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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc.
has expanded beyond a one-size-fits-all view of Web search to
tie together its efforts to offer personalized Web searches
under the iGoogle brand, officials said on Monday.

A motion-sensitive laptop which can be controlled much like a Nintendo Wii remote is being developed.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. newspaper circulation fell 2.1
percent as of the end of March, according to data released on
Monday, illustrating the migration of readers to the Internet
and publishers’ efforts to trim less valuable discount
subscriptions.

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. , the world’s
largest software maker, said on Monday it plans to offer a
streaming video service that stores and hosts video for its new
Silverlight online media platform.

Singer and actress Barbra Streisand is to charge up to £500 per ticket when she plays the UK this summer.

Classic FM wins UK station of the year at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, while the late John Peel is honoured.

Yahoo signs a deal to run display and video advertising for the website of US cable television giant Comcast.

Legally Blonde, the latest hit film to be adapted for the stage, opens on Broadway in the US to mixed reviews.

Art students at a London university are to stage their degree show in the virtual world of Second Life.

Sir Michael Lyons, a former council chief executive and market trader, starts his new job as BBC chairman.