read More >>

If you've never used Swiftkey, you should give it a try: it's a smart keyboard which uses some crazy intelligent algorithms not just to predict what word you're typing, but what word you're going to type next. It's spooky. Just don't, whatever you do, lend your phone to a friend. Read More >>