Archive for September, 2006

Cuban hunger striker quits bid for Internet access

Friday, September 1st, 2006

HAVANA (Reuters) - A Cuban dissident demanding unfettered access to the Internet ended a seven-month hunger strike on Thursday after fellow dissidents convinced him to give up.

Sir Bob on newspaper’s ‘good list’

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Poverty campaigners Sir Bob Geldof and Richard Curtis are among a list of 50 people declared secular saints in Britain’s first newspaper "Good List"…

Film star berates Indian media

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Bollywood star Salman Khan says he is “exploited” by the media, and blames them for his “negative” portrayal.

High-definition DVD market facing static

Friday, September 1st, 2006

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood is hoping high-definition DVDs will reignite a slowing market for movies at home, but they have drawn mixed reviews from retailers and analysts due to technical issues and a bitter format war.

Oppo LCD TV/DVD Player With DivX Support

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Back to school is upon us, and this Oppo LCD TV/DVD player is perfect for cramped university halls all over England. The £300 player has a 20-inch LCD, slot-loading DVD player, USB port and card reader. Best of all it looks like an iMac, which, I guess, is actually “worst of all” if you’re…

Commodore Gravel In Pocket Portable Media Player and Gravel In Home

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Featuring the weirdest name for a PMP we’ve heard this week, the Commodore Gravel In Pocket supports MP4, MPEG, DivX, Xvid, WMV, MP3, WMA, WAV, JPG, BMP and GIF files. It has 1 or 2GB of internal flash memory, plus an expandable SD slot for removable memory. It plays at a respectable 24FPS (film…

HP and Sun gain in data storage

Friday, September 1st, 2006

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N and Sun Microsystems Inc. SUNW.O were among the fastest-growing data storage providers in the second quarter, while EMC Corp. EMC.N and Dell Inc. DELL.O lagged overall market growth, researcher IDC said on Thursday.

As the interactive world turns

Friday, September 1st, 2006

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Many people would have a hard time reconciling soap operas with cutting-edge interactivity, but those within the daytime drama world know the networks have tested many innovative concepts on the genre’s loyal followers.

As the interactive world turns

Friday, September 1st, 2006

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Many people would have a hard time reconciling soap operas with cutting-edge interactivity, but those within the daytime drama world know the networks have tested many innovative concepts on the genre’s loyal followers.

Trump fires Apprentice sidekick

Friday, September 1st, 2006

US tycoon Donald Trump fires one of the executives who starred alongside him in hit TV show The Apprentice.