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Outstanding Contribution BAFTA for John Hurt
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John Hurt is to receive a special Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at next month’s BAFTA awards ceremony. In a career spanning spanning six decades, Hurt has played a number of legendary roles including Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four and John Merrick in The Elephant Man, a role which netted him the 1981 Best…
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That Inbetweeners Digital Copy – still a problem for many
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Before Christmas I set out my frustrations with the way 4DVD had implemented the Digital Copy on The Inbetweeners Triple Play edition. Many of you agreed, as well as the comments posted below the article there were many more we couldn’t publish because they referred to doing things you shouldn’t with the DVD. Many more…
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Siri helps iPhone 4S dominate US iPhone sales
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Sales of Apple’s iPhones in the US are dominated by the new iPhone 4S, despite the company offering two cheaper models. US tech site All Things Digital reports on a recent consumer survey by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) which measures sales of the iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS handsets. According to the…
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Win Doctor Who series 6 on Blu-ray (oh, and a TV)
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The official Doctor Who Facebook page is giving fans the chance to win a copy of the show’s sixth series and 2011 Christmas Special on Blu-ray, plus a 32 inch HD TV. The competition can be entered by ‘liking’ the Facebook page and entering your details here. The sixth series Blu-ray contains episodes A Christmas…
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ITV commissions new Military Wives drama
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ITV has commissioned a new drama following the lives of wives and girlfriends of soldiers serving in war torn Afghanistan. Casting for the series will take place over the coming months, but the broadcaster has revealed some details of the four central characters – Debbie, Gemma, Louise and Claire – who live in Army quarters…
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Orange Broadband unveils new ‘easy to deliver’ router
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Orange has unveiled a new wireless router for its home broadband service. The Bright Box wireless router, which will be supplied free of charge to all new customers, has a 250 metre range and supports advanced wireless ‘N’ technology and WPA 2 WPA 2. Orange says the router has been designed to “be delivered through…