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James Bond: Ben Whishaw as Q – first picture
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Bond producers have released the first official picture of Ben Whishaw as Q. The character, made famous by Desmond Llewelyn in the original Bond series, makes his first appearance in the re-booted franchise in this year’s Skyfall. The film sees Bond’s loyalty to M (Dame Judi Dench) tested as her past comes back to haunt…
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Virgin Media selling £50 PAYG Android smartphone
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ZTE has launched the Kis, a £50 Pay As You Go Android smartphone available exclusively from Virgin Media at launch. The handset features a 3.5” colour screen, 3.2MP auto focus camera and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Virgin Media are offering customers 1GB of mobile data free per month for 12 months in addition to their top-ups.…
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The Thick Of It heading back to BBC Two
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Armando Iannucci’s award-winning political comedy series The Thick Of It is back for a new seven-part series on BBC Two this autumn. The show’s fourth run sees some changes with Nicola Murray (Rebecca Front) and foul-mouthed spin doctor Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) now in opposition. The new Secretary of State for The Department of Social…
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Doctor Who – BBC unveils sonic screwdriver TV remote control
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It’s been used to gain control of alien spaceships, open locks and detonate mines and now Doctor Who fans can gain of their TV with the Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver. The replica of the Mark VII Sonic Screwdriver currently used by Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith is a gesture-based universal remote control that utilises infrared (IR) technology…
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YouView could herald a whole new world of choice
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I’ve already addressed some of the scepticism about YouView but there’s a couple of other points worth making. Here in the UK subscription TV services are normally watched on hardware owned or sold by the service provider. A side effect of this is if you’re a Sky, Virgin Media or BT Vision customer and cancel…
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James Bond 007 – Fleming’s original novels now available as eBooks
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Ian Fleming’s entire canon of James Bond novels is now available as eBooks, giving fans of the world’s most famous spy a chance to re-enjoy his original adventures ahead of this year’s return to the big screen. Published by Random House’s Vintage Publishing imprint in the UK, the books are available from all major eBook…