Remember those ChevronWP7 chaps who released a jailbreak of sorts for Windows Phone 7 and then got employed by Microsoft? Well they're back with an official 'unlock' that'll set you back about £6.
Gizmodo UK readers, you are this country's savviest tech-purchasers. But how many of you have actually stepped foot in one of the UK's 11 Best Buy stores, let alone actually bought anything? Judging by the comments I've seen so far, not many of you are surprised to hear the US company is pulling out of the UK market, blaming poor locations and not-low-enough prices. Come give your two penn’orth here:
According to Anonymous Iberoamerica, OpCartel has been canned following the release of the supposed kidnapped Anonymous member by the Zeta drug cartel. A statement on the 'Official Blog' called an end to the action.
Full details of the route the Olympic Torch will take as it criss-crosses the country on its way to London 2012 have been revealed, with The Flame set to pass through a part of Milton Keynes known as Bletchley Park.
Labelmania. That's what they're calling it. It's a bit like Bieber Fever, only slightly more low-key and very much more (completely?) about the application of sticky labels to things. DVDs, coffee mugs, wayward children, they can all be more clearly-identified with the help of a sturdy labelmaker, and right now you can get one for next to nothing with the current Dymo cashback promotion.
Sales of digital albums are on the up in the UK, with data from the BPI revealing we bought more digital recordings during the first 10 months of 2011 than we did in all of 2010.
Netflix is coming to the UK and Ireland early next year and MGM is on-board. The pair announced a multi-year deal to see the studio's biggest films make it onto the streaming roster 'within the pay TV window'.
As well as two updated Xoom tablets, Motorola has another Android-powered thing on the horizon -- the Corvair media controller.
That's PC World/Currys Star Wars advert launched over the weekend. If you don't spend your Saturdays hunched up in front of ITV "live tweeting" about mentally unstable people, here it is. They've even ruined the Imperial March. [YouTube]
Got yourself an HTC Sensation, Sensation XE or XL and fancy a bit of that tasty new Ice Cream Sandwich? You won't have too long to wait; HTC's scheduled the update in for "early 2012", so hopefully a post-christmas treat. [Eurodroid]
Panasonic's unleashed two new cameras on the unsuspecting public today: one, the compact DMC-3D1 that shoots 3D, and two, the DMC-GX1 which follows the micro four thirds GF1 model.
I'm going to go out on a really, really long limb and assume that this wasn't the safest restraint system for kids in cars. But HOLY SHIT does it look fun. I was clearly born in the wrong era. [Vintage Ads via Boing Boing]
Combining old school inspiration with a stark design full of sharp lines and a matte finish, iHome's iP4 boombox simultaneously makes nods to the outlandish, button crazy gadgets of the past, and the flat, minimal designs of the now. I think I'm swooning.
Here's the trailer for We Are Legion, a documentary featuring members and supporters of the Anonymous hacker collective and various commentators whose names and titles aren't provided yet, so we don't know who they are. But they seem knowledgeable enough!
Chances are you don't have much use for a switchblade in your life. But you probably use a bottle opener all the time. GamaGo's Switch Pop combines the tough guy imagery of the former with the utility of the latter.
