Car to driver: Please replace my fuel pump
PARIS (Reuters) - Imagine your car warning you of an icy road ahead, reading aloud the text messages arriving on your phone and sending you an e-mail that your fuel pump needs replacing soon.
Archive for September, 2006
Brad ‘desperate for son of his own’
Brad Pitt wants another child - and apparently he is keen for a son of his own.The actor is currently stepfather to Angelina Jolie’s adopted Cambodian son Maddox, but whilst sources say that Angelina is ready to adopt again, The New York Post reveals that …
No reward for Lindsay’s bag finder
The man who found Lindsay Lohan’s bag after she lost it at Heathrow Airport has lashed out at the star, saying that he hasn’t had a thank you or the promised reward for its safe return…
In Amsterdam, Internet freedom reigns
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam has the world’s busiest Internet exchange, thanks to nuclear physicists and mathematicians who in the 1980s connected their network needs with the academic belief that knowledge needs to be free.
In Amsterdam, Internet freedom reigns
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam has the world’s busiest Internet exchange, thanks to nuclear physicists and mathematicians who in the 1980s connected their network needs with the academic belief that knowledge needs to be free.
Rise of the web’s social network
BBC Click examines how sites are allowing like-minded users to find and interact with one another.
Court frees ex Sportingbet chairman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former chairman of online bookmaker Sportingbet is free to return to Britain, a New York court ruled on Friday, after New York State Gov. George Pataki refused to sign an order to extradite him to Louisiana …
De Niro backs Rome Film Festival
Tribeca Festival founder Robert De Niro agrees to swap films with the inaugural film festival in Rome.
Iron Man role for actor Downey Jr
Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr is to play Iron Man, the latest comic book hero to be turned into a movie.
Internet control ‘nears autonomy’
The US government says it will maintain oversight of the internet but with far less hands-on involvement.
Billy Joel moving from $37.5m house
Billy Joel is selling his plush US mansion for a staggering $37.5 million (£20m).The 57-year-old US star forked out $22…
Kazakhs ’see funny side of Borat’
A Kazakhstan ambassador says his country can see the funny side of film character Borat.
AMD signs deal to sell chips to No.2 China PC maker
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD.N, the world’s number two maker of microchips for personal computers, will supply China’s second-largest PC maker with chips, scoring its latest victory in a market share battle with …
Teenage Fanclub help Oxfam
Club nights, gigs and concerts take place across Scotland to raise funds for Oxfam.
Court drops Sportingbet ex-exec case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge on Friday dismissed the arrest warrant for the former chairman of online gambling firm Sportingbet, allowing him to return to Britain.
Royal start for New York festival
The 44th New York Film Festival opens on Friday with Stephen Frears’s award-winning drama The Queen.
U.S. homework outsourced as “e-tutoring” grows
BOSTON (Reuters) - Private tutors are a luxury many American families cannot afford, costing anywhere between $25 to $100 an hour. But California mother Denise Robison found one online for $2.50 an hour — in India.
Sony battery woes deepen on more PC maker recalls
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. joined a growing list of computer makers recalling Sony Corp. batteries in the latest blow to consumer confidence in Sony’s reputation as a manufacturer.
Junk food ban ‘damaging TV drama’
Author Jacqueline Wilson suggests restrictions on junk food advertising could threaten children’s TV.
Hammond’s progress ‘unclear’
Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has made an “absolutely remarkable” recovery but his progress over the next six months is less certain, say experts.