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The HP ENVY x2 PC – Work and leisure in a single device
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post sponsored by HP The HP ENVY x2 PC is a tablet and notebook wrapped up in a single, aluminium-clad package. Running Microsoft’s Windows 8 software, the ENVY x2 offers all the same great options as a tablet, but with the option of a fully-featured notebook with physical keyboard. The ENVY x2 boasts a bright,…
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RNIB welcomes more accessible Kindle app for iPad and iPhone
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A new Kindle app for Apple’s iPad and iPhone has been welcomed by the RNIB, the UK’s largest charity for the and partially sighted people. The app includes in-built magnification and speech functions, that, for the first time, readers with sight loss can now read the full range of Kindle books, newspapers and journals. The…
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) confirms BT Sport deal
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BT has been confirmed as the new home of the mixed martial arts Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Last month a report by mmajunkie.com which quotes UFC Managing Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa Garry Cookas saying a UK deal was “very close”. Following a spate of rights acquisitions by BT, including 38 Barclays Premier…
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Eurovision – Bonnie Tyler’s Believe In Me, lyrics & video
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This year’s Eurovision Song Contst takes place on Saturday 18 May in Malmö, Sweden, with live coverage on both BBC One, with commentary by Graham Norton, and BBC Radio 2 with commentary from Ken Bruce. The semi-finals will be held on Tuesday 14 and Thursday 16 May, broadcast on BBC Three and hosted by Scott…
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Gillian Anderson leads the manhunt in BBC Two’s The Fall
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Gillian Anderson returns to UK screens next week in The Fall, a new five-part psychological thriller from Allan Cubitt (The Runaway, Murphy’s Law, Prime Suspect). The former X-Files star plays Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson, seconded to Belfast from the London Metropolitan Police to review the investigation into an unsolved high-profile murder. The local police, while…
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BBC Two marks Dambusters 70th anniversary with live show
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BBC Two will next week broadcast a one-off live programme to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters Raid and the bravery of the 133 men who undertook one of the most daring bombing raids of the Second World War. Presented by Dan Snow, The Dambusters: 70 Years On will feature interviews with the daughter…