January 2014 Archive
31st January
- New BBC Brit channel to rival Dave with endless re-runs of Top Gear
- Man asks police to pull him over for marriage proposal
- Government allocates £9 million to improve electric vehicle infrastructure
- Apple putting a medical spin on the iWatch?
- BT reconnects flood damaged broadband in Southampton and West & Central Downs
- TVPlayer tablet app streams BBC, ITV, C4, Channel 5 and 20 legal free channels
- Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 Neo to pack eight-core CPU, smaller screen
- The Little Tikes toy car you can legally drive
- BT pulls 2.5 million BT Sport punters, inches closer to 1 million TV customers
- Direct Save Telecom launches “off-network” broadband
- BT Broadband adds the lion’s share of fibre-based broadband sign ups
- Freesat launches BBC Sport and BBC News apps
- Sky Sports secures Super League rugby, Lions, English cricket and Scottish football rights
30th January
- Sky catch-up sees millions connect to the on-demand bandwagon
- Facebook reveals Paper, its first news reader app
- Vauxhall Astra VXR Extreme concept image teased
- Sky’s broadband base swells to 5.1m, continues to chase BT
- Porsche Boxster and Cayman GTS promise improved performance
- Good Deal: Amazon Kindle for £59 starting from today
- Outed BT YouView specs detailed
- Samsung stores set to replace Carphone Warehouse stores across Europe
- Police catch learner driver being supervised by a parrot
- Sky On Demand adds Dave, Watch, Gold and Alibi
- First ever Porsche found in a warehouse
- Sky+HD new TV guide update to put On Demand up front
- Tesco Mobile offers up free 4G
- Goodbye, Moto: Lenovo nabs Motorola from Google
- UK falls outside Akamai’s Euro broadband speeds top 10
- More help for less people as 4G Freeview Fail fears fade
- Zen upgrade gives fibre broadband users at least 50GB a month to play with
- O2 gifts goals galore to 4G customers
29th January
- Audi Q3 receives new engine and trim level
- Samsung ‘Galaxy Glass’ will be revealed this September
- How much time have you wasted on Facebook since its launch?
- Samsung to bring Netflix 4K content to the UK
- Ferrari SP FFX one-of-a-kind is a Marmite machine
- UK quickens the pace of rural broadband rollout
- ITV Encore subscription drama channel to launch on Sky
- Tesla Model S vs Corvette Stingray drag race is closer than you think
- Nintendo shuns mobile games
28th January
- Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Review: In Depth
- 2014 VW Polo details and images
- Reviveaphone video review: Does it really repair water-damaged phones?
- 20 awesome cases for your iPad Mini
- Which Nokia Lumia smartphone is best for me?
- Meet the Nissan 1.5-litre with more power per kilo than an F1 engine
- Nokia’s surprise Android phone leaks online
- Warning issued after driver assaulted by police impersonators
- BMW: ‘No plans’ for M3 and M4 CSL
- London Live local TV reveals late night urban flavour
- Sky Broadband filters break internet websites for subscribers
- Lovefilm adds more children’s TV shows to collection
27th January
- Asus VivoTab Note 8 Review: In Depth
- Win a Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition – perfect for TalkTalk Fibre broadband
- Labour to ban smoking in cars when a child is onboard
- Nest, Hive, Insteon, Evohome and Hue: pointless without a smart meter
- Driver in trouble after splashing school children
- Do more online at the same time with superpowered TalkTalk Fibre Broadband
- Felino cB7 is a 525bhp Canadian sports car
- Which 4G phone should I buy?
- Sky to preview new shows on YouTube for free
- Tesco could be lining up a fibre broadband package
- BT to connect more cities to superfast broadband
26th January
25th January
24th January
- You can now cancel your contract when your phone bills go up
- Is Apple bringing two larger iPhones to the table in 2014?
