Brandy may be charged over crash
R&B star Brandy may be charged over her involvement in a car crash which left one woman dead.
Archive for January, 2007
Arctics reap four NME nominations
Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Kasabian and The Killers lead the NME awards with four nominations each.
Glastonbury ticket site goes live
The Glastonbury Festival’s plans to tackle touts include asking fans to register early for tickets.
Game unit losses hit Sony profits
Japanese electronics giant Sony reports a drop in profits as high costs at its game unit offset strong TV sales.
Newspapers lose ground in Web-savvy schools
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More U.S. teachers are using national
and international online news sites in the classroom, leaving
behind newspapers that fail to grasp the Internet’s importance
in trying to reach students, a study found.
Hubble’s main camera shuts down
The camera on the Hubble space telescope responsible for taking clear pictures of the early Universe breaks down.
MySpace donates sex offender database to U.S. centre
NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp.’s popular Web network
MySpace said on Monday it will donate a database on U.S. sex
offenders to a centre that tracks missing children, though
state legal authorities warn the company has not done enough to
protect youngsters on its site.
Mobile internet use ‘increasing’
People in the UK used their handsets to access the net 15.9 million times in December, says a report.
Microsoft starts Vista hard sell
Microsoft prepares to launch Windows Vista, with more than 100m computers expected to use it within 12 months.
Dame Kiri ‘feared Farnham fans’
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is alleged to have cancelled shows after finding out fans threw pants at co-performer John Farnham.
DigiKoozie: Useless LED Party Mug
Happy Sunday. This, my friends is a Digikoozie. It’s a $10 beer cozy that’ll scroll up a message of up to 200 characters — non reprogrammable, mind you — on the side of the fine Bud you’re swilling. You can use it …
Craig attends China Bond premiere
Actor Daniel Craig attends the Beijing premiere of Casino Royale, the first Bond film to be shown in China.
Asda Flogging £9 DVD Player
It has to be the bargain of the day, nay, the week. Meet the £9 DVD player from Asda, making it a lot cheaper than most DVD movies. The supermarket chain has …
Barrymore show protest cancelled
The father of a man found dead in TV star Michael
Barrymore’s swimming pool is to protest in Edinburgh.
Top Gear crash wins ratings clash
More people saw the return of Top Gear than the Celebrity Big Brother final, overnight figures show.
CelluBike: Nukes Cellulite As You Pedal
Cellulite exists. It’s not a myth. Even celebrity hotties suffer from it. Apart from surgery, not all the treadmill bashing in the world is going to shift those unsightly fleshy clots. But wait! There is a solution!
Throw away …
China launches 4G before 3G off the ground - media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China, still working on its
long-delayed homegrown third-generation wireless standard, has
leapfrogged itself by launching the world’s first
fourth-generation standard, state media said on Monday.
HANNSpree’s Musical TV
Makers of fine novelty TVs, HannSpree, has updated its line with the musically-inspired HannsVass LCD TV. The new TV makes up part of the Style range, whose design has been inspired by the look of the cello.
Alongside …
Vaughan extends radio show deal
DJ Johnny Vaughan signs a three-year deal to continue hosting Capital Radio London’s breakfast show.
Comedy spoof tops US box office
New comedy Epic Movie tops the North American box office chart, according to industry estimates.