March 2014 Archive
31st March
- Cold callers face fines for being simply annoying or inconvenient
- Rural fibre broadband project Superfast Surrey hits halfway mark
- UK ISPs must block file sharing sites, says European Court of Justice
- UK wastes £285 million a year on car servicing
- Meet the remote control car that is faster than a Jaguar F-Type
- BT: Storm damage fully cleared, broadband orders can flood Wales again
- HTC One (M8) modifies benchmarking results. HTC calls this a ‘feature’
- Mumbai to tackle noise pollution with anti-horn initiatives
- LG G2 Mini price tag not-so-mini
- Lincolnshire residents plan fibre broadband to beat BT rural bottleneck
- London Live launches on Freeview, Sky and Virgin TV
29th March
28th March
- HTC One (M8) Review: In Depth
- The Samsung Galaxy S5 hits pre-order from today
- 3D printing turns Philips Hue smart lights into furniture
- Microsoft Office finally hits iOS, but why has it taken so long?
- Isle of Man TT first-person video makes F1 look dull
- David Brown Speedback sports car revealed
- Sky’s Fibre Unlimited 6 month 60 per cent price cut offer
- Sherlock, The Fall and Line of Duty face off for Freesat’s new drama award
- WAG leaves assault rifle in back of rental car
- Mitsubishi Evo X returns with 440bhp
- EE 4G switches on in 12 new towns and boosts Scots and Welsh coverage
- Panasonic confirms 8K Ultra HD at 2020 Olympics
- BBC and shareholders to back YouView for another five years
- Competition: Win a Samsung Galaxy S4, Note 3 & Galaxy Gear with Vodafone
27th March
- Sony Xperia Z2 joins Samsung Galaxy S5 with stock setbacks
- Telltale traits of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 4 emerge online
- Chromecast vs Roku 3
- University granted right to build driverless car test city
- Juggernaut three-wheeler will have fellow commuters reeling in fear
- Tesco’s Blinkbox Books opens up ebook battle with Amazon
- Three’s first 4G mobile broadband dongle: The ZTE MF823
- Motorola Moto 360 image error reveals seven straps for upcoming smart watch
- Calls for elderly driver health checks
- Car thieves fitted luxury cars with tracking devices to steal them
- Prime Instant Video exclusively hoists Michael Bay’s Black Sails
- myApollo: Meet the world’s first private social network
- Virgin Media boss: TiVo is here to stay
- Whiplash claim epidemic costing every motorist £90 a year
26th March
- Samsung suffers Galaxy S5 setbacks from fires and production problems
- EE unveils entry-level 4G price plans and super affordable 4G smartphone
- BT now attracts the most broadband and TV user complaints
- 2014 VW Polo images, specs and UK price
- 2013 HTC One expected to receive Sense 6.0 update before June
- Could Red Bull exit Formula One?
- New HTC One ad with Gary Oldman goes minimalist
- MPs move forward on licence fee decriminalisation plans
- Gamers more likely to pass their test and crash
- Basingstoke’s HiWiFi breathes 16Mbps of life into Hampshire broadband dead zone
- Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom to feature 20-megapixel sensor and 10x optical zoom?
- FingerCastCanvas: MarioPaint for Chromecast
- Government opens £10 million fund to crack rural broadband challenges
- Sky to broadcast Game of Thrones season 4 premiere at the same time as US
25th March
- LG offers Knock Code access update for older models like the G2 and G Flex
- HTC One (M8) goes on sale in the UK today. Globally available come April
- Fomm electric concept car laughs in the face of flooding
- Will BT resurrect Cellnet using EE’s 2G, 3G and 4G networks?
- Google Glass gets Ray-Ban & Oakley overhaul
- HTC One (M8) launches internationally. We go hands-on
- Watch the 2014 HTC One launch event right here
- Artist turns famous vehicles into Transformers
- Eerie video shows crash test dummies coming to life
- AOL takes the fight to YouTube with AOL On
- New Formula 1 engine noise from an acoustic expert’s perspective
- Mustard TV launch spices up Freeview in Norfolk
- Sony cracks down on Crackle UK, powers up PlayStation Network
- LG’s G Watch design steps out of the dark
24th March
- HTC video teases all-new One ahead of its official launch tomorrow
- Apple toying with bringing an iTunes app to Android?
