Posts Tagged ‘ Entertainment ’

MEEP! A Tablet Designed Just for Kids

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Oregon Scientific, a leading designer and worldwide marketer of personal electronics, announced its entry into a hot new category: kid’s tablets. Leaving cartridge-based devices behind in the dust, the new Wi-Fi enabled MEEP! tablet runs on the Android operating system and offers music, movies, e-books, and apps from leading developers – all on a large, 7-inch color touch screen! The MEEP! tablet will be unveiled for the first time at the Toy Industry Association’s (TIA) 109th American International Toy Fair 2012. Sharing a mobile device is a tough feat, especially for parents, when there is a risk it could be…

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BBC iPlayer Plans Charging for Archive Access

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The BBC is reportedly planning to charge viewers for access to its archive programming. That may come as no real shock but it is surprising that its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is apparently not involved. The BBC says that any plans for such micropayments would need to be developed in conjunction with the industry and rights holders and denies that it would lead to a two-tier licence fee. According to a report in the trade magazine Broadcast, the payment proposals are thought to have come from the BBC Online Direction Group, which is chaired by Ralph Riviera, the director of…

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How to Watch Star Trek Series Seasons Chronologically

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Star Trek Series Seasons Chronologically (printable pdf) Star Trek: Enterprise (Seasons 1-4) Star Trek (Seasons 1-3) Star Trek Animated Series Star Trek: The Motion Picture Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan Star Trek III: The Search For Spock Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek: The Next Generation (Seasons 1-5) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 1) Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 6) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 2) Star Trek: The Next Generation (Season 7) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Season 3) Star…

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Netflix Instant Picks :: Lilyhammer

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Lilyhammer Lilyhammer,” a gripping fish-out-of-water story set in Norway and starring “The Sopranos” mainstay and E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt, is a new Original Series premiering on Netflix in the USA, Canada and Latin America. “Lilyhammer,” follows New York mobster Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano as he enters the federal witness protection program after ratting on his boss. A sports fan, Frank wants to make his new life in Lillehammer, the Norwegian town that hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics – or as he calls it “Lilyhammer.” Frank has visions of a paradise of “clean air, fresh white snow and…

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Netflix Instant Picks :: The Pirates of Penzance

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The Pirates of Penzance (1980) Total Cheese Fest! The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert. The opera’s official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 31 December 1879, where the show was well received by both audiences and critics.[1] Its London debut was on 3 April 1880, at the Opera Comique, where it ran for a very successful 363 performances, having already been playing successfully for over three months in New York. The story concerns…

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