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Virgin Media launches new £18 per month phone, TV and broadband package
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Virgin Media has launched a new budget ‘Collection’ of phone, TV and broadband services. Earlier this year the cable firm revamped its offerings into collections which combine all three services for a single monthly fee. The new Classic Collection includes Virgin Media’s TiVo service, 30Mb broadband and home phone for £18 per month plus landline…
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O2 announces no Android 4.0 upgrade for Xperia ray, arc and neo
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UK mobile operator O2 has said users of its Xperia ray, Xperia arc and Xperia neo handsets will not be getting upgraded to the latest version of Android. In a posting on its blog, the company said testing of the Sony supplied Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) upgrade “didn’t meet our requirements” and the handsets…
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Radio 4 Extra treats for Sherlock fans
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BBC Radio 4 Extra is to air two shows no self-respecting fan of BBC One’s Sherlock will want to miss. Arthur And George (3rd September 2.30) is a 10-part reading of Julian Barnes’ Booker shortlisted novel, which tells how Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle became the champion of a young solicitor who was…
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London cinema recruits ninja task force to tackle bad behaviour
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Film fans looking to avoid noisy and badly behaved cinemagoers may have a safe haven. London’s Prince Charles cinema has recruited a team of ‘Invisible Cinema Ninjas’ who patrol the premises, ready to pounce on inconsiderate viewers and stamp out popcorn throwing, placing feet on seats and the use of mobile phones. The team are…
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A Few Best Men – Kris Marshall’s Stag Do Tips
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Actor Kris Marshall, star of A Few Best Men, offers his tips for surviving your mate’s stag do. In the film Xavier Samuel and Laura Brent play a young couple who fall in love while on holiday and find themselves at the centre of the political wedding of the year. Samuel’s character David is followed…
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Adobe returns Flash to UK Android app store
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The popular Flash plug-in is returning to Google’s Android app store for a limited period. Last year Adobe announced it was stopping development of Flash for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. News of Flash’s demise was widely see as vindication of Apple’s decision not to include the plug-in in its iPhone and iPad…