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“Facebook Phone” HTC First Won’t Be Sold In The UK [Rumor]

“Facebook Phone” HTC First Won’t Be Sold In The UK [Rumor]

By Zach Walton May 23, 2013

When Facebook revealed Home for Android, it also revealed a new phone called the HTC First to go along with it. The phone apparently didn’t do so well in the American market leading to rumors of its demise. Now it …

Google Play UK Finally Gets Magazines Google Play UK Finally Gets Magazines

One of the more prominent selling points of Google Play is its large magazine library. Google even includes free issues of popular magazines on new Nexus devices. Unfortunately, our friends in the UK weren’t graced with magazines or music at …

U.S. And Allies Refuse To Sign Internet Treaty U.S. And Allies Refuse To Sign Internet Treaty

We brought you word that the ITU talks in Dubai had become noticeably more worrisome in its two final days. The convention of delegates held a “non-vote vote” on whether or not the ITU would have any control over the …

Diabetes Patients Have Extreme Heart Risks Diabetes Patients Have Extreme Heart Risks

The National Diabetes Audit by the U.K.’s National Health Service has just released some stark statistics on the effects of diabetes. One of the most dismal statistics shows that people with diabetes are 65% more likely to have heart failure …

Nook Video Now Available In The UK Nook Video Now Available In The UK

The Kindle Fire HD has been available in Europe since October 25. The device came with Amazon’s own LOVEFiLM which streams movies and TV shows directly to users’ devices. Nook, the ever present rival to Kindle, is now just catching …

Nintendo UK Sold 40,000 Wii U Consoles Nintendo UK Sold 40,000 Wii U Consoles
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The Wii U launched in Europe and Australia on Friday, December 30. It’s been three days now, and analysts are already picking apart whatever data they can get a hold of. The latest numbers from the UK show the Wii …

Apple Publishes Revised Samsung Statement Apple Publishes Revised Samsung Statement

It’s rare for Apple to admit any wrongdoing. It’s even more rare when it comes to its competition as it took a court order for Apple to say that Samsung did not copy the iPad. The first public statement, however, …

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Apple Has To Rewrite Its Samsung Statement Apple Has To Rewrite Its Samsung Statement
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Last week, Apple published a statement on its Web site saying that Samsung did not copy the iPad. The statement was ordered by a UK court after Apple lost its patent battle against Samsung. Now the courts are saying that …

Anonymous Takes Down UK Government Web Sites Anonymous Takes Down UK Government Web Sites
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Wikileaks and Anonymous have been close for quite some time now. Many of the recent leaks that have come out of Wikileaks were obtained by members within Anonymous. With Julian Assange under fire at the Ecuadorian embassy, Anonymous have taken …

Julian Assange Defends Whistleblowers In Speech Julian Assange Defends Whistleblowers In Speech
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It’s official – Julian Assange has been granted asylum by the South American country of Ecuador. Unfortunately for Assange, it’s looks like the U.K. government isn’t going to let him go. He’s been locked up inside the Ecuadorian embassy for …

Julian Assange Granted Asylum To Ecuador Julian Assange Granted Asylum To Ecuador
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We brought you word a few days ago that Julian Assange was to be granted asylum to Ecuador. The country’s president, Rafael Correa, quickly tweeted that the news was fake and that a decision would be made Thursday morning. It’s …

UK Pirate Bay Block Is Ineffective UK Pirate Bay Block Is Ineffective
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The entertainment industry is pretty short-sighted when it comes to finding solutions to piracy. They file a little lawsuit here and a little domain ban there in hopes that people stop using P2P services to download their content free of …

Jimmy Wales Clashes with Reporters about O'Dwyer Jimmy Wales Clashes with Reporters about O'Dwyer
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In spite of what appeared to be a decision from the United Kingdom’s Home Office to continue with the extradition of accused copyright-infringer Richard O’Dwyer to the United States, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales maintains that reports of the Home Office’s …

Google Maps Releases Indoor Maps for UK Google Maps Releases Indoor Maps for UK

Whether it’s been a torrentially stormy summer for you or a tumbleweed-dry fire-storming summer for you, you more likely than not want to stay indoors. For those of you lucky enough to be enjoying benign, temperate, and agreeable weather, good …

Pressure Mounts to Halt O'Dwyer's Extradition to US Pressure Mounts to Halt O'Dwyer's Extradition to US
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Although the United Kingdom has yet to withdraw plans to extradite Richard O’Dwyer to the United States in order to face charges related to copyright infringement, a separate case that isn’t entirely dissimilar to O’Dwyer’s situation may have increased pressure …

Europe Gets Amazing Resident Evil 6 Set Europe Gets Amazing Resident Evil 6 Set
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I’ll be honest here – I spend way too much money on collector’s editions of my favorite games. If there’s a collector’s edition, I’m probably going to end up getting it for all the awesome swag that it contains. There …

Jimmy Wales' Petition for Richard O'Dwyer Jimmy Wales' Petition for Richard O'Dwyer
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Earlier this year, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales added instrumental support in the internet’s successful fight against the U.S. government-backed Twin Bills of Terrible known as SOPA and PIPA. For his second act, Wales is hoping he can once again use …