The 3D version of Independence Day has reportedly been cancelled, with studios opting to ditch the 3D remake of the 1996 Will Smith-em up. Now that’s what I call a close encounter! Den of Geek reports that Fox is ditching the flick, which was slated for a 3 July release next year. I’ve contacted 20th Century …

London dwellers rejoice, it looks like EE is bringing free Wi-Fi to the London Underground — though the 4G network says the exciting news was revealed in error. Update: Virgin Media has confirmed that both EE and Vodafone customers will be getting the free Wi-Fi service. That means EE, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin Media and Vodafone mobile customers will get free …

Vodafone’s new ‘Red Hot‘ phone-rental service lends you an iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy S3 or Samsung Galaxy Note 2 on a 12-month deal. Sounds great — who wants a phone for two years? — but the monthly line rental is more, and at the end of the year you won’t own the phone. So is it worth it? The upfront …

HTC could be cooking up a 5-inch smart phone for the UK, if new leaks are to be believed. A render of the so-called HTC Deluxe was posted to Twitter by mobile tipster evleaks, and is apparently a “global edition” of the phone. It’s always worth taking rumours like this with a pinch of salt, though there are other 5-inch …

The Google Nexus 4 is flooding onto eBay, with bid prices rising as phone shoppers clamour to get their mitts on the eagerly anticipated sold-out smart phone. Listings have started to surface on eBay’s UK site, with bids standing at upwards of £340 for the 8GB model — over £100 what Google is charging for the Android-powered blower. Google’s page …

The very latest version of Android — that’s Android 4.2 Jelly Bean — is now landing on older Nexus devices, according to reports. Commenters on CNET, Twitter and Google+ have said that the update is landing on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the 4.7-inch smart phone we’ve been fawning over since its November 2011 debut. The Nexus 7 is also being anointed with …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 5 vs S3 LTE vs Nexus 4 vs Lumia 920 5:52 My word, it’s been a busy few weeks in the thrill-a-minute world of consumer tech! A cavalcade of mind-blowing announcements from Microsoft, Nokia, Apple, Amazon and others would have seen lesser tech sites scampering into a bed of leaves, curling up like baby hedgehogs …

Phones running BlackBerry 10 — the long-awaited, mildly anticipated new version of RIM’s BlackBerry software — is due to touch down in February, following an official debut on 30 January. The new software will arrive with new devices in tow. RIM’s Kristian Tear told the San Francisco Chronicle new devices should land on multiple continents within 30 days of the …

EE, the UK’s first 4G network, has delayed its SIM-free tariffs, with the cheaper deals now expected to arrive “within the next two weeks”. Although the new network went live a few weeks ago, it seems you’ll have to sit tight if you want to buy one of the network’s SIM-only plans, which were supposed to go live today. The …

Hold fast, Galaxy Note 10.1 owners — the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update has kicked off in Germany, giving European Samsung fans a taste of the (nearly) latest edition of Android. The over the air update is arriving for our German tech pals, Sammobile reports, and weighs in at a hefty 300MB. The update’s arrival on the continent means the much-anticipated …