Life of Pi, Yann Martel’s ‘unfilmable’ adventure tale about the boy and the vicious pussycat who went to sea in a little white boat, has been ripped from its pages by Oscar-toting director Ang Lee, and thrust onto the big screen — and in 3D, no less. Lee has received praise the world over for …

Many of the phones HTC has released in the last year and a half will not be updated to Android Jelly Bean, the company has confirmed in the FAQ section of its website. Among the casualties are the HTC One V and the HTC Desire C, both of which are fairly recent offerings from the Taiwanese manufacturer. HTC is currently …

At one point we thought we might have to wait years for super-fast data speeds, but EE, Britain’s first 4G network, launches tomorrow. Many countries have beaten us to 4G, so you might be wondering whether your shiny new 4G phone will be able to get 4G speeds when you go abroad. EE has so far only confirmed prices for …

Update: As we speculated in the original story below, these photos were fake. There is no Sony Nexus device. Read how the faker did it and why here. Those who like their Android as pure and unblemished as freshly fallen snow will no doubt be overjoyed to lay their eyes upon leaked pictures of a new Nexus device. Photos of …

Google has released a sweet bonus treat for Android users with phones running Jelly Bean or Ice Cream Sandwich, in the shape of a feature-packed official Calendar app that can sync all your calendars. The app, which can be downloaded from the Google Play store now, was announced on the official Android blog today by tech lead Michael Chan. Previously …

The best things in life are free — especially when that free thing allows you to catch up on the latest tech news from deep below the surface of our bustling capital when the Central Line’s borked yet again. Londoners and tourists alike will be thrilled to hear Virgin Media is extending its free Tube Wi-Fi until the end of …

What gives? You wait blinkin’ ages for a decent set-top box to show its interface, and then a whole bunch come along at once. The Humax Freesat+ HD with free time is the latest television service to pop up and is set to hit the shelves of major retailers up and down the land on 17 October — that’s this …

It’s fair to say our appetite for exciting new technology is insatiable here at CNET UK, but occasionally we get so far ahead of ourselves we forget what’s going on in the here and now. Take 4G, for example — we’ve had our eyes firmly fixated on this spot on the tech horizon for so long now, we never for …

RIM may well have delayed the launch of BB10 and the new range of BlackBerry smart phones, but pictures of two new BlackBerry devices — one Qwerty and one touchscreen — have leaked. The phones were spied in a video that was spotted and nabbed by BlackBerry news site CrackBerry, which unfortunately (but unsurprisingly) has subsequently taken it down. Our …

HTC and O2 are buddying up to release a phone that will be sold sans charger, Pocket-lint reports. The phone will be launched as part of a pilot scheme designed to tackle the number of unused chargers — currently estimated at around 100 million — thought to be in circulation in the UK. O2 cites statistics that suggest up to …