The Ministry of Defence is auctioning off chunks of spectrum that it owns, increasing the amount of available bandwidth to be used for 4G. The MoD, which says the sale is the first of its kind by a government department, will be flogging 200MHz of delicious bandwidth to the highest bidder, giving companies the chance …

Google’s Nexus 4 has been out of stock since shortly after it went on sale last month, and now one company executive is pinning the blame on the phone’s supplier. Addressing a barrage of questions about the Nexus 4 via Google+, the company’s managing director for the U.K. and Ireland, Dan Cobley, served up an apology and an explanation. “Dear …

Sprint Nextel took another step toward securing its future by coming to an agreement with Clearwire to buy all of the remaining shares it doesn’t already own. The deal gives Sprint full control of Clearwire’s impressive swath of spectrum, as well as its existing 4G WiMax network, which the company was planning to upgrade to 4G LTE next year. It …

If you own a Samsung Galaxy S3 with U.S. Cellular, an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is just around the corner. Starting Friday, December 21, GS3 owners can begin the update process wirelessly, or manually by plugging in their phone via USB cable and visiting this U.S. Cellular site. U.S. Cellular is one of the last carriers to offer …

Defense researchers are looking to update the wireless platform currently used for military communications to deliver 100Gbps connections. While fiber-optic cables provide the long-haul backbone for most data and voice communications networks without issue, radio signals often face electronic interference and degradation over long distances, resulting in reduced communications efficiency to soldiers in the field. The current Common Data Link, …

The holidays have arrived. I’m sure with the launch of the new iPads, many young ones may find them, or possibly iTunes gift cards, in their stockings. In light of this, I bring good tidings. Starting December 21 and running through January 2, Disney Publishing has specially priced some of its more popular titles, including Tangled: Storybook Deluxe; Brave: Storybook …

This year, we saw a wide range of both excellent and disappointing devices. CNET Related stories Quad-core, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0: 2012’s winners and losers Smartphones at CES 2013: Gotta have more quad-core CES 2013 will feature 20,000 products; here are a few of them Not only was 2012 a great year for handset technology like bigger and crisper screens and …

Research In Motion has officially announced a BlackBerry 10 event for January 30. The company today sent out invitations to select media outlets, inviting them to Pier 36 in New York City that day for the global unveiling of BlackBerry 10: “You can see it first.” RIM didn’t provide any details on the event, but its tagline is, “Re-designed. Re-engineered. …

HTC decided against launching a Windows Phone 8 handset it had planned because of Microsoft’s restrictions on display resolution, a new report claims. HTC was ready to get working on a large-screen Windows Phone 8 device, but believed that Microsoft’s limit on screen display resolutions of 1,280×720 and 1,280×768 would have made its handset look less appealing compared with Android …

After rumors suggested a deal was near, Sprint announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire the shares of Clearwire that it does not already own. According to Sprint, the companies have agreed to a per-share price of $2.97 on the approximately 50 percent stake in Clearwire it does not currently own. The total price will hit $2.2 billion, …

Three new home audio devices will be in stores from January next year. JBL SB400. (Credit: JBL) Soundbars are an excellent alternative to a surround sound system, especially for anyone suffering from a small lounge room. JBL has been the big name in soundbars for some time now, and the company is continuing this tradition with three new models that …

The video-on-demand service is making a move to “Kobo e-readers and new-generation devices”. Quickflix is coming to the Kobo Arc. (Credit: Kobo; Quickflix) Despite the bad news back in November that Quickflix was cutting jobs in an effort to cut costs, the company certainly isn’t lying down and waiting to go gently into that good night. The company has already …

The internet-radio service has opened locally, complete with a partnership deal with Holden. The Pandora apps and web player. (Credit: Pandora) Formally opening for business in Australia and New Zealand, Pandora has joined the ever-increasing ranks of streaming-music services that are available locally. Pandora is available via Android and iOS apps, or through a web-based player. Pandora allows users to …

New Line Cinema If you’re one of the many, many people who saw “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” over the weekend, chances are you didn’t see the film exactly as the director, Peter Jackson, intended. But if you were, please let us know whether you liked it by voting in the poll. “The Hobbit” is the first major film to …

A new smartphone by Russian company Yota Devices intends to integrate an E Ink reader as a secondary display on the back of the phone. (Credit: Yota Devices) Earlier this year, we saw the a concept smartphone by Onyx International, an Android device that eschewed the more popular OLED screen in favour of the rather lo-fi E Ink. Then came …