You know what’s cooler than unlocking your phone by scanning your fingerprint? Unlocking your phone by scanning your eye. And that’s what Samsung has planned for next year’s Galaxy S5, according to a new report out of Korea. Our sister site ZDNet Korea quotes industry sources who say the company’s next flagship mobile will pack …

Sky’s £10 day pass to Sky Sports is now available on Apple TV, the company has announced. Your crisp tenner buys you 24 hours of live sporting action via your little square box, with no contract. The pass starts the moment you pay for it, and gives you direct feeds of all six Sky Sports channels, so you can watch …

There’s always tonnes of gadgets kicking around the office, on loan from manufacturers and phone networks, but the new iPad mini was the one tech product I actually went out and spent my own money on this year. I’ve never owned an iPad, and I was waiting for this one — a small, retina-quality screen and the latest, most powerful …

You know what’s cooler than unlocking your phone by scanning your fingerprint? Unlocking your phone by scanning your eyes. And that’s what Samsung has planned for next year’s Galaxy S5, according to a new report out of Korea. Our sister site ZDNet Korea quotes industry sources who reckon the company’s next flagship mobile will pack an iris-scanner — a first …

There’s flogging a dead horse, and then there’s the new Samsung Galaxy Core Advance. It looks like last year’s S3, but it’s not out until next year — when the S5 will be imminent — and it’s not even as good as the 18-month old flagship phone. The Core Advance is more like the old S2, going by the specs, …

With Three’s same-price-as-3G service coming soon, O2 has slashed its 4G prices. Knocking a fiver off its Airtime plans on O2 Refresh, you can now bag a contract with 1GB of superfast data — plus unlimited calls and texts — for £17. A gig won’t go very far when you can download at an average speed of 16Mbps (just under …

Shutterstock BT Sport’s turbulent launch was such a shambles it resulted in twice the usual level of complaints against the telecom company’s pay-TV division, Ofcom has said. The ambitious Internet broadcaster apologised to customers. “BT apologises to BT TV customers who suffered poor service during the summer. While these complaints represent a fraction of 1 per cent of those customers, …

Netflix’s multi-award winning, star-packed political thriller House of Cards is back with a new series, opening worldwide on the streaming service on Valentine’s Day, 14 February. The Kevin Spacey-led show, which is produced by Netflix, will once more be available to watch all at once, with 13 episodes going live on the same day. A trailer for the new series …

The HTC One Max is going through a goth phase, with a new black model announced in Hong Kong. The finger-scanning 5.9-inch One Max is a bigger brother to the original HTC One and their little brother the One Mini. Currently available in silver, the Max costs around £590, or you can get it on a contract from networks including EE, …

HTC’s had an early Christmas present from the Court of Appeal, as it today ruled to grant a stay on the injunction against its devices in the UK, following a lawsuit brought by Nokia over alleged patent infringement. The ruling means the Taiwanese company can continue to flog its phones here in Britain, including the brilliant HTC One, the diminutive …