September 2013 Archive

30th September

• Woman killed, man loses legs after having sex on train tracks
• Range Rover driver runs over biker gang
• Petrol sales 25 per cent lower than in 2008
• BT Vision complaints decrease, still put to shame by Sky and Virgin Media
• EE Broadband improves service, still generates the most complaints
• Women prefer men in eco-friendly cars, survey says
• Transport Secretary signals end for mobile not spots on trains
• Exploding e-cigarette causes car fire
• Women drivers risk damage to their pelvis and ovaries
• Samsung Galaxy Gear Review: Welcome to the new Samsung
• O2 has enabled LTE for the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C
• Broadband Line Rental Updates for 2013
• Nokia Lumia 1020 Review: In Depth
• Netflix makes Super HD streams available to all
• BT broadband, phone, line rental and Sky Sports prices to rise in 2014
• Acer looks to be fixing the Iconia W3’s problems with the Iconia W4
• Game of Thrones seasons 1 and 2 coming to Sky TV Box Set with The Wire and The Sopranos

27th September

• Two-wheeled vehicles permitted to run red lights in Nevada
• Sony Xperia Z Ultra Review: In Depth
• Sky Sports to show women’s rugby in 3D
• Slingbox 350 turns your phone, tablet and laptop into a TV for £129
• Beats parts ways with HTC to the tune of $265 million
• Man builds F1 road-legal F1 car
• Supermarket petrol war sparks price drop
• BT’s rural Cambridgeshire broadband project still stalled
• BlackBerry lost close to a billion dollars last quarter
• Blind man hits 186mph, breaks speed record
• ZTE Blade V Review: In Depth
• Nokia wants to charge your phone with lightning
• BBC iPlayer to premiere BBC Four’s Storyville documentaries
• Zen and the art of cheaper phone and fibre broadband
• Racing UK unveils pay-per-day on Freeview
• BBC iPlayer Downloads replaces iPlayer Desktop

26th September

• Old lady fishes ninth car from her pond in 20 years
• West Country and Wales to get 330Mbps fibre broadband next
• Woman survives horrific shipping container accident
• Children driven 126,000 miles by parents before they’re old enough to drive
• Man buries Bentley so he can drive it in the afterlife
• Young Driver At School lets under 17s get behind the wheel
• Hive by British Gas: Control the thermostat from your iOS or Android phone
• Sony Cyber-shot QX10 review
• O2 and Vodafone switching on 4G in Birmingham, Nottingham and 3 more cities
• O2 and Vodafone add five new LTE areas as EE lights up 12 more
• EE 4G arrives in 12 more towns: Halifax, Blackburn and more
• Microsoft is apparently still working on a Surface ‘mini’, but it won’t arrive until 2014
• Wuaki.tv come out of beta in UK with hybrid streaming service
• Report slams government for giving BT superfast broadband monopoly
• Over half of free WiFi hotspots don’t filter adult content
• Roku rocks up with two new streaming players

25th September

• Mazda 3 Hatchback Review
• TalkTalk announces new Essentials TV YouView box: Smart TV for peanuts
• The Samsung Galaxy Note 3: how much it costs, and where to get it
• Amazon overhauls its line of Kindle Fire tablets and adds a killer new feature
• Rural mobile coverage improved in North Yorkshire by government scheme
• LG Curved OLED TV lands in the UK
• Blinkbox offers half price gift cards
• Al Jazeera to launch HD channel on new multiplex
• TalkTalk launches SimplyBroadband: £2.50 a month, broadband-only
• Thousands of motorists could be spared fine because of ‘illegal’ signs
• More than four million UK motorists aged over 70
• 2014 Porsche 911 Cabriolet is breezier than ever

24th September

• Ofcom invites Local TV companies to bid for Salisbury, Basingstoke and others
• YouView update improves accessibility for the partially sighted
• BT announces 19 new exchanges for superfast fibre broadband upgrade
• Sky Go adds E4 and Film4 channels to streaming service
• Northampton fire burns broadband for 16 exchanges
• eBay Now coming to London in Spring 2014
• Netflix unveils Spoiler Foiler to block out Breaking Bad tweets
• BlackBerry has delayed the launch of BBM for iOS and Android
• Ofcom to manage sell off of MoD spectrum to operators
• WiGig could replace USB cables with 60GHz says Wi-Fi Alliance

