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  • txtr launches Windows 8 ereading app

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    txtr has released a multi-language Windows 8 ereading app with full support for Adobe DRM. The company was the first to launch Adobe DRM based reading apps for iOS and Android and recently unveiled a new, low-cost ereader called the Beagle. The free Windows 8 app allows users in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian…

  • June DVD and Blu-ray release for Song for Marion

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    Song for Marion, the heart-warming story about the celebration of life, comes to DVD and Blu-ray on June 24th and is available for pre-order from Amazon.co.uk. The film stars Vanessa Redgrave, Terrence Stamp, Gemma Arterton and Christopher Eccleston and follows shy, grumpy pensioner Arthur (Stamp) as he is reluctantly inspired by his beloved wife Marion…

  • Robson Green and Martin Clunes join Sky 1’s Strike Back

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    Robson Green, Martin Clunes, and Dougray Scott are to join the cast of Sky 1’s action series Strike Back. The trio will join series regulars Philip Winchester, Sullivan Stapleton, Rhona Mitra, Michelle Lukes and Liam Garrigan for the fourth series which sees Section 20 pursue a deadly terrorist network from Colombia to Beirut to Europe.…

  • Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD 8.9” launches in UK & Europe

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    Online retailer Amazon is now offering the 8.9” version of its Kindle Fire HD tablet in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. UK prices start from £229 for the 16GB model and the device can be ordered from Amazon.co.uk. The device, a larger version of the Kindle Fire HD which is already on…

  • Amazon launches Kindle Fire HD 8.9” in UK & Europe

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    Online retailer Amazon is now offering its Kindle Fire HD 8.9” Android tablet in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. UK prices start from £229 and the device can be ordered from Amazon.co.uk. The device, a larger version of the Kindle Fire HD which is already on sale, offers a 8.9” display with…

  • Inspector George Gently – series 7 episode and cast details

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    Filming is underway in the seventh series of Inspector George Gently, BBC One’s 1960’s crime drama starring Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby. The new four-part series is set in 1969 and takes place “several months” after the pair were shot in Durham Cathedral at the end of the last series. As the series opens, Gently…