- Chromecast Tips and Tricks: How to get the best out of Google’s streaming TV stick
- Watch Billy Joel and Jimmy Fallon’s awesome doo-wop duet with Loopy app
- Cops avoid death by flying truck
- Nokia to be squeezed as Microsoft buyout drags on
- Alfa Romeo 4C review: First drive
- Ultra-rare Aston Martin Atom from WWII goes on sale
- Netflix working 9 to 5 on new Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin comedy Grace and Frankie
- Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet hits UK stores today
- Paul Walker to be played by body doubles and CGI in Fast & Furious 7
- Virgin Media in talks to bring Amazon’s Prime Instant Video to TiVo
- North Yorks confirms 100 per cent superfast broadband coverage target
21st March
- These are the 10 best Bond cars of all time
- New 150-megapixel CMOS sensor could one day make it into smartphone snappers
- BBC gets delay on decriminalising licence fee non-payment debate
- Pocket offers the first major release from the Android Wear SDK
- BT engineers reconnect the last few flooded homes hit by UK storms
- Subaru Impreza back on UK soil
- Gigaclear greenlights rural broadband expansion in Oxfordshire
- Samsung’s Galaxy S5, Gear 2 and Gear Fit kick-off global preview parade
- Kickstarter hipsters expose WiFi credentials with this stupid product
- UK still in slow lane despite Ofcom’s superfast boast, say business bods
- BT Sport’s free weekend of premiership rugby comes to Sky and Virgin – but not Freeview
20th March
- Mobile network Ovivo shuts down overnight, leaving 50,000 users disconnected
- Meet Moto 360: Hanging out with Motorola’s lead designer and Android Wear
- Broadband-friendly Aberdeen to roll out free public WiFi
- Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo specs spotted?
- Simon Cowell shows off Eagle Speedster, worth over £600,000
- Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG Coupé is torque of the town
- Internet providers: police need help to tackle online child abuse
- Gigabit urban broadband comes to Cardiff courtesy of Spectrum Internet
- Samsung Delivers Milk Music
- New Porsche Boxster and Cayman GTS images, specs and UK price
- 2014 Alfa Romeo MiTo images, specs and UK price
- Car failed its MoT? It’s probably because it’s dirty
19th March
- Mercedes-Benz GLA Class 220 CDI Review
- YotaPhone’s dual-screen smartphone hits UK shelves from today
- Apple TV vs Chromecast
- Smartphones overtake the telly as main media-source
- Sky+HD poised for buy-to-keep movies through Sky Store
- Five reasons why Google Chromecast beats Apple TV
- Meet the first Android Wear devices: The LG G Watch and Motorola Moto 360
- Maserati Quattroporte 3.0 V6 S Review
- Virgin Media: No hurry for 4K hints Liberty Global boss
- Uproar as F1 cars in Melbourne race “aren’t loud enough”
- Apple kills the iPad 2 and tries to keep the iPhone 5C alive
- Chromecast lands in the UK: £30 for Google’s TV stick
- Wireless broadband from ThinkingWISP now covers 90 per cent of Norfolk
- CryptoPhone spy-denying handset skirts the spooks
18th March
- Three challenges the threat of 08-overcharge
- Google announces Android Wear: The OS for your next smart watch
- TalkTalk Speedy Discount offers 15 per cent off bills if you pay on the day
- Electric car version of Boris Bikes coming to London
- Smartphone sales will plummet over the next four years, say analysts
- Excuse for cutting up cyclist: “I’ve got a dying parrot in here!”
- VIDEO: Sky launches new-look TV guide with overhauled On Demand, catch-up and search
- Samsung Galaxy S5 can detect people and objects using ultrasound
- BT Sport and BT Wi-fi kicks off in Goals Soccer Centres nationwide
- Samsung’s Galaxy S3 mini Value Edition: A smartphone for shallower pockets
- iPhone 6 could feature pressure, temperature, and humidity sensors
- Britain: A nation of smartphone shoppers
- New driving instructor grades introduced
- Halfbike has you running and cycling to work
- Chromecast coming to the UK March 19, BBC iPlayer now supports it
- Vodafone snags exclusivity over the gold Samsung Galaxy S5 in the UK
- Planet Knowledge beams down on internet-connected Freeview HD
17th March
- Watch this Samsung Galaxy S4-powered robot solve a Rubik’s cube in record time
- Man with prosthetic arm fined for using a mobile
- Don’t touch your phone and Armani will give water to a child in need
- Car and motorcycle ban in Paris
- TalkTalk Plus TV adds Sky 1 and six more channels as prices rise
- Politicians want one phone charger to rule them all by 2017
- Complicated electrics making cars less reliable
- ‘Ultimate’ close call video lives up to its name
- Freeview upgrades bring extra BBC HD channels to North East England, Midlands and Isle of Wight
- BT, Sky and Virgin Media clamping down on call clearing spammers
- Gigaclear installs ultrafast pure fibre in Oxfordshire business park
- Google Drive slashes cloud storage costs: Enough space for two centuries of selfies
14th March
- Knock Knock (iOS) game review
- Bangor’s Local TV hopes dimmed by Ofcom
- 2014 Mini Cooper Hatch images, UK price and specs
- Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Sony Xperia Z1 comparison review
- Pedestrian killed by police car
- EE to launch an own-brand 4G Android smartphone?