23rd September

• Zender Abarth 500 Corsa Stradale concept is fast, furious
• World’s smallest road-worthy car is comically tiny
• ATVOD names and shames porn sites, boss says cam girls could be prosecuted
• Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s new Surface tablets
• Oppo’s latest handset includes an absurd camera hinge and CyanogenMod support
• The Tesco Hudl is a surprisingly affordable quad-core Android tablet (hands-on)
• TrueCall spam call blocker kills 98 per cent of unwanted calls
• Apple has already sold over nine million new iPhones
• Labour reaffirms £75 million rural broadband plan at Party Conference
• Blinkbox finds a new home on Tesco’s £60 Hudl tablet
• The iPhone 5S flash really is better than the rest
• EE and O2 have the fastest LTE networks, according to a new report
• LG announces the Vu 3, yet another attempt at a 4:3 handset
• EE, O2 and Vodafone 4G: Mobile beats fixed line broadband for average speed
• Scrapyard boss jailed in BT copper sting
• Ofcom to merge local TV areas

20th September

• Qualcomm’s Toq smartwatch promises to last days rather than hours (hands-on)
• Reliant Robin voted worst British car ever
• Vauxhall Insignia Country Tourer pricing and specs
• Caterham AeroSeven Concept provides glimpse of next model
• Porn sites that don’t protect children to have payments c*ck blocked
• Audi S3 Sportback Review
• Sony Xperia Z1: Why waterproof?
• 4K Technicolor set top box test drives Sky Ultra HD satellite feed
• The iPhone 5C: how much it costs, and where to get it
• The iPhone 5S: how much it costs, and where to get it
• 10Mbps should be the minimum broadband speed says Liberal Democrat farmer
• Zen Internet launches unlimited fibre broadband packages
• Ubuntu Touch will be released on October 17th
• HomeMove helps you take TalkTalk broadband, phone and TV to your new place
• This is Google’s new logo
• Skype on smart TV: Watch TV and talk simultaneously – Video

19th September

• Gracenote helps your TV to watch what you’re watching
• iOS 7: Everything you need to know
• Tesla to build self-driving cars ‘within 3 years’
• Wales relaunches £1,000 reverse broadband postcode lottery for rural folk
• Car park lets customers pay with conkers
• HP reveals several intriguing new tablets, including a Tegra Note variant
• Audi A3 Saloon Review
• YouView app for iOS updates, adds search function
• Sony Bravia Smart Stick: Google Chromecast at four times the price? UPDATED
• Gloucestershire villagers need to dig deep for fibre broadband
• Ford Mondeo Hybrid first drive review
• BBM for iOS and Android will launch this weekend

18th September

• Alfa Romeo 4C vs Porsche Boxster S
• Superfast broadband postcode exchange checker overhauled by BT Openreach
• Student Broadband: Best deals on Virgin Media, BT, Plusnet, Tesco, Direct Save, Eclipse and Zen
• Nvidia announces the Tegra Note, a 7-inch showcase for its Tegra 4 chip
• YouTube will soon add offline video playback to its mobile apps
• You can now buy the unlocked LTE Nexus 7 from the Play Store
• Samsung Smart TVs get 4K Ultra HD satellite channel
• BlackBerry tries its hand at larger smartphones with the 5-inch Z30
• TVCatchup now features BBC, ITV and Channel 4 catch-up links
• Philips HomeCooker neXt prototypes app-controlled cooking range

17th September

• Sony Xperia Z1 Review: In Depth
• Stephen King series Under The Dome coming to Lovefilm in the UK
• Super-Connected Cities vouchers win mixed approval from ISPs
• Gigabit fibre broadband comes to Cumbrian village
• BMW i8: Ten things you need to know
• Lib Dems reject network-level porn filter proposals
• Asus updates the PadFone Infinity with a faster processor and camera oversampling
• Google’s next-gen Nexus phone hits the bar for some shots
• Rural Yorkshire broadband project calls for local kick start
• Nokia reportedly delays its Lumia 1520 launch to October
• The Sony Xperia Z1: how much it costs, and where to get it
• Lovefilm on Samsung Smart TVs and Blu-ray players gets playlist update

