When the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special airs in November, it’ll be broadcast all around the world at the same time, Radio Times reports. It’s reportedly been sold to 200 countries and is expected to reach more than 100 million viewers, making it the biggest ever global drama simulcast. Not only that, it’ll also be shown in cinemas here in …

If you use a Windows Phone 8 device, you’ve so far had to go without Instagram in your life. Well that’s about to change, thanks to Hipstamatic Oggl, which plays nice with the retro-tinged photo-sharing network. Kind of. As well as giving your snaps a dollop of nostalgia thanks to some retro filters, the app lets you upload your pics …

Sony DVD recorders all over the country have stopped being able to receive Freeview channels following a software update on Friday. People owning the borked devices have written to the BBC to complain they can’t watch or record anything on Freeview. And now Sony has acknowledged the problem on Twitter, as well as on its own forums. I’ve contacted Sony …

About 10,000 mobile phones are stolen in London every month, according to Scotland Yard. That’s up by 15 per cent in the last year. This spike in so-called “Apple-picking” (after the ubiquitous smart phone-maker) has prompted none other than mayor of London Boris Johnson to lead calls for a ‘kill switch’ that would disable mobiles the minute they’re nabbed. BoJo …

The budget iPhone we’ve been hearing a lot about could come in two varieties, according to the latest rumour. Codenamed the iPhone Zenvo and iPhone Zagato/Bertone (I know, but bear with me), both will feature 4-inch screens, but will have slightly different processors and connectivity options, Phone Arena reports. The Zenvo is said to be the slightly more affordable of …

Update: An official image has leaked of the Moto X Phone, courtesy of TheUnockr. I’ve updated the story with it as the main image. Original story follows. We’ve seen leak after leak of the Moto X Phone. The handset doesn’t launch until 1 August, but last week Google’s Eric Schmidt was papped swanning about showing one off like it was no …

Looks like someone’s been a naughty boy. Panasonic and its subsidiary Sanyo have admitted they were involved in conspiracies to fix the prices of laptop battery packs and car parts. The Japanese giant will pay a total of $56.5 million (£37 million) in criminal fines, the US Department of Justice said in a new release. Of that, Sanyo will pay …

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 3 has leaked again. This time we’ve got a couple of sketches showing off the device’s design, and some specs to go with them, all courtesy of Dutch site Sim Only Radar. The Galaxy Note 3’s codename is said to be SM-N900. Notable additions include a xenon flash, and a dedicated camera button. These pics look like …

Here’s just what you don’t need when you get back from holiday: a phone bill for a whopping £3,800. But that’s how much Casey Snook, a 14-year-old from Bristol, ran up during a trip to New York, the Metro reports. Casey didn’t know that her Facebook status updates were costing her — or rather her father, who pays the bill …

Have you been eyeing up that tasty HTC One Google Edition our American cousins have got their hands on? You know, the one that runs stock Android, rather than the HTC Sense bloatware us Brits have to put up with? Help could be at hand in the form of MoDaCo.Switch, Engadget reports. It’s a ROM that lets you run both …