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  • Bond 23 title announced

    Bond 23 title announced

    The next James Bond film will be called Skyfall, studios Eon Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Sony Pictures Entertainment confirmed today. The title was announced in at a London press conference on Thursday morning. As previously announced, Daniel Craig will return as agent 007 alongside Dame Judi Dench as ‘M’. They will be joined by Javier…

  • Review: Sailcloth

    Review: Sailcloth

    John Hurt stars in Sailcloth, a beautifully shot and, initially, heartwarming short about a man who escapes his retirement home for trip on his sail boat. On the boat he imagines himself dancing with his late wife and clearly relishes being back in the grip of nature, just him, his memories and the sea. But…

  • Apple brings GarageBand to iPhone and iPod touch

    Apple brings GarageBand to iPhone and iPod touch

    Apple has updated its iOS GarageBand app to add support for the iPhone and iPod touch. Originally launched alongside the iPad 2, the app allows users to create and record their own songs using a selection of virtual instruments. Less experienced musicians can take advantage of ‘smart instruments’ which allow them to create songs from…

  • Kindles for Christmas!

    As an ebook advocate I often get asked which ebook reader people should buy as gifts and, though I’d never want one myself, I always answer: ‘a Kindle’. I love reading on my iPad, I love it’s full-colour screen, I love that I can read magazines which look like magazines on it, and I love…

  • Freeview clocks up 3 million HD users

    Freeview clocks up 3 million HD users

    More than three million Freeview HD devices have been sold since the UK’s terrestrial HD TV service launched in March 2010. There are an estimated 18 million homes receiving Freeview, 10.2 million on their main television set. Of these 1.75 million are connected to the Freeview HD service according to figures released by the platform.…

  • UK networks announce Nokia Lumia 800 deals

    UK networks announce Nokia Lumia 800 deals

    UK mobile customers will be able to buy Nokia’s new Lumia 800 handset from three of the country’s leading networks. Three, Orange and T-Mobile have all confirmed they will be offering the Windows powered phone from next month. The handset is made from a one piece polycarbonate body and features a curved 16 million colour,…