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Trailer: The Lady
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Written over a period of three years by Rebecca Frayn. The Lady is the extraordinary story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, the couple’s love endures until the very end in this story of devotion and human understanding. Frayn interviewed key figures…
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MTV premieres Pretty Little Liars series 2
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Series two of hit US drama Pretty Little Liars is currently receiving its UK premiere on MTV. The first series introduced us to four friends – Aria, Hanna, Spencer and Emily – dealing with the aftermath of their best friend Alison’s mysterious disappearance and death. The group hoped their secrets were buried with their friend,…
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Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451 debuts on eBook
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The US division of Simon & Schuster has published the first ever eBook edition of Ray Bradbury’s classic Fahrenheit 451. Set in a future American society where reading is outlawed and firemen start fires to burn books, the novel was first published ni 1953. Considered one of the great American novels, it has never been…
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New WiFi hub allows Three users to share mobile broadband
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Users of Three’s mobile broadband dongles can now share their connection with friends and family using the network’s new Mobile Broadband Wi-Fi hub. By plugging an existing dongle into the hub’s USB port, the hub creates a home WiFi network which will support up to devices, including tablets, smartphones and laptopa. David Kerrigan, head of…
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Amazon claim 4x increase in Kindle sales
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Amazon says sales of its a Kindle eBook reader were four times higher over the ‘Black Friday’ weekend than for the same period as last year. The company has recently expanded the range of Kindle devices with the launch of a touch and tablet version. Despite today’s announcement of a sales boost, Amazon has not…
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Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace 3D trailer
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20th Century Fox has issued what it believed to be the first trailer of the new 3D version of The Phantom Menace, the first film in the Star Wars saga. On its YouTube channel, Fox said: “Whether you’re an old fan or new, there’s no denying that seeing Star Wars on the big screen is…