- BBC One adopting English regional names on Freeview and YouView
- Cheapy Amazon phone coming in 2014
- LG G Flex Tips & Tricks
- Over a million homes would lose BBC Three if it went iPlayer-only today
- World’s most dangerous roads revealed
- Would you crush things for charity with Arnold Schwarzenegger?
- Leaked screenshots of iOS 8 appear, hint at Healthbook and other new apps
- Boyfriend of Kelly Brook crashes van full of dead badgers
- UK’s broadband gap failing rural families says NFU Mutual
- LG G Flex Review: In Depth
- First-person rally video is terrifying and awesome in equal measure
- Netflix brings Homeland and American Horror Story to the UK
- Betas boots up on Amazon’s Prime Instant Video in the UK
13th March
- VIDEO: Watch out YouView – Panasonic mixes Freeview, Freesat and Freetime catch-up in AX802 4K smart TV
- HTC Desire 601 Review: In Depth
- Samsung Galaxy S5 vs iPhone 5S
- Ferrari Land theme park will be a thing in 2016
- Microsoft ditches Windows Phone fee for manufacturers
- Fox fights BBC over Family Guy on iPlayer
- Introducing the windscreen wipers that shake off snow and ice
- NHK to demo 8K Ultra HD Freeview-style tech
- Glasgow arsonists melt superfast broadband cabinet
- Need for Speed trailer parody features cats in RC cars
- 2014 Formula One rule changes explained in Red Bull video
12th March
- EE is the UK’s number one mobile network, says independent study
- Samsung Galaxy S5 Tips & Tricks
- 2014 Citroen C1 images, UK price and specs
- VW e-Golf images, UK price and specs
- Superfast 30Mbps broadband available to over 75 per cent of UK homes
- Addicted to Candy Crush? You’re officially smart
- Nürburgring buyout ensures survival
- Intoxicated mother lets baby fall out of moving car
- BT faster than Virgin, says Netflix
- Emergency workers demand protection for radio spectrum
- Virgin Media’s Dropbox-style Cloud locker gives subscribers 50GB for FREE
- Labour MPs call to save BBC Three and increase licence fee
- Instagram Android app receives slick new 5.1 update
11th March
- ‘All New HTC One’ name and camera features confirmed
- VIDEO New BBC iPlayer: Hands on with the new-look catch-up service
- Virgin Media Super Hub 2 bug: You’ll want to change your admin password ASAP
- Audi traffic light recognition system needs to be green-lighted
- Government pledges additional £140 million for road repairs
- BBC iPlayer redesign brings Netflix-style ‘play next episode’ and recommendations
- InkPhone ditches colour screen for two weeks battery life each charge
- Game of Thrones seasons 1-3 come to Sky On Demand & Now TV
- Ferrari LaFerrari vs Enzo video deserves your attention
- Satellite Internet drops dish connection fees in rental scheme
- Tado smart energy heating app now responds to users
- Perils Of Man (iOS) game preview
10th March
- iOS 7.1 is now available to download. What’s new?
- Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy S4: Should I upgrade?
- Megashare, Viooz, Watch32 and zMovies to be blocked by BT, Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk and EE
- Calls to relax driving licence renewal age
- Netflix UK gets From Dusk Till Dawn TV show and Trailer Park Boys
- YouView iOS app irons out recording clashes with latest update
- How to charge your iPhone (and other phones) wirelessly
- Violent cyclist attack caught on video
- David Cameron: 5G will let you download whole movies in a SECOND
- The ultimate playhouse for budding petrolheads?
- TV Licence non-payers could skip jail, say MPs
- Free telly with your phone, guv?
8th March
7th March
- Samsung Galaxy S5 VS Sony Xperia Z2 VS LG G Pro 2
- Is this the sexiest smart watch concept ever?
- Google Play offers in-app purchase discounts for birthday
- Public WiFi puts you at risk of bank data theft, European cybercop warns
- Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini coming soon?
