Archive for January, 2007

Animators Aardman end movie deal

Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman Animations and US movie studio Dreamworks end their five-film deal early.

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

TV’s Maria wins newcomer award

The Sound of Music actress Connie Fisher receives a best newcomer award from the London Critics’ Circle.

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Author Sidney Sheldon dies at 89

The best-selling American novelist Sidney Sheldon dies aged 89 of complications from pneumonia.

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

BBC journalists consider strike

Journalists at the BBC are considering taking strike action over the issue of compulsory redundancies.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Sony CD row settled in US

US music fans are to receive compensation from Sony over anti-piracy CDs which damaged computers.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

PC World says farewell to floppy

Floppy disks, one of the most popular forms of storage for many years, will no longer be sold in PC World shops.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Vista Launch Party Security

Just after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer finished the official launch announcement, I went to check out a few of the PCs on display that were running Windows Vista. So I strolled over to this laptop and was wondering how to log on …

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Vista is ‘more secure’ says Gates

Vista is “dramatically more secure than any other operating system released”, Bill Gates tells BBC News.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Bill Gates Tells Jon Stewart Why He Should Buy Vista (Yes, It Was As Boring As This Headline)

If you thought even old Billy Gates himself would give you a compelling reason to rush out and buy Vista, then move along, cause there’s nothing to see here. Overall, it was …

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Shocker Glasses Punish Your Drowsiness

Man, I’m tired. I need to start going to bed earlier so I don’t feel like I’m about to fall asleep at my keyboard in the morning. What I need are a pair of these Vision Optic MyDo Bururu (what?) glasses. No, …

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Kids Be Gone Ultrasonic Teen Deterrent: Sounds Like Teen Spirit?

You might have heard of the teen-repellent noisemaker a store owner employed in his parking lot here in the UK - not to mention being used by kids in class to secretly SMS each other - and now that squealing device that supposedly makes …

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

New York Drivers Get Parking Help from Robotic Parking Garage

Ok, so maybe there won’t be a 7-foot tall robot who takes your keys and parks your ride, but that’s not to say New York’s first robotic parking garage won’t be worth checking out. The garage (which will be located in Chinatown) …

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Police to reunite for Grammy gig

The Police are to reunite and perform at the Grammy Awards next month.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Rocky holds box office top spot

Rocky Balboa, the latest part of Sylvester Stallone’s boxing saga, stays top of the box office for a second week.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Miller out for Factory Girl debut

Actress Sienna Miller attends the premiere of her latest film, Factory Girl, in New York.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Floppy Disks Get The Chop - R.I.P.

PC World is killing off the floppy disk by announcing that it won’t stock any more of them once the existing stock has sold out.

Capable of storing 1.44MB of data, the floppy disk was the blank CD and …

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

No charge over Madonna act

Prosecutors in Amsterdam say they will take no action over Madonna’s mock crucifixion last year.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Pudding for Stiller and Johansson

Ben Stiller and Scarlett Johansson will receive the Hasty Pudding award for their contribution to the entertainment world.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Private wedding for Extras star

Actress Ashley Jensen who stars in Extras and Ugly Betty, elopes with her boyfriend in California.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

Bumper year for West End theatres

Theatres in London’s West End enjoyed record ticket sales in 2006, helped by hits including The Sound of Music.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007