News

Recombu category News

Latest in News

News
Superfast broadband now available to 80 per cent of the UK

Four in five British premises are now in reach of superfast broadband, according to government figures. The various BDUK (Broadband Delivery for the UK) projects…
News
So what’s the Ubuntu phone and is it any good?

We check out the new Ubuntu phone, catchily named the BQ Aquaris E4.5, to discover why Ubuntu could be a decent alternative to Android and…
News
Rolls-Royce Nighthawk is a drop-top for the young and enviably rich

Rolls-Royce is trying to improve brand appeal amongst younger motorists – and what better way to do so than by releasing a stealthy special edition version…
News
At this rate, we’ll soon be doing exams naked

With wearable hardware rapidly growing in popularity, two universities have decided to ban all wristwatches from exam halls, to prevent high-tech cheating. 2015 is shaping…
News
Cringe along with HTC’s ‘Super Band’ in concert clips

Watch HTC boss Peter Chou and the HTC Super Band belt out ‘We Are One’ live on stage, and possibly spit out your morning tea….
News
UKTV Play brings Dave and the gang to Android

Mobile catch up and on-demand service UKTV Play is now available on Android devices. Content from Dave, Really and Yesterday is now available to stream…
News
2015 Porsche Cayman GT4 is for the manual gears lover

Upset Porsche forced a seven-speed PDK transmission on the new 911 GT3? Fear not. The new Cayman GT4 is only going to come with a…
News
GCHQ’s sharing of NSA’s PRISM data was unlawful – but not any more

GCHQ acted unlawfully when accessing millions of people’s personal messages, a tribunal has ruled. Citing a lack of transparency, the IPT (Investigatory Powers Tribunal) ruled…
News
Usain Bolt challenged to race against 500Mbps G.fast broadband

Israeli modem maker Sckipio has challenged the world’s fastest man to beat its 500Mbps product to a 200m race. After venerable tech daily The Register…
News
The moment a police operator tells crash victim to ‘stop whining’

Emergency services operators are trained to deal with people in hysterics so they can assess the situation and dispatch the right emergency services, but it…
News
Licence Fee decriminalisation debate put on ice ’til 2017

Former BBC chairman Lord Grade has forced plans to decriminalise non-payment of the licence fee to be put on hold until 2017. A host of…
News
Video: How to turn road rage into road revenge

It seems there’s no point in wasting your energy on being annoyed at fellow motorists. Satirical website The Onion has released a video on how…
News
Why the Swatch SmartWatch could be the best wearable of 2015

Swatch CEO Nick Hayek has confirmed that they’re developing a smartwatch to compete with the upcoming Apple Watch, and so far it sounds like the…
News
Snapdragon 810 back on track after heating issues solved?

Qualcomm has reportedly sorted the issue which was causing its Snapdragon 810 chip to overheat, so the processor will be ready to go by mid-March,…
News
We call shenanigans on the Galaxy S6 ‘leaked photo’

A supposedly leaked render of the upcoming Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Edge smartphones is doing the rounds this morning, but we’re not too convinced… Samsung’s…
News
Driver gets bus stuck on roundabout after taking shortcut

There are roundabouts that are painted on the road you can drive over. Then there are the type you are meant to go around –…
News
Labour MP bashes BT for Tech City’s superslow broadband

A Labour MP has blasted BT for letting small and medium businesses in Tech City wither on a superslow broadband vine. After receiving a petition…
News
BT connects first 330Mbps fibre broadband customer in Northern Ireland

BT’s first FTTP customer in Northern Ireland can now enjoy the delights of Netflix without batting an eye. Rowan Sheridan’s crusty old ADSL connection was…