- Free movies site Popcornflix is filled with straight-to-video gems
- Remote control Subaru WRX STI takes on a StickBomb
- One in ten motorists think an MOT is optional
- Audi TT quattro sport concept makes the new TTS look slow
- BBC director: We could close BBC Four as well as BBC Three
- Taxi drivers warned not to accept sexual favours
- Wake up and smell the bacon… behold the first-ever bacon-scented alarm clock
- Read entire novels in minutes with new Spritz app
- Sky Sports scores Women’s Rugby World Cup rights
6th March
- Samsung Galaxy S5 Review: In Depth
- HTC Desire 310 smashes entry-level expectations
- Fibre provider Gigaclear in trouble over broadband speed claims
- Boy buys bin lorry on eBay using mum’s credit card
- Maserati Alfieri concept has looks that could kill
- Virgin TV Anywhere breaks out Android 4.4 KitKat update
- ‘Distracted’ driver mows down two toddlers while on the phone
- Dorset snags extra £770,000 for superfast broadband
- BMW X4 images, price and specs
- BBC Three to make way for BBC One+1 and go online
- Abarth 695 biposto is the fastest production Fiat 500 around
- Poll: Would you pay £2 more a year to save BBC Three?
- Sony Xperia Z2 available now to pre-order
- Wiko Wax to bring fast power and 4G to the masses
5th March
- Rolls-Royce Ghost Series II details and images
- Roku’s Streaming Stick HDMI dongle apes Google Chromecast’s style
- PowaTag unleashes point-and-shoot smartphone shopping
- BBC Three may be dropped from the air and become iPlayer-only
- EE rolling out even nippier LTE-A to whole of London
- 2014 Nissan Juke and Juke Nismo RS details and images
- Jack Russell travels 12 miles in engine bay
- Google fixing KitKat camera bug that drains battery
- Lightwave RF all-in-one app controls your heat, light and power
- Jaguar XE is a ‘mid-sized premium sports sedan’
- House crashed into by 40 cars over last 14 years
- BT Openreach speed up fibre broadband self-install times
- 2014 Audi TT and TTS details and images
- Driver given parking ticket while broken down
- Openreach broadband flooding Hit Squads go door-to-door in Basingstoke, Guildford, Taunton and Sunbury
- YouView matches Sky+HD for size: Humax’s 2TB DTR-T1010 set top box
- Xbox adds 92,000 music videos to Xbox Music
- Cortana for Windows Phone is real. Now with hands-on video
- Keep your phone in your pocket with new motion gesturing
4th March
- Oppo’s 50-megapixel snapper the new king of camera phones?
- Over 300,000 home and small office routers infected by malware
- Aras fly as Google unveils its modular mobile
- 2014 Toyota Aygo inspired by ‘Japan’s hip youth culture’
- Alfa Romeo 4C Spider ditches roof and ugly headlights
- Bitcoin accepted for child abuse images, say net watchdogs
- Batmobile ‘Tumbler’ replica is yours for $1m
- Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge undergoes Nissan GT-R engine transplant
- Sleeping disorder puts one in 20 drivers at risk
- Cameron’s porn filter planner arrested over child abuse image claims
- Seat Leon Cupra 280 breaks Nürburgring front-wheel drive record
- Labour Party mulls Snoopers’ Charter revival
- Motorist fined £1,000 after flicking cigarette butt out of car window
- Rural fibre provider Gigaclear bringing ultrafast broadband to 500 Oxfordshire homes
- Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr app kicks off Virgin Media TiVo
3rd March
- Nissan Smart rear view mirror makes steaming up an issue of the past
- 2014 Fiat 500 details and images
- 12-minute hands-on video with the HTC One M8 appears online
- Netflix Fitbit mod puts the screen to sleep when you nod off
- Road rage is main cause of ‘accident anxiety’
- Vauxhall Adam S packs a 148bhp punch
- Microsoft Surface 2 Review: In Depth
- Introducing the mobility scooter that looks like a Harley Davidson
- Virgin Media’s non-superfast car demonstrates ultrafast 152Mbps broadband
- Halt rural broadband cash until BT reveals superfast plans, say MPs
- Brabus 800 iBusiness is an 800hp off-road behemoth
- Carphone Warehouse ‘Pin Points’ the pain in buying a phone
- Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo set to show off Apple CarPlay
- Win an HTC One Mini with Vodafone
- Best smartphones and mobile tech of 2014
- Superfast broadband notspot survey to find UK’s worst internet access
- BBC Store gets green light to sell BBC shows online
- Massivity WiFi could solve stadium internet access issues