Who won Dancing On Ice 2012? Results!

25 March 2012 8:57 PM

Dancing On Ice drew to a close this weekend, which is just as well or our eyes would literally turn square with all the TV shows we have to watch each weekend.

Just one night after the launch of this year’s series of Britain’s Got Talent and the first ever run of BBC’s The Voice, ITV’s Dancing On Ice drew to a close in a dramatic finale which saw Chico Slimani, Jorgie Porter and Matthew Wolfenden all fighting it out for the crown.

Former X Factor star Chico was the first to be eliminated by public vote, most likely because of his wobble and near catastrophe as he almost dropped his partner Jodeyne on her head earlier in the evening.

After that was revealed, Matthew and Jorgie returned to the rink to perform their version of the iconic Bolero routine.

Only one of the stars could win and after the final performances, Phillip Schofield revealed that the person taking the crown this evening – who had won the highest number of public votes – was Matthew and his partner Nina.

Did you agree with tonight’s result? Leave your reply in the comments below!

The cast and crew of Emmerdale say goodbye to Danny Miller

12 March 2012 2:06 AM

The 21-year-old actor has been involved in some of the soap’s most dramatic storylines since he arrived in the Dales over 3 years ago.

And as he prepares to bid farewell to the role that saw him win several awards and hit the headlines for his acting skills, his fellow cast members and crew have decided to say goodbye in their own special way.

Miller was surprised at his leaving do when they screened a spoof video that sees Adam Thomas (Adam Barton) rap along to Written in the Stars, by Tinie Tempah, while Kelvin Fletcher (Andy Sugden) dons an afro to play the keyboard, shirtless.

Members of the Emmerdale team also don tracksuits like Miller’s character Aaron Livesy and swab themselves with tearsticks in reference to his numerous emotional plotlines.

Miller wrapped up filming on the soap last week and as he left the set for the last time he tweeted: “Can’t explain the emotions i feel at the moment!”

He added: “It’s been a pleasure to play Aaron and I love you all for taking the character on and loving his storylines. Thank you so much for your support for me the last 4 years!”

Miller has teased that Aaron’s departure from Emmerdale will be “amazing“, but “heartbreaking for some people“.

His final episode is due to air on April 5.

Yuna Software introduces Messenger Plus! for Skype

1 February 2012 12:14 AM

Yuna Software, the company that develops, designs and markets Messenger Plus!, today announced the addition of a new product to its portfolio: Messenger Plus! for Skype. Messenger Plus! is the most popular and respected extension for Windows Live™ Messenger 2009 and 2011 and has more than ten years experience in the instant messaging arena.

Messenger Plus! for Skype, the Social Extension
“We’re releasing the first version of this exciting product after a lot of hard team work“, says Jean-Francois Gregoire, CEO Kimahri Software. “You can now send more than 35 winks (flash video animation), record original Skype video and audio calls for free and easily access your Skype chat logs with the Messenger Plus! log viewer. All of this can be done through our slick, dockable, toolbar window“.

Messenger Plus! has leveraged their expertise in chat logging – the ability to record, view, store, search and retrieve conversation history – to develop an advanced video and audio capture engine for recording Skype calls.

Alex Shamash, Creative Manager at Yuna Software, adds that this release brings the social experience to a new sphere. “Messenger Plus! offers an enhanced and more enjoyable instant messaging experience to Skype users. For some, this will be their first taste of Messenger Plus!” says Shamash. “When the video recording becomes popular on Skype, we hope to bring it over to Windows Live Messenger. Winks are already planned for inclusion in one of the upcoming versions of Messenger Plus! for [Windows Live] Messenger. The goal is to have one single brand that extends across multiple social networks.”

Messenger Plus! for Skype download (in English):
http://www.msgplus.net/Downloads

Detailed features for Messenger Plus! for Skype:
• Record your video and audio call recording of unlimited duration.
• Choose from 3 different levels of video quality
• See a live preview of the video call recording.
• Send flash video animation (Winks) to your friends, family and co-workers. Choose from more than 35 available cool animations.
• Preview the Winks before sending them to your contacts
• Consult your chat log with the external Messenger Plus! for Skype Log Viewer
• Search all your chat logs from one convenient interface
• Categorize your chat logs by dates, by sessions or by contacts
• Preview and print any chat log conversation
• Automatically export chat logs in html format so you can easily share them
• Conveniently dock your Messenger Plus! for Skype toolbar to the Skype contact window and display it as semi-transparent in full screen mode

SOPA: Wikipedia Goes Dark

18 January 2012 4:55 AM

If you need to use Wikipedia for any urgent research, make sure you do it today – come tomorrow, you’ll be clean out of luck (for 24 hours)

The company announced today that in protest over SOPA, it will join Reddit and others on Wednesday for an all-day web “blackout” – which means that participating sites will be effectively off-line and inaccessible. The move comes as the firestorm over a highly controversial internet piracy bill in Washington gathers pace.

Wikimedia Foundation – English Wikipedia anti-SOPA blackout:
“Today, the Wikipedia community announced its decision to black out the English-language Wikipedia for 24 hours, worldwide, beginning at 05:00 UTC on Wednesday, January 18 (you can read the statement from the Wikimedia Foundation here). The blackout is a protest against proposed legislation in the United States – the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate – that, if passed, would seriously damage the free and open Internet, including Wikipedia.”

Full Story – Wikimedia Foundation.

UPDATE 05:25 AM GMT;

Isn’t SOPA dead? Wasn’t the bill shelved, and didn’t the White House declare that it won’t sign anything that resembles the current bill?
No, SOPA and PIPA are not dead. On January 17th, SOPA’s sponsor said the bill will be discussed in early February. There are signs PIPA may be debated on the Senate floor next week. The threat of SOPA and PIPA remains, and the English Wikipedia community wants to send a strong message that such attacks on the free and open web are not welcome.

Is it still possible to access Wikipedia in any way?
The Wikipedia community, as part of their request to the Wikimedia Foundation to carry out this protest, asked us to ensure that we make English Wikipedia accessible in some way during an emergency. The English Wikipedia will be accessible on mobile devices and smart phones. Because the protest message is powered by JavaScript, it’s also possible to view Wikipedia by completely disabling JavaScript in your browser.