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  • Apple’s iBookstore launches in Japan

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    Apple has launched a local version of is iBookstore ebook shop in Japan, taking the number of territories it serves to 51. The store includes emerging and established authors including Shyotaro Ikenami, Jiro Akagawa, Atsuko Asano and Ryu Murakami and offers books from major and independent publishers, includingKodansha, KADOKAWA, Bungeishunju, Gakken and Gentosha. Books purchased…

  • EC fines Microsoft over browser choice violations

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    Microsoft has been fined hundreds of millions of Euros after it admitted breaching a deal to offer Windows users a choice of web browser. In 2007 developers of rival web browsers complained to the European Commission that Microsoft’s bundling of its Internet Explorer browser with Windows made it hard for competitors to gain market share.…

  • Django Unchained DVD and Blu-ray release date moved forward

    Django Unchained DVD and Blu-ray release date moved forward

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    The much anticipated Blu-ray and DVD release of Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained has been moved forward from June. Available to pre-order from Amazon.co.uk, the title will now be released on May 20th. The film stars Jamie Foxx as a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr.…

  • The HP ENVY x2 PC – a tablet which offers that little bit more

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    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, vivid HD Touch display,…

  • HP releases new ENVY x2 PC video

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    HP have released a new video showcasing its ENVY x2 PC, a Windows 8 notebook which gives you the power of two devices in one – pop the keyboard off and you have a full featured tablet. The ENVY x2 boasts a bright, vivid HD Touch display. Plus there’s a 1.80GHz Dual core Intel Atom…

  • Iron Man 3 – full length trailer

    Iron Man 3 – full length trailer

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    Here’s the latest, full-length trailer for Marvel’s Iron Man 3, which has had its UK release brought forward by one day to April 25th. The film continues the big-screen adventures of the world’s favourite billionaire inventor/Super Hero, Tony Stark aka “Iron Man” and follows in the footsteps of the box-office hit Marvel’s Avengers Assemble. Robert…