Looks like Playboy's been a naughty bunny. Ofcom's fined the smut-peddlers for doing what they do best, all while not protecting the kids well enough. Apparently anyone could gob an eyeful of hardcore with a just few clicks, no credit card required. Read More >>

Noon is the new North Pole. A sun-drenched city in a world 250 years in the future, desolated by nuclear mining, which set off a 50-year-long earthquake, and a volcanic eruption large enough to halt the Earth's rotation. This awesome 10-minute short shows a brutal world ravaged by corruption and greed, and looking like a cross between District 9 and Judge Dredd, it's well worth a watch. Read More >>

Microsoft's gaming studio has implemented one of our wildest, most futuristic and joined-up tech dreams, by bringing a select few Xbox Live Arcade games to Windows 8 as part of its PLAY conversion attempt. Read More >>

Supermarkets are wonderful places; grocery-filled utopias equally amazing for the weekly shop and late-night maple syrup runs. They're basically the epitome of modern retail prowess; like the rest of us, though, they're just human, and sometimes they screw up awfully (as I'm sure you've read this morning). Here's a collection of the retail giants' greatest gaffes to date. Read More >>

The poor UK High Street is taking a right battering at the moment. First Comet, then Jessops, then HMV, and now Blockbuster has hurtled into administration. Deloitte's handling this one, along with HMV, and it seems the plan is to keep at least some of the 528 stores open. Read More >>

If the DVD is dead and the Blu-ray is king, it might be a good idea to have a way to watch said Blu-ray discs on your computer, mightn't it? Read More >>

As if five inches wasn't already near enough tablet proportions, Sony's apparently about to launch a larger tablet version of its forthcoming Xperia Z at full 10" size. Read More >>

When selling your unwanted Christmas presents and other crap on eBay, it's important to, you know, put a good picture up with your listing so people can see everything they're buying. But hell, be sure to check you're not caught short showing your bits to the world in the background, OK? Read More >>

Images captured by Google's Street View car on a dusty road in Botswana appear to show the camera vehicle knocking over a donkey, then driving away. Unconfirmed reports claim the driver was heard laughing about it, too. Read More >>

BT's currently trialling a complete revamp of its Vision TV service, moulding it into the next evolution of television, IPTV. While the likes of you or I won't get our hands on it for a while, an anonymous tipster was kind enough to clue us in on what it's like. Will IPTV really revolutionise TV in the UK? Read More >>

The UK wing of Netflix has stirred up an angry man nest with its latest update on streaming speeds, claiming it's Virgin Media users who see the highest average download speeds on the service. Read More >>

At least someone's got a sense of humour over the whole Jessops-going-into-administration thing, even if they are totally on the money with this one. Too soon? Not according to the now-jobless staffers. [Twitter] Read More >>

After Google basically threw LG under a bus, telling the world+dog that all the Nexus 4 shortages and issues were LG's fault, the Korean manufacturer has finally responded. Apparently it's nothing to do with LG, because it's been pumping them out just fine, and still is. Thanks Google. Read More >>

Forget the masses of differing complicated NFC virtual wallets that no one seems to want to use, there's about to be an exciting new modern payment method in town -- the humble SMS message. Read More >>

In a somewhat surprising move, considering the administrators are keeping HMV's stores running, Deloitte have taken the HMV site offline. It looks like sales are limited to stores, but are they simply prepping for a fire-sale site? Read More >>