"Ricardo Montalban, the Mexican-born actor who became famous as the wish-fulfilling Mr. Roarke in TV's Fantasy Island and secured his place in the sci-fi hall of fame as the title character in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, died Wednesday morning at his home, a Los Angeles city councilman told the Associated Press. He was 88."

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{mosimage}One way to describe Shinichi Osawa's debut album, The One, is as a dancefloor, pumping electro house album -- with depth.

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Dr Dobb's is essentially no more. "The official story is that the magazine is evolving into a section within Information Week, but that's just spin."

Dr. Dobb's first started publication in 1976, about the same time that Microsoft and Apple were founded.

For those unfamiliar with this publication, DDJ would cover topics aimed at programmers. It was also the first regular periodical to focus on software rather than hardware.

"Revealing a closely-guarded secret, the network said the 26-year-old would take over from the popular David Tennant as the star of the science fiction show that first appeared on British television screens in 1963."

British Actor Matt Smith, best known for his appearances in the BBC adaptations of Phillip Pullman's The Ruby in the Smoke and The Shadow in the North alongside Billie Piper, has been cast to play the Eleventh Doctor from 2010.

He's certainly got big shoes to fill, Christopher Eccelston took the part to new heights (and then dropped it) with David Tennant picking it up beautifully and making it his own in an even better way.

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Happy New Year to everyone -- Day 1 of 2009 has just begun. What will 2009 have in store for us all ?