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  • Three announces 4G switch-on cities

    Three announces 4G switch-on cities

    Three says its 4G super-fast mobile data services will be available from December to users in London, Birmingham and Manchester, a wider roll-out will then follow in January. 4G networks will allow operators to offer ultrafast mobile broadband services to consumers and businesses. In February Three announced that users would enjoy superfast 4G mobile data…

  • Logitech unveils new PC Ultrabook and MacBook touch mice

    Logitech has unveiled PC Ultrabook and MacBook specific versions of a new Bluetooth mouse. The Ultrathin Touch Mouse T630 and T631 respectively use Windows and Mac OS X’s native touch and gesture controls with each model of the mouse designed to match the user’s system. The Windows T630 model ships in black with a brushed…

  • Nintendo announces cut-down 2DS console

    Nintendo has announced a cut-down, cheaper version of its 3DS games console. The Nintendo 2DS goes on sale in October and the company says it will play all Nintendo 3DS packaged and downloadable games, just without the 3D effects. Dropping the clamshell case of its big brother, the new model features what Nintendo describes as…

  • Review: Pain and Gain

    Review: Pain and Gain

    Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain is an uncomfortable and ill-considered attempt to squeeze laughs out of truly horrific, based on real-life, crimes. Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie play bodybuilders and ex-cons who decide to get themselves a slice the ‘American Dream’ by robbing suspected crook Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub). When Kershaw refuses…

  • New BBC Two series to celebrate UK’s rich variety of dogs

    New BBC Two series to celebrate UK’s rich variety of dogs

    BBC Two is to air a new 3×60-minute series exploring and celebrating the diversity of man’s best friend. In The Wonder Of Dogs, presenters Kate Humble and Steve Leonard will be joined by the UK’s top canine experts to examine how varied dogs can be, how their extreme differences came about, whether this variety is…

  • Audio: Beverley Knight sings “I Have Nothing” from The Bodyguard

    Audio: Beverley Knight sings “I Have Nothing” from The Bodyguard

    Producers of The Bodyguard have treated fans to an exclusive clip of superstar Beverley Knight MBE singing the classic Whitney Houston track “I Have Nothing”. Based on the hit film of the same name, The Bodyguard features a multitude of Whitney Houston’s greatest hits including ‘I Will Always Love You’. The multi award-winning Knight is…