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Air New Zealand unveils special Hobbit plane
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To celebrate its status as the official airline of Middle-earth, Air New Zealand has unveiled a special 777-300 aircraft decorated with characters from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit, the film kicks off a new cinema trilogy from director Sir Peter Jackson, New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM).…
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Dallas star Larry Hagman dies at 81
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Dallas star Larry Hagman died on Friday at the age of 81. Mr Hagman played the scheming J.R. Ewing throughout the show’s original 13 year run and, to the delight of fans around the world, returned to the part when the series was revived earlier this year. Prior to his work on Dallas Hagman starred…
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Two more ISPs launch YouView bundles
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Broadband customers living on the Channel Islands and in within the KC coverage area of Hull and East Yorkshire can now get a free YouView box from their local broadband providers. Jersey and Guernsey residents can now obtain a YouView box as part of a bundle from local ISP JT. In a statement Barna Kutvolgyi,…
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New festival to celebrate Britain’s visual effects industry
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A new animation and visual effects festival celebrating the British visual effects industry is to launch in Bournemouth next summer. The BFX festival is being organised by The International VFX Hub – a collaboration between the National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University (NCCA) and the Faculty of Media and Performance at the Arts…
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Orange launches new free calls and messaging app for iPhone
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A new app from Orange is offering iPhone users free “high quality” voice calls plus instant messaging and text transcription of voicemails. Launched this week in 90 countries, Libon uses WiFi and 3G to allow users to communicate with friends and family who also sign up to the service. The app is compatible with iPhones…
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NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ now available in the UK
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Barnes & Noble’s NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ tablets jave gone on sale in the UK. Available in 7” (NOOK HD) and 9” (NOOK HD+) models, the device runs a modified version of Android Ice Cream Sandwich, allows multiple users to set up custom profiles and offers access to more than 2.5 million books, a…