- Audi S1 230bhp pocket rocket rumoured
- Audi Q7 S line Style and Sport Edition models focus on styling
- Russian drink-driver given 106-year ban
- Ryno one-wheeled electric motorcycle defies gravity
- Good Deal: Gold HTC One with 3 months half price line rental from Vodafone
- American electric car owners get into fisticuffs over unplugged vehicles
- Hands-on with the Patrona Connector Wallet
- UK Video on demand market dominated by Apple
- Sky drops Line Rental Saver
- iPad Mini with Retina display or iPad Air: Which is best?
- Broadband in UK hits speeds of 1.4Tbps
23rd January
- Motorola Migrate now lets you go iPhone to Moto
- Justin Bieber arrested for drunken street racing
- What’s it like in a driverless car? We test Honda’s autonomous Accord
- Man faces court after driving through puddle and splashing school children
- Bay TV nabs Swansea and Mold Local TV licences from Ofcom
- BT broadband and phone services restored to Scottish storm sufferers
- Apple iPad Mini with Retina display Review: In Depth
- Apple ‘iOS in the Car’ screenshots appear on Twitter
- Snapchat boosts security, hacker cracks new system in an hour
- Price Comparison: iPad Air vs iPad Mini Retina vs iPad Mini
- Metronet rolls out fibre and wireless broadband to Burnley
- Pregnant woman was three times over the drink-drive limit when she was stopped by police
- Man traverses frozen river to avoid road toll
- Kia VR7 models endowed in the spec department
- BBC blends selfies and social media in online-only kids show Dixi
- Rural Broadband: Next areas for superfast Shropshire revealed
- Smart Energy Showdown: Nest vs Hive vs Insteon vs Evohome
- Ofcom green lights faster broadband for air passengers
- Google Glass wearer interrogated at cinema by the FBI
- WhatsApp and other IM clients are killing text messages
22nd January
- Samsung Galaxy Express 2 Review: In Depth
- Broadband, phone and mobile customers free to leave if an ISP hikes prices by any amount
- Sony brings Hustle, Will & Grace and The Tudors to TalkTalk TV
- Sony Xperia Z2 camera to record 4k and slow-mo video
- Mercedes C-Class AMG Sport Edition unveiled
- Deus Ex: The Fall sneaks onto Android
- Fiat Panda 4×4 Antarctica images, price and specs
- Jaguar unveils XK Signature and Dynamic R models for the discerning hooligan
- Yesterday and Really launch catch up services on YouView
- ISP porn filters block updates to League of Legends
- LG gives the thumbs-up to fingerprint scanners
- Suffolk County Council tenders to extend BDUK to 95 per cent of population
21st January
- Nintendo might develop games for iPhone and Android
- 2070 will see the death of the petrol car, Shell predicts
- Skoda Octavia GreenLine is one green machine
- Nokia Lumia Black Tips and Tricks
- Audi R8 V10 vs motorbike in real life chase video
- Disabled parking available for the obese
- Virgin Media predicts another NTA win for Ant and Dec
- Parrot tells police owner is drunk
- First motorway pub opens in the UK
- BT and TalkTalk reject ban on unlicensed gambling websites
- Jeremy Clarkson in trouble for gay slur on Twitter
- Samsung’s Galaxy S5 to launch at MWC next month
- Mini Nokia Lumia 1520 rocks insane 512ppi screen
- Kinect to blame for iPlayer Xbox One delays
20th January
- Motorist drives across frozen Yellow River in China to avoid a 50p toll bridge
- New British car manufacturer teases classic sports car
- Police ‘spitalyser’ to catch those who smoke weed and drive
- EE BrightBox security update incoming after personal data hack claims – UPDATED
- BT shafts objections by Cornish villagers over broadband erection
- Google Glass driver case dismissed
- Criminals hack Smart TVs and fridges to send out spam
- Huawei becomes the official smartphone partner of Arsenal FC
- BMW Park Assist blamed for parking blunder
- YouView iOS app now supports iPad Air and iPad Mini retina
- Freeview better value for money than 4G, says industry body
17th January
- Spotify removes time limit on free music streaming
- Lotus C-01 motorbike is a carbon fibre beauty
- Wearing Google Glasses while driving judged to be fine
- Plan to screen UK domain names for sex crimes to catch clueless paedophiles
- Facebook to split its apps into simpler, standalone affairs
- Qoros 3 Sedan crowned the safest car of 2013
- HTC One successor to feature rear fingerprint sensor?
