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Trailer: Real Steel
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Set in the near-future, Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring.
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Woody Allen's latest London pic coming to DVD
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Woody Allen’s star-studded You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger comes to DVD on 11 July 2011. The film follows a pair of married couples, Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) and Helena (Gemma Jones) and their daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) and husband Roy (Josh Brolin), through the trials and tribulations of their romantic relationships.
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Feel the ebook force – Star Wars titles to go digital
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Star Wars fans will soon be able to enjoy the extensive back catalogue of Del Rey and Bantam Spectra published titles as ebooks. The more than 100 titles will be available as of June 28, 2011 and all future books will also be available in ebook format.
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iFlow closes, blames Apple ‘30%’ rule
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The company behind iPad ebook reading app iFlow is closing down and is blaming a recent rule change by Apple for the decision. Overnight the developers emailed all registered users to announce “BeamItDown Software and the iFlow Reader will cease operations as of May 31, 2011.”
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iBooks adds Random House UK titles
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Books from Random House UK – including works by John Grisham and Frederick Forsyth – are now available in Apple’s UK iBook service. The addition of the books suggests the publisher has agreed to adopt the agency pricing model which sees publishers set the retail price of ebooks and pay a commission to the retailer.
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Review: Samsung Galaxy Pro
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The Samsung Galaxy Pro isn’t like other Android phones – it doesn’t want to be an iPhone. Instead it takes its inspiration from RIM’s Blackberry handsets, though it seems to be borrowing more from the ancient 7000 series than the current range of Curves. The Pro is wider than both my iPhone 4 and Blackberry…