Into Tech

Profits more than halve at music retailer HMV as it fights competition from online retailers and supermarkets.

Hobby and student game makers are getting a chance to make games for the Wii console.

Research reveals which social network site is capturing the hearts and clicks of Britons.

Lenny Kravitz, Pharrell Williams and Macy Gray are confirmed for the Brazilian leg of the Live Earth concerts.

Israeli writer Amos Oz is awarded Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias prize for literature.

Fans gear up for the premiere of the fifth Harry Potter film, The Order of the Phoenix in Tokyo.

Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury unveils plans to eke extra revenue from JK Rowling’s phenomenon.

A Chinese opera composed by Damon Albarn launches the inaugural Manchester international arts festival.

Rock group Bon Jovi top the US album charts for the first time since 1988.

R&B star Usher and his fiancee Tameka Foster announce they are expecting their first child together.

Survey finds that one third of online teenagers in the US have been victims of cyber-bullying.

Charges against a man accused of planting a listening device at Nicole Kidman’s home are dropped.

Paris Hilton describes her 23-day incarceration in a Los Angeles prison as “traumatic” but a blessing in disguise.

The Spice Girls are widely expected to announce they are reforming at a press conference in London.

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is set to star in a musical that will premiere in London later this year.

Celebrity Big Brother winner Chantelle Houghton and singer Samuel Preston split after ten months of marriage.

The BBC’s on-demand TV service, the BBC iPlayer, will launch on 27 July, the corporation says.

Outgoing prime minister Tony Blair is made the subject of musical by a Cambridgeshire playwright.

The British Library raises £635,000 to save a rare 15th Century manuscript from being exported to Germany.

Sir Elton John wins £250,000 from a Parisian art dealer who he accused of selling him fake statues.