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  • Kobo Mini review

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    At £59.99, the Kobo mini is an instantly affordable device that finally takes ebook readers into the realm of impulse purchases.

  • 4oD launches on Windows Store for Windows 8

    4oD launches on Windows Store for Windows 8

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    Windows 8 users can now download a free 4oD app the Windows Store, making Channel 4 the first UK broadcaster to offer a video on demand app for the platform. 4oD offers viewers the chance to catch-up on recent shows they may have missed as well as watch ‘deep archive’ shows such as Father Ted,…

  • Trailer – G.I. Joe: Retaliation

    Trailer – G.I. Joe: Retaliation

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    Here’s the new trailer for G.I. Joe: Retaliation, the sequel to 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. The film features the G.I. Joe Team coming into a conflict with Zartan, Storm Shadow and Firefly, all serving under the newly released Cobra Commander. Zartan (who is still impersonating the President of the United States) frames…

  • Apple and publishers settle ebook pricing investigation with EC

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    Apple, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette and Macmillan have reached a settlement with the European Commission over the issue of ebook pricing. Last year the EC opened an investigation into whether the firms had broken EU antitrust rules by engaging in “anti-competitive practices affecting the sale of e-books”. A number of publishers sell ebooks under…

  • Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles

    Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles

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    Question and answer session with Paul Lieberman, author of Gangster Squad which has been translated to the big screen by Warner Bros for a January 2013 release. Q: Anyone who sees the trailer for Warner Bros.’ movie version of “Gangster Squad” might think this is a classic cops-v.-robbers tale with lots of shootouts. But the…

  • Man of Steel – Official Trailer

    Man of Steel – Official Trailer

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    Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have released the official trailer for Superman re-boot Man of Steel. The film stars Henry Cavill as Clarke Kent/Superman, Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Michael Shannon, Russell Crowe, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Henry Lennix, Christopher Meloni and Laurence Fishburne. Directed Zach Snyder, Man of Steel is scheduled to be…