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Orange has confirmed it is to offer the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 on both pay as you go and pay monthly tariffs from August. Talking up the social networking capabilities of the handset, manufacturers RIM say it will support mobile access to both Facebook and MySpace, as well as offering the usual email and messaging services. The handset features a touch-sensitive optical trackpad and is the first BlackBerry … [Read more...]
I was surprised to come across the following message sent by Electronic Arts to one of it's Irish customers who complained that the flag used on his Battlefield 1943 "Scorecard" was the Union Flag and not the National flag of Ireland. Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts. We sorry to inform you that we can't edit your game profile as your country "Ireland" is not listed distinctively and is … [Read more...]
If you didn't get to this weekend's Comic Con (no, we didn't either) then you missed a few genuine treats including a chance to see a 'Visual Effects Concept Test' from the new TRON movie. At a time when the Atari 2600 was still the best games machine ever released, TRON introduced the masses to the concepts of virtual reality and computer graphics. After more than two decades of anticipation and some rather … [Read more...]
Out tomorrow (July 24th), The Taking of Pelham 123 is the second film adaptation of John Godey’s novel of the same name. This version stars Denzel Washington as Walter Garber, the subway dispatcher whose day is thrown into chaos when John Travolta and his gang hijack a New York City subway train, the Pelham 123. Essentially confined to two locations, the subway control room and the train, the film relies on … [Read more...]
The world of ebook readers just got a lot more colourful with the release of the COOL-ER, described by makers Interead as “the smallest, lightest, fastest and most affordable ebook reader ever.” Available in a choice of bright colours, the COOL-ER boasts an eye-friendly 6 inch display, 1GB of internal memory and, unlike rival devices, is Windows PC and Mac compatible out of the box. Battery life on the device … [Read more...]
Tom Baker is to return to Doctor Who in four new audio adventures for release on CD. Baker discusses his return to the role which made him a star in the latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine, which is in shops today. He also discusses the kissing of companions by David Tennant's Doctor., telling the magazine: “Well, I don’t know how I would’ve done it, I suppose I would have made it extremely funny. … [Read more...]
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