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The Big Picture – March
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This month The Big Picture looks at an array of awesome releases! Minnie Driver heats up Shakespeare in Hunky Dory, we travel to Mars with John Carter and we set sail with The Pirates! We also look at Wild Bill, The Devil Inside, Bel Ami, Contraband, We Bought A Zoo and The Wrath of…
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Orange unveils home broadband with inclusive calls allowance
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A third of British households refuse to call mobiles from their landline fearing a high bill while more than half say they would use their home phone more if calls to mobiles were included in their allowances. The figures come from a new YouGov survey commissioned by Orange, which has announced a new broadband package…
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Kobo adds Dark Horse comics to Vox reader
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More than 100 Dark Horse comics, including Star Wars, Conan, Buffy and Hellboy titles, are now available for the Kobo Vox reader. The Vox is an Adroid-powered tablet featuring a touchscreen, WiFi, the ability to play games, listen to music and watch videos and web access and is available in the UK from WHSmith. The…
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Whitechapel – thrilling to the end
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What a great finale to the current series of Whitechapel – tonight’s concluding episode vindicates my suggestion last week that producers had saved the best till last. It was great to see the series deliver on promises of a darker, scarier and more gothic set of cases than the second run offered. The writers have…
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OverDrive buys Booki.sh for HTML5 technologies
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OverDrive, the company which distributes eBooks for retailers and libraries around the world, has purchased Australian eBook retailer Booki.sh. OverDrive also offers eBook and audiobook apps for smaprtphones and tablets. Unlike most retailers, Booki.sh uses HTML5 to makes titles available via the customer’s web browser rather than requiring them to install apps. OverDrive says it…
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Barnes & Noble to hold UK nook event
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US eBook retailer Barnes & Noble is hosting a developer workshop in London later this month, prompting speculation the company will shortly launch its nook reader in the UK. Previous speculation has centred around B&N partnering with Waterstones to sell the nook in the UK The free NOOK Developer Workshop is being held on March…