LONDON (Reuters) - After two years of falling sales, the
music and video retail market is set for a boost as tech-savvy
buyers embrace digital downloading, according to a report on
Thursday by retail analysts.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. may have a chance
to take market share from the iPod as a Reuters survey showed
35 percent of those interested in its Zune device would be
replacing an existing digital music player.
Recordings of Dylan Thomas, Robert Graves and others are added to an online poetry initiative.
MIAMI (Reuters) - Google’s chief executive offered some
advice on Wednesday to Republicans looking ahead to the 2008
presidential contest: make better use of the Internet’s
electioneering power if you want to win next time.
Paintings by Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett raise thousands of pounds in an auction of his belongings.
The Bad Sex in Fiction Award is won by journalist Iain Hollingshead for his first novel, Twenty Something.
A study of a 2000-year-old calculator, known as the Antikythera Mechanism, reveals more about its use
Casino Royale dominates the UK cinema box office for the second weekend.
An artist arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over two deaths involving an inflatable sculpture is bailed.
Lucid dreaming is the ability to realize you’re dreaming and then actively control what you do, like flying naked into the president’s office or winning the ball game with a nuclear touchdown or whatever crazy crap you people fantasize about. It isn’t an …
West Wing actor Richard Schiff calls on theatregoers to support straight plays in London’s West End.
That’s one of the questions posed by the British Internet Broadcasting Company (BIBC) in a recent survey and the answer was: Yes - just.
It seems that many of us really are as cheap as chips and can be …
The guys at Labrats have a video up on how to increase the quality of your Skype calls. For both the video-phobic and the work-bound, here’s a summary of what they talk about:
1. Set your router to …
A perfect gift for those who were alive during the depression, this Drink-O-Matic holds 10 cans at 30-degrees less than room temperature. Essentially a small refrigerator made just for drinks, this thing will set you back $149.95, which in Grandpa-money is like 847 Werther’s …
If you’ve got a professor, a co-worker, or sibling that you really, really hate, this Annoy-a-tron is the perfect thing to drive them up the wall. The small-ish gadget fits discretely under desks, in bags, or in closets and lets out a short …
Charlotte Church shuns a new record contract so she can concentrate on her TV show.
A Malawi judge allows human rights groups to challenge pop star Madonna’s adoption of a baby boy.
The process of selecting a new BBC chairman has already started, says Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell.
At the start of this year Samsung showed off its very cute MP3/speaker combo, the YP-K5, which managed to be slinky, useful and undeniably different.
Today, we have a shot of what’s looking like its little brother, the …
My God! This is the latest green, planet-friendly car concept from Venturi. Either it’s been beaten for a week by the ugly stick or it was deliberately designed to look like a cross between the Model T …