- Vehicle tax won’t transfer to new owner
- Virgin Media and TiVo name breakthrough music acts for 2014
- The Fonz debuts new series on iPlayer
- Good Deal: £25 off all Amazon Kindle Fire tablets this weekend
- UK storm damage to Cumbria broadband and phone lines repaired by BT
- ZTE launches £60 Blade Q Mini smartphone
- TalkTalk makes landline privacy features free of charge
16th January
- Meet the solar-powered Lumia 1525 and infinite focus 1820
- New parking app could help London drivers find their parking space
- Angry elephant caught overturning VW in Kruger Park
- Lib Dems could force Cameron to drop automatic porn filters
- One in five motorists is aged over 65
- Bowers & Wilkins unveils Maserati Edition headphones and speakers
- HP takes aim at smartphone market with 7-inch VoiceTab phablet
- 1 in 5 motorists name their car… pass us a bucket
- Digital Scotland shows where BT will lay superfast fibre broadband this summer
- Toyota FT-1 concept approved with help from Gran Turismo
- Samsung Windows Phone with 1080p HD screen in the works?
- Electric shuttle is the first driverless ‘car’ to go on sale
- Sky’s AdSmart to offer tailored ad breaks to viewers
- Google to acquire Nest Labs for £2 billion
- Manchester’s The Printworks to offer free Wi-Fi with The Cloud
- Freesat launches Free Time remote record and control app onto iPhone and iPad
15th January
- South west Scotland and Crayford back online as BT repair storm damage
- Porn filters used by less than half parents, say Ofcom
- Cadillac ATS Coupe is a BMW 4 Series rival
- Subaru WRX STI revived
- Electric car tech used to keep mobile phones in India connected
- Government to spend £10m on rural fibre, 4G, wireless and satellite broadband
- Majority of M25 cameras switched off
- Man doing 98mph in a 30mph zone avoids jail
- Behold the flat packed ‘Ikea’ car you can build yourself
- Universal Credit on the TV Red Button with Sky and Virgin
- TiVo trio set world record for TV binge watching
- Marco Polo ventures forth into Netflix
14th January
- London airport car parks are the most expensive
- Win a year of Spotify Premium music with the Sky Wireless Booster
- Woman kills own sister as they both overtake lorry
- BT repair UK storm and flood damage in north east Scotland
- Motorola Moto X finally coming to the UK (hands-on)
- Citroën Grand C4 Picasso images, pricing and specs
- Six-inch Sony Xperia T2 Ultra smartphone launches
- ZTE Android-based Projector Hotspot hands-on video
- Bosch app parks your car while you watch
- Man powers home using a Toyota Prius during storm blackout
- Free WiFi arriving on Edinburgh buses and trams
- Bentley Birkin Mulsanne Limited Edition turns the luxury dial to 11
- Britain’s fastest police car is a McLaren 12c Spider
- EU probe could let Sky Movies customers to stream films in Europe
- Netflix brings the Lilyhammer down again for a third exclusive season
- BT Sport to show FIA World Rally Championship
- ZTE BlueWatch is a Pebble lookalike without the start-up (hands-on)
- Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge is the devil in red paintwork
13th January
- Mercedes S600 flagship is top of the Benz food chain
- VW Beetle Dune concept off-road buggy hits Detroit Show
- Kia gets sporty with GT4 Stinger concept
- Porsche 911 Targa is back with a bang
- BT could clean up South Yorkshire’s £155 million fibre broadband mess – UPDATED
- TalkTalk router roadmap: WiFi AC, 4G femtocells and box-free TV
- Toyota FT-1 wants to be ‘the ultimate sports car’
- Asian man let off drink-driving after judge says alcohol affects Asians differently
- Audi Allroad Shooting Brake offers ‘glimpse of the near future’
- Control your BMW i3 with a Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch
- Short-sighted motorist who killed pedestrian is not charged with murder
- Motorola Moto X pre-launch rumours and news
- Toshiba Encore Review: In Depth
- Chevrolet Corvette Z06 images leaked online
- Drunk woman takes a bite out of car roof
- Acer Liquid S2 Review: In Depth
- Government set to increase broadband coverage with new funding
- Spies are given “licence to speed”
- Will Ewyas Herold finally get mobile signal?
