Mobile operator Orange is to be the first UK provider to offer a Pay As You Go BlackBerry service. For £145, customers will be able to purchase a BlackBerry Pearl 8120 with access to the BlackBerry service costing £5 per month. The 8120 will ship in an exclusive colour of indigo and will be available from early February. Pippa Dunn, Director of Pay As You Go, Orange UK said, “With nearly two thirds of UK mobile … [Read more...]
Changes at Sun Hill
January 25, 2009 By
ITV's London-based cop drama The Bill is moving to a new 9pm slot and is set to become "the heart of the ITV1 schedule". Producers talkackThames say the long running series is to be re-launched later this year as "a grittier, action filled series" in the post watershed slot . The move will also see the show reduced to a single weekly hour-long episode, the format the show originally launched in back in … [Read more...]
10" Acer One announced
January 25, 2009 By
Acer has announced a new 10" Acer One model, pre-installed with Windows XP Home Edition pus integrated Bluetooth, webcam and 802.11b/g WiFi connectivity. A generous 160 GB internal hard drive provides enough storage for any mobile user and the Intel Atom processor provides a low power consumption CPU. Preinstalled software includes Acer eRecovery Management, Acer Launch Manager, Adobe Reader, McAfee Internet … [Read more...]
Valkyrie, compelling drama from Tom Cruise
January 21, 2009 By
Starring Tom Cruise and based on a true story, Valkyrie is a World War II drama which tells of a plot by senior german officers and opposition politicians to assassinate Hitler and use his own reserve army to secure Berlin. Cruise plays Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, decorated war hero, senior official at the war ministry and senior plotter. It is he who must place the bomb with which the plotters hope to kill … [Read more...]
British Flight Sim used to augment news reports
January 20, 2009 By
British news viewers watching the corporation's reports on the recent emergency landing of an A320 airliner on the Hudson River were witnessing a groundbreaking fusion of news and computer gaming, with both BBC and ITN news teams using British flight simulator company, Just Flight to augment their reports. The game's developers sprang into action to recreate the spectacular landing manoeuvre for both BBC's 6 O'clock … [Read more...]
BAFTA hopefuls named
January 15, 2009 By
This year’s BAFTA nominations have been announced with Slumdog Millionaire and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button each receiving 11 nominations. The Dark Knight has received 9 nominations and Changeling 8 nominations. The nominations were announced by Gemma Arterton and Hayley Atwell earlier today. The Academy previously announced the names of the five actors and actresses competing for this year’s BAFTA Orange … [Read more...]
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