The O2 network is back up and running after Tuesday’s massive network failage. London and the South East faced a communications breakdown for most of the day, with many angry customers clamouring for compensation. O2 explains what happened in a statement but says compensation won’t be offered. It says the rarity of incidents like this …

Sony has announced two new LED-backlit tellies with 3D capability. The Sony Bravia NX713 and NX813 will have you viewing in that all-important third dimension — or not, if you don’t fork out extra for the hardware. Both tellies will play 3D content, but you need to add a 3D Sync transmitter and pony up for some glasses. Internet content …

Keys, wallet, phone — the pocket-patting mantra as you leave the house is about to get simpler, thanks to Lockitron. Lockitron is a new gadget that lets you lock and unlock any door with your phone, from anywhere in the world. Lockitron is produced by Apigy, an American start-up company founded by university friends Paul Gerhardt and Cameron Robertson. Gerhard told …

You need what we all need? More space. More space to stretch our legs under cramped office tables; to pandiculate unabashedly beyond the confines of pokey bedrooms; to lope luxuriously past the boundaries of our modest plots. That, and have more space in the memory of our phones, which is where the Seagate GoFlex Satellite comes in. The GoFlex Satellite …

Hey now, hey Nokia, don’t dream it’s Ovi… Yes, our pun sense is a-tingling at the news that Ovi is over. Nokia is changing the name of its apps, media and software services, rebranding its app store, maps, email and more. The new name? Nokia. Ovi services such as Ovi Maps and Ovi Mail will be called simply Nokia Maps …

When is an app store not an App Store? When it’s an Android Market, an Ovi Store or an Amazon Appstore. An alliance of companies that provide mobile apps is challenging Apple’s trademark of the term “app store” — and now they’ve brought their fight to Europe. Microsoft, Nokia, HTC and Sony Ericsson threw in their lot to challenge Apple’s …

Cheapo TiVo is here. Virgin Media’s new budget version of the TiVo personal video recorder is available today, learning your taste in telly and recording stuff it thinks you’ll like for just £50 upfront. The cheaper option looks and performs exactly the same as the more expensive TiVo: it’s the same box, but with a different hard drive inside. The …

Did you watch The Apprentice last night? There’s a question we’d never thought we’d ask here in Crave, but in last night’s episode of the BBC business reality show, Lord Suralan Sugar‘s latest batch of horrendously deluded egos in suits entered the technology arena by creating a mobile app — in 24 hours. But even Britain’s biggest bolshie boardroom businessmouth …

We’ve had a peak behind the curtain at Apple, and it seems that 1 Infinite Loop isn’t a haven of childlike wonder. A new article paints a portrait of Apple boss Steve Jobs as a ruthless dictator whose exacting standards set the tone at the company. Adam Lashinsky profiles the company in Fortune magazine, in an article you can only …

Google’s next version of the Android software for mobile phones will officially be called Ice Cream Sandwich. The multi-layered chocolatey treat will absorb the new features in version 3.1 of Honeycomb, the next version of Android used in tablets, so there’s one version of Android whatever device you’re using. Ice Cream Sandwich will include Honeycomb’s task switcher, 3D-style interface and …