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  • Orange to launch first Pay As You Go BlackBerry

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    Mobile operator Orange is to be the first UK provider to offer a Pay As You Go BlackBerry service. For £145, customers will be able to purchase a BlackBerry Pearl 8120 with access to the BlackBerry service costing £5 per month.

  • British Flight Sim used to augment news reports

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    British news viewers watching the corporation’s reports on the recent emergency landing of an A320 airliner on the Hudson River were witnessing a groundbreaking fusion of news and computer gaming, with both BBC and ITN news teams using British flight simulator company, Just Flight to augment their reports.

  • Penry-Jones stars in modern Ripper drama

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    Spooks and 39 Steps star Rupert Penry-Jones stars alongside Phil Davis in a new ITV1 drama set in a modern-day Whitechapel where someone is carrying out copycat Jack the Ripper murders 120 years after the killer first struck.

  • Penry-Jones discusses role in ITV’s Whitechapel

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    Former Spooks star Rupert Penry-Jones discusses his latest role as Joseph Chandler, a modern policeman investigating a Jack the Ripper copycat killer in ITV’s three-part drama, Whitechapel.

  • What does DRM-free mean for iPod sales?

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    With this week’s news that Apple are to convert their entire iTunes catalogue to non-DRM status, allowing tracks to be played on other brands of media players, I find myself wondering what this means for the future of iPod sales.

  • Sony announce new Walkman range

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    Personal audio pioneers Sony have announced the latest incarnations of their Walkman brand, including the X-series – a range of touchscreen MP3/video players. The new touchscreen devices include support for all popular music and video formats and Wi-fi connectivity for easy YouTube streaming, Podcast direct downloading and internet browsing.