16th September

• Cramped parking spaces causing more dents and scratches
• Toyota GT86 Hybrid planned
• Police launch anti-piracy unit with raid on counterfeit DVDs
• Wikipad 7 Review: In Depth
• 4G LTE on a budget: who offers the best deal?
• Bloom.fm available on iOS and now Android too
• Hamster drives 15-tonne lorry along dangerous quarry path
• 60% of drivers think they’d fail a driving test if asked to take one today
• BT deal marches superfast broadband into over 90 per cent of Yorkshire East Riding
• Sony SBH52 smart Bluetooth handset review
• EE drops additional SIM only price plans by £10
• The price of Amazon’s Kindle Fire has been cut to £99 ahead of an upcoming refresh
• Nokia and Microsoft may have had Android and Surface phone contingency plans
• Three announces superfast 4G rollout plans for 47 UK cities
• HMRC, Currys PC World and BT top Phone Rage Index
• Amazon and Microsoft Xbox won’t swallow Netflix all-you-can-eat viewing

13th September

• VW aiming to be world’s biggest electric car maker by 2018
• Jaguar C-X17 SUV price and release date revealed
• London black cab production starts again
• Scotland to ban petrol and diesel cars
• City of London to adopt 20mph speed limit
• Rideye is a bicycle black box camera for hit and run accidents
• Nokia’s Windows RT tablet has been spotted yet again
• TalkTalk YouView users get first look at their own smartphone app
• Channel 5 owner calls for digital TV “level playing field”
• Toy Story characters return to feature in Sky Fibre Broadband ad
• Plusnet touts half price broadband for business

12th September

• The Nokia Lumia 1020 lands in the UK on September 25th
• LG G2 Review: In Depth
• Samsung is further blurring the line between entertainment and advertising
• Flow battery lets electric cars travel 1,000 miles, recharges in minutes
• Ford Vignale Mondeo yearns to be posh
• Alfa Romeo Disco Volante is an 8C gone crazy
• Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HD will be totally redesigned, according to leaked pictures
• X-Factor reject racked up 60 driving bans in 28 years
• Vauxhall drops price of Ampera electric car
• Two per cent of internet users account for most online piracy
• O2 admits that LTE won’t work on the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S at launch
• Freesat launches low-cost Free Time satellite catch-up TV box

11th September

• Bosch eClutch eliminates need to use clutch in stop-start traffic
• New Kia Picanto LPG combines petrol and gas
• UK parental internet controls: What do ISPs offer?
• Government plan to phase out £5k electric car grant is “cobblers”
• Audi A3 and S3 Cabriolet are the real deal in Frankfurt
• Unworkable Digital Economy Act ‘would not stop piracy’ says study
• Good Deal: EE’s LTE SIM Only plan with 1GB of data for £16 a month
• You shouldn’t buy the iPhone 5C
• BT and BDUK bashed by Kirklees councillor over superfast broadband plan – UPDATED
• Worcestershire publishes draft BDUK superfast broadband coverage map
• Isle of Wight cabinet wants BT to bring superfast fibre broadband

10th September

• iPhone 5S and 5C hands-on pics, cases thrown in for good measure
• Bugatti Legend “Jean Bugatti” is a Bugatti for Bugatti
• New 2014 Nissan X-Trail is a luxurious load lugger
• Suzuki iV-4 concept is a baby off-roader
• Apple officially announces the iPhone 5S, featuring a fingerprint scanner and revamped camera
• Spark-Renault Formula E single-seater race car is silent, deadly
• Apple introduces the iPhone 5C, a colourful alternative to the iPhone 5S
• New Honda Civic Type R nudging Nurburgring lap record?
• Ed Vaizey promises to personally contact cold-calling company bosses
• Audi Nanuk concept is a 189mph off-roading diesel R8
• Aston Martin V12 Vantage S is the most extreme production Aston yet
• Take another look at the Aston Martin Vanquish Volante
• Paper Lamborghini Aventador makes your origami skills look rubbish
• BT Sport to show Harlequins vs Northampton rugby union on Freeview, Sky, Virgin Media
• Netflix puts UK ahead of USA and Norway in streaming video stakes
• Good Deal: Three has the Motorola Razr i for £160 on PAYG
• Vimeo On Demand lets directors invite fans to watch for free
• EE’s Swap tariffs will let you upgrade your smartphone after six months
• 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show News Roundup
• Netflix on Virgin Media TiVo: Breaking Bad and more coming to cable
• Jaguar C-X17 Crossover SUV: Official pictures revealed

