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Virgin Media broadband latency headaches still not fixed six months on

Promises firmware fix for superhub 3/Intel's Puma 6 'shortly'
32 Comments
21 Jul 09:58

This is why old Windows Phones won't run PC apps

The Tale of the Left Behind
29 Comments
20 Jul 12:53

'We hold the high ground' says Qualcomm boss as profits crater

Apple's royalties and licensing boycott taking a heavy toll
20 Jul 00:32

Factories counter-punch Qualcomm in the gut as Apple eggs them on

UpdatediGiant bankrolls manufacturers' legal battle royale over patent license fees
19 Jul 18:12

Reborn Nokia phones biz loses its head

More time to play Snake
31 Comments
19 Jul 15:04

Guess who's here to tell us we're all totally wrong about net neutrality? Of course, it's Comcast

AnalysisCable giant shares its thoughts on costs, freedom
15 Comments
18 Jul 22:37

Stop this crazy crusade! Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon scold FCC over net neutrality

Lengthy filing by Internet Association highlights value of today's rules
17 Comments
17 Jul 21:21

Ew! HTC jams pop-up adverts into people's smartphone keyboards

Is there nowhere corps won't try and sell you stuff?
18 Comments
17 Jul 20:25

The Atari retro games box is real… sort of

Here are some pictures. And, er, that's all we've got for you
27 Comments
17 Jul 18:59

Radiohead hides ZX Spectrum proggie in OK Computer re-release

Unclear if code was first mistaken for avant garde instrumental
91 Comments
17 Jul 07:27

Funnily enough, charging ££££s for trashy bling-phones wasn't a great idea

Et tu, Vertu? Then fall, geezers
69 Comments
14 Jul 22:34

All hail AT&T! Champion of the open internet and users' privacy!

Also a bald-faced liar
31 Comments
14 Jul 20:05

All your bass are belong to us: Soundcloud fans raid site for music amid fears of total collapse

You have no chance to survive make your time
36 Comments
13 Jul 22:26

Sleuths unearth 'Panic Mode' in Android, set off by mashing back button

Great... if you could use it
49 Comments
13 Jul 13:42
Enigma machine from Bucharest (Artmark)

€100 'typewriter' turns out to be €45,000 Enigma machine

1941 German army crypto machine found in Romanian flea market
79 Comments
13 Jul 07:21

Opinion

Dead serious: How to haunt people after you've gone... using your smartphone

Something for the Weekend, Sir?This app could have grave consequences etc
Static poor reception of TV transmission. Photo by shutterstock

Despite high-profile hires, Apple's TV plans are doomed

OpinionIt's 'Amazon' how far behind it is...
69 Comments
26 Jun 08:01
Man and dog eat dog food. pic by shutterstock

Google may follow Apple, design mobile chips in-house

CommentHas anyone told Qualcomm, Intel and the gang?
25 Comments
20 Jun 10:39
Thanks, I suppose. Woman contemplates unwanted gift. Photo by Shutterstock

My unpopular career in writing computer reviews? It's a gift

Something for the Weekend, Sir?The sun really does shine out of my behind
52 Comments
09 Jun 08:00

News

Broadcasters, advocacy groups and nonprofits weigh in on Microsoft's magical broadband

AnalysisThe good, the bad and the ugly parts of Redmond's white space internet
13 Jul 00:58

Brickbat unwraps in lap of crap Snapchat yap app technocrat brats after stock splat mishap

Have we just reached Peak Register?
14 Comments
12 Jul 20:07

BlackBerry taking action to fix 'pop-out' screen – namely more glue

KEYone flagship crumbles under pressure
14 Comments
12 Jul 11:37

The life and times of Surface, Microsoft's odds-defying fondleslab

A hard-won hit at five
73 Comments
12 Jul 09:19

Nokia inks wide-ranging deal with Xiaomi: Not just IP and handsets

Oh Mi goodness
12 Jul 08:01

Dell gives world its first wireless-charging laptop if you buy $580 extra kit

Or you could buy two of the cheaper battery-pack keyboards for less than the wireless kit
31 Comments
12 Jul 04:58

Got a Windows Phone 8 mobe? It's now officially obsolete. Here's why...

Microsoft pulls the plug on support for dedicated smartphone OS
66 Comments
11 Jul 22:06

The great phone squeeze wheeze: Getting squidgy with HTC's U11

ReviewGlassy, glossy, sassy... but smudgy
18 Comments
11 Jul 15:00

His Muskiness wheels out the Tesla Model 3

'Cut-price' car could be yours, in a year or more, for 'just' $35k
84 Comments
10 Jul 13:44

OMG, dad, you're so embarrassing! Are you P2P file sharing again?

Ripping teens leave the file sharing to Sad Old Dads
118 Comments
10 Jul 10:30

Jaw-boned: Wearables biz Jawbone shuts down

Fitness band maker jogs off into the sunset for good
16 Comments
07 Jul 18:58

Sniffing the scent of free publicity, Google and Facebook steamroll into net neutrality protest

Didn't talk to organizers, don't have any plans yet
07 Jul 18:16

Well, that escalated quickly: Qualcomm demands iPhone, iPad sales ban in America

Licensing dispute explodes into all-out patent war with Apple
58 Comments
06 Jul 23:33
Trump Pepper, photo by Janet Ayers

Trump's CNN tantrum could delay $85bn AT&T-Time Warner merger

White House warns corpos after President's Twitter fight
76 Comments
06 Jul 21:20
Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons

Samsung stalls Bixby launch because it am English not so good

원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다.
34 Comments
05 Jul 18:35
Africa Studio http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-137002p1.html

PCs will get pricier and you're gonna like it, say Gartner market shamans

Vendors upping tags while consumers want better products
55 Comments
05 Jul 15:27

Fancy fixing your own mobile devices? Just take the display off carefu...CRUNCH !£$%!

Not that easy, is it? Apple, Samsung most locked-down of all kit
70 Comments
30 Jun 11:29

Dead serious: How to haunt people after you've gone... using your smartphone

Something for the Weekend, Sir?This app could have grave consequences etc
107 Comments
30 Jun 09:01

It's the iPhone's 10th b'day or, as El Reg calls it, 'BILL RAY DAY'

More than one BEEEEELLION mobe sales to celebrate? Screw that twisted logic
'Mother' tattoo

'Bio-hacker' embeds public transport ticket under his skin

But the transport authority says that invalidates the card
19 Comments
28 Jun 06:02
Fire Extinguisher

Hot news! Combustible Galaxy Note 7 to return as 'Galaxy Note FE'

What could FE stand for? Fried Ears? Fearful Explosions? Flaming Emissions?
35 Comments
28 Jun 00:41
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Games rights-holders tell ZX Spectrum reboot firm: Pay or we pull titles

So, about that '1,000 games bundled with Vega+' boast, Retro Computers...
36 Comments
26 Jun 15:27
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