The latest series of Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire are online on Blinkbox today. Previously only seen on Sky Atlantic, the popular US shows join a line-up of HBO programmes on the film and TV rental service. You can buy individual episodes or the entire first and second seasons of head-lopping fantasyfest Game of …
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12 August
Barnes & Noble cuts prices on Nook tablets
Now playing: Watch this: Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet 4:26 Barnes & Noble announced a price cut this morning for its line of Nook tablets in an apparent attempt to better compete with the Nexus 7. The bookseller’s 16GB Nook Tablet is now priced at $199, a $50 price cut from its previous $249 price tag, while the 8GB model’s …
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12 August
Move everything from an old Kindle to your new Kindle
Last week, something terrible happened. No, I’m not talking about getting ripped off by Diablo 3 scammers — this was much worse. It was a dark and stormy night when I was awoken by a scratching, as though the corpse I had recently buried in my basement had come back to life and was clawing its way free. Happily, it …
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10 August
Unhappy about Verizon unlimited data plan? Ditch it for prepaid
To say that Verizon’s unlimited data smartphone customers are unhappy about changes in the company’s new pricing structure is putting it mildly. But what’s a disgruntled subscriber to do? In this edition of Ask Maggie, I offer advice to a Verizon customer about the carrier’s new service plans, which will require him to pay for a new smartphone at full …
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10 August
iPhone 5 bigger battery in leaked photos
We’ve already got a pretty good idea what the iPhone 5 will look like from all different angles, but now we’ve got a glimpse of the inside too. Photos purporting to show the new iPhone’s innards have leaked ahead of the new phone’s launch. They include another glimpse of the elongated screen, and — if real — reveal a larger …
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10 August
HTC One X gets Android, Sense updates
One X owners brace yourselves for an Android update being released by HTC today. No, not Jelly Bean. Don’t get overexcited. This is an iterative change to Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS). The Android 4.0.4 update brings improvements to phone functions such as the camera, a smoother screen rotation performance and general stability improvements, according to Google. Big G also says …
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10 August
Apple vs Samsung trial shows not a lot of Nexus love
Android purists will tell you there’s no finer sight than Google’s mobile OS free of pesky manufacturer tweaks — and that there’s no better phone than a Google Nexus. But are they right? Well, that’s up for debate. One thing the Android hardcore certainly are not is in the majority though. Proof, if proof were needed, that pure, unskinned Android …
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10 August
The new Pitfall is great fun, but it’s not the game you remember
Screenshot by Jason Parker/CNET Most of the time I put together an iOS app collection of the week, but on the momentous occasion of classic console game Pitfall’s 30th anniversary (was it really 1982?), I’m going to take a deeper dive into the completely remade game. Many old-school gamers will remember Pitfall, a must-have on the Atari 2600, in which …
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10 August
Vodafone pushing Jelly Bean to Nexus S after false start
Vodafone has announced that the Jelly Bean update for its customers with the Google Nexus S is rolling out now as an over-the-air update. (Credit: Google) The new firmware had been scheduled for release three weeks ago, but was delayed due to concerns that the build of Jelly Bean, which had been ready in July, didn’t comply with Australia’s emergency …
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10 August
Motorola’s Photon Q to push the keyboard phone envelope
Motorola Editors’ note: This article was originally published on July 26, 2012, and updated August 10 with more details. When we first heard of Motorola’s upcoming Motorola Photon Q, we thought that the keyboarded Android smartphone would serve as a nice lifeline for disillusioned and disenfranchised BlackBerry refugees fleeing the sinking ship. Running Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and driven …
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