Orbital news

Orbital doesn't seem to have changed much since the 1990s — but their audience has. At last weekend's Metamorphose event in Chiba, pant sizes among the crowd were noticeably less baggy than they were 20 years ago — and there were a few more gray-haired heads bobbing to the beat. But everyone in attendance went wild when the duo played "Chime," both the generation who were around when the track ...

Gameloft today released the third installment of the N.O.V.A. series of first-person shooters. Previous installations of the sci-fi shooter series have earned acclaim for the detailed graphics Gameloft manages to coax out of mobile hardware. N.O.V.A. 3 [$7 in the App Store] follows a band of space marines from the Near Orbital Vanguard Alliance in their quest to save their planet from aliens....

Digital Spy talks to one half of the dance pioneers about their new album.

Paul Hartnoll talks to Digital Spy about going on stage with Matt Smith.

Illustration only. SES reports that the technical reach of its ASTRA Satellite System in the Benelux markets from the 23.5 degrees East orbital position has increased by more than 140,000 households to 870,000, an annual growth of 20 percent.

And On - Half the British dance-music duo on their new songs and the last time sounding old school was cool.

Albums of the week Spiritualized, Neon Trees

SES S.A. announced that the SES-4 satellite is now fully operational and ready for service at the orbital location of 338 degrees East.

NBN Co has engaged the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to quell suggestions that the launch of the National Broadband Network (NBN) satellites in 2015 will be delayed due to a lack of orbital slot approval.

Born from the Industrial Revolution, it was a system that, in its heyday, helped bring to life Norfolk’s countryside for tourists and commuters alike.

Flipper Tonight: prolific ambient solo artist Teen Daze is at the Lexington . Tuesday : Orbital are at the Royal Albert Hall to support Wonky, their first new album in eight years. Your favourite punk band’s favourite punk band, Flipper (pictured), is at XOYO . Wednesday : post-punk gloomers Toy are at XOYO . Austrian Chanteuse Soap and Skin is at Scala . Thursday : those looking to party hard ...