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Jonathan Rhys Meyers to play Dracula in NBC/Sky co-production
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Tudors and Bend It Like Beckham star Jonathan Rhys Meyers is to play Dracula in a new UK/US adaptation of Bram Stoker’s famous vampire novel. Produced by Carnival Films & Television (Downton Abbey) for NBC and Sky Living, Dracula is will be a “provocative” ten-part series and will begin production later this year. Additional casting…
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Mac OS X Mountain Lion goes on sale today
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The latest version of Apple’s Mac OS X operating system for its MacBook, Mac Mini and iMac computers is now available from the Mac App Store. Named Mountain Lion, the update costs £13.99 in the UK and can be installed on up to five machines. Apple first unveiled Mountain Lion in February. New features include…
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The best phones for reading
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These days our mobile phones do so much more than just make phonecalls and text. From listening to music to watching videos and surfing the internet, our mobiles have become our favourite all purpose companions. Thus while some mobile phones were made for talking, others have been designed to make us suppose that they were…
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Three: customers using more mobile data then 12 months ago
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Three says monthly data use by its four million contract mobile phone customers has “more than doubled” in less than a year. On average contract customers used 1.1GB of data compared to just 450MB last summer. Three offers all you can eat data on all of its tariffs with prices on Pay As You Go…
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Tor confirms DRM dropped from all titles
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US fantasy and Sci-fi publisher Tor says all its ebooks are now available to buy from major retailers without DRM. Owned by Macmillan, Tor announced in April that its UK and US divisions would drop DRM from all titles. The company also announced plans to sell DRM-free editions of its books via its own online…
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Avengers Assemble – FIVE DVD & Blu-ray options released in September
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Fans of Marvel Avengers Assemble will have a choice of FIVE different DVD and Blu-ray options when the box office hit comes to home entertainment in September. As well as the standard DVD and Blu-ray editions, there’s also the option of a Blu-ray 3D release plus a DVD and Blu-ray box-set which includes Marvel Avengers…