Star Trek Into Darkness is beaming down to British cinemas a week before the US release. The release date for the enterprising sequel has been brought forward to give UK Trekkies a full week of Brit baddie Benedict Cumberbatch all to ourselves. The film, directed once again by JJ Abrams, has been brought forward to …

Six out of every 10 mobiles in the UK are smart phones, according to Nielsen, which recently revealed that 61 per cent of all British blowers now qualify as ‘smart’ — a higher proportion than even the US. Nielsen examined 10 key phone markets around the world, with the UK coming fifth. That doesn’t mean they’re as widely adopted globally, …

Waiting is never easy. And in the fast-paced smartphone market, it feels like you can wait forever before buying a new phone, because there’s always a better one around the corner. For the smartphone consumer, it’s a delicate balance in deciding when to pull the trigger on the next smartphone purchase. While the upgrade cycle of devices seems nearly constant, …

Windows RT is in a bit of trouble. Samsung today told German news site Heise that it’s changed its mind on releasing the Ativ Tab in Germany. Samsung had previously hoped to offer the tablet to German customers, but revealed to Heise that demand for Windows RT is low in the country, prompting it to rethink its strategy. The news …

Telly, the popular video-sharing platform that was once known as Twitvid, has today released a major update to its iOS app. Jumping to version 2.0, Telly for iOS now makes it significantly easier to watch content, share with friends, and even add a bit of polish to videos before sharing. Now, when you’re ready to share, you can do so …

Google Play gift cards have officially launched in the U.K. The search giant today announced that the cards have gone on sale in the U.K. in denominations of 10 pounds ($15), 25 pounds, and 50 pounds. The cards are being rolled out across Tesco and Morrisons locations around the country and should be available at all of their branches in …

Data collected during a 14-day period ending on March 4, 2013. Google Android’s Gingerbread operating system has sticking power, but it’s finally starting to loosen its hold. New numbers from Google show that nearly half of all Android devices are running versions of 4.0 and above — surpassing Gingerbread’s individual installed base. Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.0, and Jelly Bean, 4.1 …

New reports suggest that AT&T will be the first U.S. carrier out of the gate with the BlackBerry Z10 on March 15. If they pan out, then it reveals BlackBerry’s true weakness despite the hype of BB10. Originally reported by N4BB and echoed by mobile news sites Phone Arena and BlackBerryOS, AT&T apparently has moved up its plans to push …

News Corp. might be known for its range of news outlets, but the company today has unveiled a tablet as well. At the SXSWedu event in Austin, Texas, today, Amplify, the recently launched education arm of News Corp., unveiled a new tablet. Appropriately named the Amplify Tablet, the device will run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and come with a …

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S4 will offer a Smart Scroll feature, at least according to a series of screenshots leaked by blog site Sammobile. Images posted on the site show a settings screen for Smart Scroll, a feature that allows users to scroll through the screen and perform certain tasks merely by moving their eyes up and down. Citing information from …

The Department of Justice seems to be giving the green light to T-Mobile USA in its bid to buy MetroPCS. On Tueseday, MetroPCS announced that the DOJ has allowed the waiting period to lapse on the planned merger between the two companies. The waiting period was required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. This indicates that the DOJ …

Intel Capital, the chip company’s venture-capital arm, has invested in software maker BlueStacks. The companies announced the deal yesterday but didn’t say how much Intel Capital invested. BlueStacks offers software, called App Player, that lets users run their mobile applications on a Mac or Windows PC. According to BlueStacks, the company’s platform has been downloaded more than 5 million times …

Today marks exactly one year since Google rebranded the Android Market into the Google Play store and the company is observing the occasion with limited-time deals and freebies. Deals this week include $5 books and 99-cent movie rentals as well as select magazines for only $1 each. What’s more, a number of television shows are being offered at no cost, …

Thanks to T-Mobile USA’s expected closure of its merger with MetroPCS, the newly combined company is going to find itself with more employees than it knows what to do with. Actually, it seems the No. 4 U.S. wireless carrier already has a pretty good idea what it will do with some of them, and it involves pink slips. T-Mobile is …

Now playing: Watch this: Pocket Filmmaker: Animation on smartphones 3:08 Welcome back to CNET Australia‘s guide to pocket film-making. The Pocket Filmmaker, Jason van Genderen, will be showing you how to turn the smartphone in your pocket into a camera capable of shooting video projects that are worthy of sharing with family and friends, online and even with the judges …