High Court orders ISPs to block The Pirate Bay Internet providers in the UK must stop users accessing the copyright-violating Swedish website The online pirate party is at risk of wig-wearing gatecrashers winding down the antics early – the High Court has just ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK must deny users access to the file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. With the tagline, ‘the world’s most resilient BitTorrent site’ and infamous founders like Peter Sunde, The Pirate Bay has fought on despite rulings against it in Sweden and crazy, hare-brained schemes like sticking its servers on drones out at sea to avoid copyright laws....

How to install ICS on a Samsung Galaxy S II now Grab your Galaxy S II, download Kies and get updating – Ice Cream Sandwich is here for O2 users Ice Cream Sandwichhas made it to theSamsung Galaxy S IIfor O2 customers, andsooner than expected. The announcement came fromO2 on Twitter, but don’t be fooled by the modern alert method: the update style is old school. Yep, you need to plug your phone in....

HTC One launch live blog We’re at the launch of HTC’s new flagship phone – but what goodies will it have crammed into its shell? UPDATE:Our compete HTC One news story, with full details, is live here. We’re at the launch of HTC’s new flagship phone – find out whether it’s a contender for the top spot in ourSmartphone Top 10. HTC’s alluded to the rumouredultrapixel camera sensorwith a snap of lenses, but what other goodies will be crammed inside its shell?...

HTC One to have 4MP camera – but that’s a good thing Leaked HTC specs point to an ultrapixel sensor in the new flagship smartphone Ahead of the launch of the HTC One tomorrow, HTC’steasedthe new camera tech packed into its forthcoming flagship smartphone with this telling snap of camera lenses. Now, while the HTC One won’t feature a full-blown SLR lens like the ones pictured above, it will come packing a 4MP camera....

HTC Sense 4.0 shots leaked Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC’s Sense 4.0 skin looks beautifully crafted HTC Sense 4.0 has leaked online in some screenshots that show Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is going to be super sweet when it lands on theHTC Endeavour(Edge) atMWC. The images reveal both landscape (below) and portrait modes – suggesting that both mobile and tablet (Flyer) versions should be arriving at the same time....

HTC to launch 5in One X successor in September It looks like HTC may be joining the big boys with its own haughty handset HTC is getting ready to release a 5in smartphone, likely the successor to the One X, this September. It’s still in rumour stages right now withDigiTimesdelivering the news from its “industry sources”. Stuff has also heard there will indeed be a successor to the One X coming in the next few months with a big special feature....

HTC Windows Phone 8X and Windows Phone 8S revealed New Windows 8 phones sport Beats Audio and a very different look to HTC’s Android range The names may evoke theOne XandOne S, but HTC’s new Windows 8 phones are stylistically very different from the company’s existing Android range. HTC unveiled the two handsets at an event in New York today, promising a November release for both. Top of the range is the HTC 8X....