Did you know that Sky's giving away a smidgeon of its programming on Freeview channel 11 on Thursday evenings? Well, you do now. It's nice of them, but giving stuff away to the public while shafting its paying customers isn't going down well on Twitter at all. #freeskythursdays turns up a whole lotta abuse right now, following in a hallowed trend of PR stunts backfiring. Read More >>

I reckon that deep down inside, the Caped Crusader has a soft spot for crappy progressive 80s synth music. But how's a superhero meant to get his musical groove on whilst out and about kicking arse? With this deeply menacing machine, of course. Read More >>

As part of its earnings report, Nokia let slip that Symbian, wrecker of devices and boggler of minds, is dead. Nokia will design NO MORE SYMBIAN DEVICES EVER! That's right folks, the 808 Pureview was the last Nokia device to be riddled with Symbian-itis. Yeah, a couple of other people dabble in Symbian, but it was Nokia's baby; now that it's exterminated it, Symbian should be gone for good. PARTY TIME! [Nokia] Read More >>

PayPal's one of the truly ubiquitous names of the internet. It's been around since e-commerce first became a Thing, and it's even got its own Mafia. Like every Mafia, though, some of its practices are a bit shady, bordering on the downright nasty. It's time for that to change. Read More >>

Do you suffer from low scores in Temple Run, embarrassing pig-humiliation in Angry Birds or not enough violence in Grand Theft Auto? If you answered YES to any of the above questions, then this physical gamepad for your iPad could be the answer to YOUR prayers. Read More >>

The government's ambition to give us the best broadband in Europe by 2015 has some way to go, with our pipes only the 12th fattest in Europe and languishing well behind the quickest connections offered around the globe. Read More >>

Ouch, talk about putting the boot in. The Information Commissioner's Office has decided that Sony should have done more to prevent all that PSN hacking back in 2011, which saw millions of users details, including credit cards and addresses, compromised. It's slapped Sony with a huge £250,000 fine. Read More >>

Look, we're not going to lie to you -- it's not the greatest day we've ever had for bargains. So instead of giving you something swish and flash with 75% off its RRP, we're opting for a safe, sensible alternative instead. Read More >>

The large, stainless steel ‘hoods’ on each pier of the Thames barrier are what make this London landmark so instantly recognisable to both tourists and locals alike. But while people may find it easy to recognise, they might not necessarily understand how it works. Read More >>

"AAAH" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH" "OH MY GOD", screamed the easily-scared woman to the biplane. She was filming a practice run by Those Crazy Texans, a group of American bike riders/daredevils/all-round-crazy-people. Why exactly they needed a biplane and a wheelie-pulling quadbike to play chicken is anyone's guess, but I'm damn happy they did it. Now will someone please turn this into a ringtone for me? [YouTube] Read More >>

It's taken many years and thousands of horrific TV ads, but I think we've finally got to a place where drink-driving has been well and truly demonised. Not so in Ireland -- they're actually going the other way, and want to make it ok to go for a spin after you've had "two or three drinks". Read More >>

While the snowy weather kept many of you entertained this past week, some of you took the challenge baton and ran with it. Boy did you run with it; making the job of picking a winner particularly challenging. On the surface, the brief was simple; take a 'streetscape' self-portrait in the style of celebrated American photographer Lee Friedlander. But the challenge was more than just a picture; I wanted the story behind it. Read More >>

It's probably fitting that Firefox, the open-source browser, is being tested on Ouya, the open source games console. Although Ouya (when it launches in March to Kickstarter backers) will run Android Jelly Bean and thus the perfectly good Chrome browser, full-on Firefox compatibility would be a boon. Don't hold your breath, though -- Mozilla devs say Firefox is "practically unusable" on the Ouya for now. [TechRadar] Read More >>

Hooray, the official UK 4G auction bidding war is finally underway. Bidders are now free to throw their cash at Ofcom, using what basically sounds like Ofcom's own version of a top-secret eBay. Read More >>

Your Sky "broadband" reduced to a snail's pace recently? You're not the only one -- Sky's been forced to admit that it's totally over-sold its broadband in quite a few areas of Britain, meaning far too many of us are trying to force data down the pipes, basically reducing everything to a crawl. Read More >>