One of the larger websites that will be going offline will be the English Language version of Wikipedia, according to Wikimedia’s Executive Director Sue Gardner.

A statement was released on the site, which read:

“Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18″

“This will be the first time the English Wikipedia has ever staged a public protest of this nature, and it’s a decision that wasn’t lightly made.”

As well as Wikipedia, websites such as the Cheezburger network, which includes such sites as FailBlog, Failbook and many more will be joining the protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protest Intellectual Property Act.

What do you make of the online blackout? Let us know in the comments section below.

Popular US retailer Best Buy opened its first UK store back in 2010, but after poor sales they have decided to get out whilst they can.

Before Best Buy fell back to the US though, a sale is currently in progress both in-store and online with some products marked with 30 percent off.

This could be another chance to grab some Christmas bargains after the Black Friday sales.

Will you be getting yourself a bargain? Let us know in the comments section below.

Most of you should have seen The Social Network by now, the somewhat slightly exaggerated movie about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. What you probably don’t know is who wrote the script for it, well that’s who we’re interested in today.

Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network script writer, has landed the opportunity to write the tech-world’s most sought after script, writing the Steve Jobs movie.

He was contacted by Sony, who bought the rights to Steve Jobs official autobiography for a rumoured $1 million, and it’s probably fair to say that he’s taking some time out to consider the extraordinary offer being handed to him.

Sorkin was interviewed by E! Online and told them, “Sony has asked me to write the movie and it’s something I’m strongly considering. Right now I’m just in the thinking-about-it stages. It’s a really big movie and it’s going to be a great movie no matter who writes it.”

“He was a great entrepreneur, he was a great artist, a great thinker. He’s probably inspired [my 11-year-old daughter] Roxy more than he’s inspired me … she plays with all his toys.”

There’s still not a definite decision regarding who will play Steve Jobs in the film, but the front-runners are George Cloony and Noah Wyle.

What do you make of a movie being discussed so soon after Steve Jobs’ death? Let us know in the comments section below.

Stanislaw Lem saddly passed away in 2006 from heart disease, and Google thought that their latest Doodle would be a fitting tribute to the iconic science-fiction author, who wrote the classic ‘Solaris’.

Some of Google’s most recent Doodles have definitely been some of the best. This years Halloween Doodle featured stop-motion images of giant pumpkins being carved.

Which Google Doodle has been your favourite? Let us know in the comments section below.

It’s a know fact that Steve Jobs often took up the opportunity to email back fans and deal with customers directly if they had a problem or query.

The new ebook, available for the Kindle, is a compilation of these emails, some of which praise the late Steve Jobs and others which are not so kind. Yet, Jobs still tried to reply to them all.

If you wish to purchase the ebook, you can do so by clicking this link.

What do you make of this, isn’t it quite disrespectful to publish someones Email inbox in book form? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

The UK currently ranks at 15th in terms of overall speed with an average of just 5Mbs per second, which also means the UK was ranked as the 28th fastest internet connection.

The whole plan to boost Britain’s broadband to the fastest on the continent is currently being led by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who said in September that it was important the UK does not “make the same mistake in broadband that we made in railways – building our high-speed network 45 years after the French and 62 years after the Japanese.”

Williams has been reported to have said “We will be top of the major league, certainly if not by 2015 then by very soon after.”

Obviously, we’ll only be able to beat every other EU country as long as they aren’t planning a massive boost in broadband speeds, so although these plans sound great, by 2015 we’ll just be even further down the list…

How fast is your internet connection? Let us know in the comments section below.

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams announced the news on Wednesday. According to CBS News, this is something the magazine has never done before.

Brian Williams led the annual panel debate in New York, with panelists including actor Jesse Eisenberg, SNL head writer Seth Meyers and chef Mario Betali.

“One guy, who changed our world, and I said to Seth Meyers as we walked across Sixth Avenue, ‘Just look with me on this one block walk at how he changed the world around us. Look at how he changed the world,’” Williams said during his nomination speech. “‘Oh the places you’ll go’ and oh the way you will change forever the music and television industries. So may he rest in peace, Steve Jobs, and the spirit he represents, are my nominee for Person of the Year.”

The debate mainly focussed on whether a deceased individual should be given the distinction.

However, it seemed Jobs was the leading contender in the debate as Batali and Norquist both agreed with Williams’ nomination.

“The smartphone has changed the world as much as the Bible has,” Batali said.

Jobs was nominated last year, but lost out to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Who do you think should be Time magazine’s Person of the Year? Let us know in the comments section below.

The popular US retailer entered the UK market last year after partnering with UK mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse.

However, with losses potentially reaching £70 million this year, the failing Best Buy stores are set to close later this year or early next year.

This news will be a big shock to the 1,100 staff, currently employed at Best Buy stores here in the UK, who will unfortunately be laid off.

An official spokesman for Carphone Warehouse had this to say:

“We always said we would open 11 stores and then conduct a strategy review. We are now conducting our evaluation with our partners and will provide an update in due course.”

Carphone Warehouse originally planned to open 200 stores across Europe, however this number was quickly seen as extremely ambitious after analyists have been predicting the demise of the Best Buy brand in the UK for some few months now.

In all honesty, we didn’t even know that they’d opened Best Buy stores here in the UK! Did you? If so, what did you think of the newly opened stores? Let us know in the comments section below.

The 100 strong list of channels are set to be rolled out over the next few months and they’ll be responsible for a weekly offering of at least 25 hours of content.

“Our goal with this channels expansion is to bring an even broader range of entertainment to YouTube, giving you more reasons to keep coming back again and again,” the company announced via its official blog.

What are your thoughts on YouTube’s plans? Let us know in the comments section below.

Mobile phone company Nokia also chipped in to help build something suitable for Mr Prideaux’s situation.

Mr Prideaux was born without his left arm and used to find balancing a smartphone very difficult on his previous prosthetic.

However, he’s now able to make calls and text people via the Nokia C7 without moving the phone at all, which has been inserted into the fibreglass and laminate arm.

Mr Prideaux originally tried to get Apple to help him because he had an iPhone, however he was not successful in convincing them of the project.

What are your thoughts on this rather unusual yet interesting news? Let us know in the comments section below.