9th September

• Microsoft will announce its next-generation Surface tablets on September 23rd
• ITV site redesign puts ITV Player content front and centre
• LG Skylanders Battlegrounds tie-up brings collectable gaming to TV
• Camera comparison: how do the Sony Xperia Z1 and LG G2 fare against the competition?
• Infiniti Q30 Concept unveiled ahead of Frankfurt Motor Show
• Tokyo 2020 will be the world’s first 8K Ultra HD Olympic Games
• Qualcomm announces Formula E partnership, wireless car charging
• BT signs Superfast West Yorkshire fibre broadband deal
• Opera announces Coast for iPad, a gesture-based browser specifically designed for tablets
• Petition to scrap HS2 in favour of superfast fibre broadband for all launched
• IFA 2013 first look: Sony HMZ-T3W head-mounted display
• Samsung’s Galaxy Gear will cost £299 in the UK
• IFA 2013 first look: RoboMow hands-on video
• Sony PS Vita TV: A £60 PS4 multiroom box
• Vodafone is giving away 4GB of bonus LTE data, five new cities going live September 28th
• The NSA can reportedly tap into iOS, Android, and BlackBerry smartphones
• EE signs 1 million 4G customers, price war looms
• Lovefilm exclusively nabs New York crime caper Copper
• Nissan Nismo Smart Watch Concept revealed

6th September

• John Lewis TV Gallery video: 4K and OLED from Samsung, Sony, LG and Panasonic
• The reflections from Asus’s Fonepad Note 6 may very well blind you (hands-on)
• Watch this 677bhp Volvo destroy a super bike
• IFA 2013: Philips 9000 Series 4K Ultra HDTV hands-on video
• IFA 2013: LG Smart ThinQ Kitchen Android app and concept hands-on video
• Citroen Cactus will simply your life (allegedly)
• IFA 2013: LG 55EA980V curved 55in OLED hands-on video
• The Acer Liquid S2 is a solid alternative to other 6-inch devices (hands-on)
• Is this a picture of the Jaguar C-X17 Crossover-cum-SUV?
• TalkTalk Broadband’s ‘up-to’ speed climbs to 16Mbps – UPDATED
• Ford Focus Electric first drive review
• Nokia 301 Review: In Depth
• Nokia’s 6-inch Windows Phone, the Lumia 1520, leaks once again
• Skoda Rapid Spaceback, Yeti and Yeti Outdoor set for Frankfurt
• We see you, 2014 Renault Megane – shaking that, er, facelift.
• The EU wants to ban mobile data roaming rates
• Rolls-Royce Celestial concept to shine in Frankfurt
• Why can’t I record BT Sport on BT YouView?
• European roaming charges could soon be a thing of the past
• The next-generation Nexus phone may support LTE
• 4K @ IFA 2013: Samsung, Sony, LG, Panasonic, Philips and Toshiba show off UPDATED

5th September

• Ford C-Max Energi first drive review
• Ofcom considers Luton and Bedford Local TV merger
• Toshiba intros the Encore, an affordable 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet
• Microsoft’s next Surface Pro reportedly includes Intel’s Haswell and a ‘refined’ kickstand
• Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Tips and Tricks
• BBC iPlayer for Android: Download programmes for offline viewing
• BBC iPlayer for Android adds downloads in latest update
• Smart fourjoy loses roof, gains electric skateboards
• Sky trialling self-install Fibre broadband with customers
• GenShock Regenerative suspension turns potholes into power
• Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 proves that the company is the king of iteration (hands-on)
• The Samsung Galaxy Gear is a chunky and buggy attempt at a smartwatch (hands-on)
• Superfast broadband to The Moon – without BT or BDUK
• Dozens injured as 100 cars crash on A249 Sheppey Crossing pile-up
• HTC One mini Tips and Tricks
• The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition is a huge upgrade over last year’s model (hands-on)
• ITV Player finally available on non-Samsung Android phones

