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  • Kobo announces four new ereader and tablet models

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    Kobo has revamped its ereader line-up with the introduction of four new models. The new range includes the Google-certified Kobo Arc 10HD and two Kobo Arc 7 tablets, which come pre-loaded with Kobo’s reading and ebook store app, and a new Kobo Aura 6” E Ink eReader. The original “limited edition” 6.8” Kobo Aura was…

  • TalkTalk signs up 500,000 YouView customers

    TalkTalk signs up 500,000 YouView customers

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    More than 500,000 customers have signed up for TalkTalk’s YouView-based TV service since it launched last year, the company announced on Wednesday. TalkTalk is one of seven shareholders in the TV platform which combines traditional aerial delivered channels with internet delivered on demand and catch-up content. Like rival and fellow shareholder BT, TalkTalk also offers…

  • Cleopatra – Legendary Female Film Icon

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    Cleopatra is undoubtedly one of the most iconic women in history; subsequently, many women have taken to the big screen to portray one of the most beautiful queens and her scandal-filled life. From the 1899 French horror Robbing Cleopatra’s Tomb, to the horrifyingly inaccurate sexploitation film The Notorious Cleopatra – in which Cleopatra is stabbed…

  • TP-Link Archer C7 and BT Sport – an update

    TP-Link Archer C7 and BT Sport – an update

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    We first played with the TP-Link Archer C7 last month when we flagged it up as a router which seemed to work just peachy with BT’s new internet delivered (IPTV) sports channels. Since then we’ve been using the device on a rotating basis alongside BT’s HomeHub 3 and the Apple Airport Express, assessing and comparing…

  • Review: You’re Next

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    Director Adam Wingard’s You’re Next is a refreshingly modern and sly take on the slasher genre. When Erin (Sharni Vinson) joins her boyfriend’s less than harmonious family for a weekend at their country cabin, no-one anticipates their ‘getting to you’ time will be interrupted by the arrival of masked killers hell-bent on working their way…

  • ITV’s Vicious and The Job Lot return for second runs

    ITV’s Vicious and The Job Lot return for second runs

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    ITV has ordered second runs of sitcoms Vicious and The Job Lot, despite both getting mixed receptions from viewers and critics. The two shows were screened back to back to form a new comedy hour double-bill. Vicious stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi as Freddie and Stuart, an ageing gay couple whose careers are pretty…