- Alston Cybermoor project to extend rural Wi-Fi
- Cable thieves deprived users of internet in Scottish town
12th January
- FLIR ONE case adds night vision to your iPhone
- LG Pocket Photo 2 is a case that prints phone photos on the fly
10th January
- Sony confirms talks with Microsoft surrounding new Windows Phones
- Ofcom reveals Local TV companies heading to Reading, Swansea and more
- Sway Motorsport three-wheeler is a lean machine
- Nokia announces Lumia Black update for full WP8 Lumia family
- BBC launches Connected Red Button on Samsung and Sony smart TVs
- Superfast broadband by March 2015 deadline revealed for select Welsh towns
- PSCO caught drink-driving by police
- Could PlayStation Now herald a new era in mobile gaming?
- Qualcomm wants to turn your car into a smartphone
- The Pirate Bay plans to beat the labels with Bitcoin-style P2P network
- VW Beetle Dune concept returns
- BT repairs UK storm damage in Belfast, broadband still offline elsewhere
- Netgear’s 1GHz Nighthawk R7000 router promises hyperfast 1.9Gbps WiFi
- BeeWi launches range of smart home devices
9th January
- Kinect-style PointGrab AirTouch lets you mute your TV with a shush gesture
- Hearse attempts KFC drive-thru with coffin onboard
- Free Netflix for six months with Virgin Media’s January broadband, TV and phone deals
- VIDEO: Connected kitchen tech cooked up for CES
- VIDEO: Parrot reveals flying MiniDrone and ‘robo-insect’ Jumping Sumo at CES
- Kia Sportage images, pricing and specs
- Sky Wireless Booster: watch Sky Go with Sky Broadband in every corner of your home
- Clarion and SwiftKey to make typing in cars easier
- BBC Winter Olympics Sochi 2014 live: Mix up six HD streams online, iOS, Android, Kindle Fire, TiVo
- Lexus RC F is a BMW M4 competitor
- Superfast fibre-based broadband hits 100,000 Welsh homes and businesses
- EE and Vodafone are bringing 4G to the Eurotunnel in 2014
- Sen.se launches Wi-Fi enabled Mother monitoring system
- LG Hombot Square robovac gets a smart control upgrade
- Tado slates app-based home cooling air-con control launch for 2014
- Kia Soul will charge your mobile phone wirelessly
8th January
- Pornhub fingers Hertfordshire town as UK’s filth capital
- Exclusive Lamborghini Veneno Roadster features $100,000 Monster sound system
- BMW self-driving car is the ultimate drifting machine
- Samsung Galaxy Note Pro hands-on preview
- Samsung’s 85-inch bendable friend: A curved 4K OLED TV that’s also a flatscreen
- Volvo Concept XC Coupé hints at new XC90
- Android could hit a billion users in 2014
- Audi Smart Display is an Android tablet for the road
- When will the UK get Sony PlayStation Now cloud-based streaming gaming?
- Seat Leon Cupra 280 out for VW Golf GTI blood
- AOL, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin and YouView caught in New Year ad bullshit crackdown
- Channel 4 pulls full shows off YouTube
- Android Bob turns your telly into a communications centre
7th January
- Toyota to sell hydrogen-powered cars by 2015
- Samsung to bring over 50 4K Ultra HD titles to its Smart TVs: UPDATED
- Panasonic wants Firefox OS on its next-gen Smart TVs
- Breaking Bad to get Netflix 4K makeover on Sony smart TVs
- ZTE projector lets you stream directly from YouTube, doubles as LTE hotspot
- The rise of the virtual fitting room: does my bum look big on this screen?