4th September

• Samsung unveils the Galaxy Note 3 with a 5.7-inch 1080p display
• Broadband traffic management: Nobody cares, according to Ofcom – UPDATED
• How to become an F1 test driver
• Ofcom’s Freeview white space broadband pilots aim for national launch in 2014
• Mercedes CLA 45 AMG Racing Series
• Driver almost killed by surfboard flying through windscreen
• BT Sport kicks off Aviva Premiership rugby with Newcastle vs Bath
• Sony’s wireless QX10 and QX100 lenses will turn your phone into a full-blown camera (hands-on)
• Maserati Quattroporte Ermenegildo Zegna shows beige is the new black
• Sony officially announces the Xperia Z1, an improved sequel to the Xperia Z (hands-on)
• HDMI 2.0 for 4K Ultra HD TV arrives late and out-of-date
• Toyota Yaris Hybrid-R is a four-engined maniac
• Plusnet offers unlimited broadband for £2.99/month for 9 months
• Sky broadband network slops up Terabits of data to customers
• Google accidentally reminds the world that a new Nexus phone is coming soon
• Lexus LF-NX is one bad MF
• Parliamentarians seek porn almost 300,000 times a year
• Virgin Media claims new Super Hub 2 five times faster than Sky Hub
• Here are our first impressions of the LG G2
• Audi Sport Quattro Concept reincarnated as a 690bhp hybrid
• Amazon updates the Kindle Paperwhite with a more responsive display
• Batman and Superman get animated as Lovefilm Instant signs Warner Bros deal
• The next version of Android is called KitKat

3rd September

• Ford Focus Electric UK price and release date confirmed
• Bentley Continental GT V8 S to be unleashed at Frankfurt 2013
• Apple will officially reveal the next iPhone(s) on September 10th
• Sony: Europe’s broadband is too creaky for Gaikai
• RAC develops ‘universal’ spare wheel to combat scourge of tyre inflation kits
• Nokia Here Auto brings navigation to cars
• IFA 2013: Broadcasters set the benchmark for 4K TV frenzy
• London ‘Walkie-Talkie’ skyscraper melts Jaguar car parts
• 2014 Land Rover Discovery specs and pics revealed
• Suicide sites more dangerous than porn claims TalkTalk’s Dido Harding
• What is 4G Fixed Wireless Broadband?
• EE 4G broadband beams a rural lifeline to Cumbrian cottages
• Spotify Connect builds the music streaming service directly into speakers
• The blue HTC One and One Mini are blue
• Microsoft picks up Nokia’s phone business and patents for £4.6 billion
• HTC Desire 300 announced: A big screened successor to the Desire C
• Hands-on with the HTC Desire 601, a new mid-level handset with LTE
• HTC BoomBass hands-on: Some bass with that BoomSound?

2nd September

• BBC programme criticises dodgy Kwik-Fit mechanics
• EU to impose electronic 70mph speed limit on all new cars?
• Vehicle emissions kill 53,000 people a year in America alone
• TalkTalk trialling new Plus TV set top box
• Sony ‘Honami’ rumour roundup
• Samsung Galaxy S4 mini Tips and Tricks
• The ZTE Blade V is the best-specced Android phone you can buy for under £100
• Is the Jaguar C-X17 concept the fabled ‘baby Jag’ or an SUV?
• FIA preparing to launch Formula 4 racing championships
• Best Samsung Galaxy S4 cases
• Car narrowly avoids boulder the size of a house during mud storm
• Rural broadband petition for Shropshire launched to close superfast divide
• BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin pressured to spy on illegal downloads
• Sky tests 4K Ultra HD live football transmission: West Ham vs Stoke City
• Samsung Galaxy Note 3 rumour roundup
• Acer announces the Liquid S2, a 6-inch handset capable of recording 4K video
• LG gets back into the tablet game with the G Pad 8.3
• Sky cineastes in UK and Ireland get Film4 HD movies
• Leaked Samsung Galaxy Gear pictures show a chunky design, but it may only be a prototype