Figures in BETonSPORTS indictment plead innocent
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Several figures indicted in the U.S. crackdown on online bookmaker BETonSPORTS Plc pleaded innocent in U.S. District court on Monday to racketeering, fraud and other charges.
Archive for July, 2006
History without books gets a test in U.S. schools
LONDON (Reuters) - School children fond of chanting “No more pencils, no more books” may finally have their wish.
CryptoLogic to set software for Playboy poker site
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian gambling software company CryptoLogic Inc. and Playboy Enterprises Inc. will expand their relationship by launching the first Playboy-branded online poker Web site, the companies said on Monday.
McCartney adopts Latin for album
Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is releasing a classical music album with an oratorio sung partially in Latin.
Rights locks ‘must be simplified’
A single system of digital rights controls is needed to deter illegal downloading, a US trade body claims.
Bono crowned ‘most influential’
U2 frontman Bono heads an MTV survey of the most influential pop stars of the last 25 years.
Blur singer records with new band
Blur and Gorillaz singer Damon Albarn records as part of a new band including former Clash and Verve members.
Smith & Nephew says salesman broke rules in email
LONDON (Reuters) - Smith & Nephew said on Monday a contract salesman wrote an unauthorised email to competitors last year, suggesting a “coordinated response” from implant companies pitching for business with a U.S. hospital.
CryptoLogic to set software for Playboy poker site
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian gambling software company CryptoLogic Inc. CRYP.O and Playboy Enterprises Inc. PLA.N will expand their relationship by launching the first Playboy-branded online poker Web site, the companies said on Monday.
Webber ‘fears for theatre future’
Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber expresses fears for the commercial future of London’s West End.
Lohan’s mum hits out at studio boss
Starlet Lindsay Lohan’s mother has hit back at a movie boss who criticised her daughter for absences and lateness on the set of her new film…
Radio 1 backs Cotton and Yates
DJs Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates are to host Radio 1’s weekend breakfast show from September.
WebTV founder touts new film and video animation
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Web-to-television pioneer Steve Perlman on Monday will unveil what he says is an animation breakthrough, creating “photo real” humans far quicker and cheaper than current technology.
Glass With In-Built Sunglasses
You know how it is: you’re sitting in work, on your work-owned PC, using your work-paid for broadband connection to watch YouTube videos when, out of the blue, the clouds part and the damn sun shines through the window and disrupts the important waste …
Dolby to offer 3-D cinema with Infitec technology
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dolby Laboratories DLB.N, best known for its movie theater surround-sound systems, on Monday said it has teamed up with German virtual reality company Infitec GmbH to develop a three-dimensional theater projection …
Keypad nominations scare housemates
An automated voice gathered the housemates into the lounge - to make their nominations via keypad.Aisleyne was the first housemate to be called into the Diary Room, for the task she dreads most…
Housemates in ‘keypad’ nominations
An automated voice gathered the housemates into the lounge this lunchtime - to make their nominations via keypad…
Bond film stage ‘will be rebuilt’
The James Bond soundstage destroyed by fire will be demolished and rebuilt, say Pinewood Studios.
Microsoft submits documents in bid to avoid fine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft has submitted documents required by the European Commission in an effort to avoid further fines for breaching an antitrust ruling, the European Union regulator said on Monday.
Microsoft submits documents in bid to avoid fine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has submitted documents required by the European Commission in an effort to avoid further fines for breaching an antitrust ruling, the European Union regulator said on Monday.