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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…
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Orange’s San Francisco II Android smartphone goes on sale
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UK mobile network Orange is now shipping its new San Francisco II Android handset. The phone is the successor to its popular and award-winning San Francisco smartphone and runs the latest Android gingerbread 2.3 operating system. Featuring a 800 MHz processor, MP3 playerand 5MP camera, the San Francisco II is available on pay as you…
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Whishaw to play Q in latest James Bond film
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Ben Whishaw has been confirmed as playing legendary gadget maker Q in the new 007 film. Whishaw, who appeared in BBC One’s The Hour and will play Richard II in a new BBC TV movie, previously starred as Sebastian Flyte in Brideshead Revisited. Skyfall, the third of the rebooted Bond series, stars Daniel Craig and…