- Asus unveils dockable PadFone Mini
- News site TorrentFreak blacklisted by Sky Broadband Shield parental control
- Motorway speed limit could drop to 60mph
- Asus ZenFone 4, 5 and 6 join the Padfone Mini at CES 2014
- Doorbot: when someone’s at your door, this Wi-Fi doorbell rings your phone
- Mercedes GLA 45 AMG is a seriously fast compact SUV
- Asus opens up the Transformer Book Duet: A semi-Surface that runs Android 4.1 AND Windows 8.1
- BT battles British storms as broadband damage reports double
- Man accumulates record-breaking 45 penalty points
- Sony’s SmartWear Experience points at the company’s future wearable tech
- Roku to make smart TVs
- Hackers find backdoors in Cisco, Linksys, and Netgear broadband routers
- Qualcomm snubs mobile for TVs and cars
- Poor rural broadband punishing farmers forced to fill in forms online
- Nearly half of men fall asleep while driving
- Pebble goes premium at CES with the Pebble Steel smart watch
- Sony Xperia Z1 Compact hands-on preview
6th January
- Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro official pictures and specs
- Samsung shows off foot-long Galaxy Note Pro and Tab Pro tablets
- LG makes Smart TV simple with webOS at CES 2014
- ZTE unleashes Grand S II, Nubia 5S, phablet, smartwatch and projector-hotspot on the world
- LG’s Lifeband Touch is a Nike FuelBand rival for iOS and Android
- Vine web profiles and fullscreen mode swing on to TVs
- Acer’s ‘compact’ Liquid Z5 boasts a 5-inch screen
- Netflix will stream House of Cards in 4K on LG TVs
- Nvidia Tegra K1 processor announced: More powerful than a PS3 but built for mobile
- £160,000 for a Peugeot 508? We’ll take two, thanks
- Pure opens Jongo speakers to Pandora, Spotify, Rdio and others
- Meet the new Nissan black cab
- Snapchat blocked from Eton College’s WiFi in anti-sexting drive
- Audi Sport quattro laserlight concept makes standard headlights seem dim
- Vikings set to invade Lovefilm again
- Welsh county with poorest broadband coverage promised superfast upgrade
- Milton Keynes confirms areas for superfast broadband upgrade
4th January
3rd January
- BT braced for thousands of broadband outages after severe weather warnings
- Could cycle lanes in the sky make London safer?
- Acer reveals CES 2014 smartphone and tablet launches
- Affordable Archos 45 and 50 Helium 4G handsets unveiled ahead of CES 2014
- Netflix trials new multiroom streaming service for US families
- Ken Block’s Gymkhana 6 recreated using remote control cars
- Ice pick-up truck is as cool as it gets
- BT halves Infinity 1 fibre and BT Broadband prices in January Sale
- Lancashire village’s broadband speeds Wray ahead of the rest of the UK
- Designer Bugatti belt buckle costs more than your car
- BlackBerry drops Alicia Keys
- LG to unveil 105-inch and 77-inch monsters 4K Ultra HD monsters at CES 2014
- How do you know if your Snapchat account info was leaked?
- Ricky Gervias’s Derek comes to Netflix
- YouTube to demo 4K video at CES
2nd January
- iPhone owners are smarter than Android users, survey reveals
- Sony Windows Phone mobile rumoured
- Netflix adds more new content as it ditches older titles in January
- Snapchat hack exposes details of 4.6m users
- LG G Flex will be the first curved smartphone in the UK (hands-on)
- Xbox Video on-demand lets Windows Phone 8 owners get Fast and Furious
- Solar-powered Ford C-Max concept lets you charge using the sun’s rays
- Government invests £30,000 into pothole finding app
- Driver is finally jailed after his 69th ban
- Images of LG’s webOS TV leaked online
- TV Player streams Freeview channels on your phone and tablet
- Journalist tries to access Schumacher’s hospital room dressed as priest
- Plusnet puts unlimited broadband back up to £2.50 per month