As seen here from download.com: the top ten most popular downloads for the week ending April 16 are:
Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1,239,316 downloads
Spyware Doctor 1,005,710 downloads
ICQ 5.04 548,673 downloads
LimeWire 514,040 downloads
All-in-One Secretmaker 400,442 downloads
BitComet 388,687 downloads
Webroot Spy Sweeper 371,002 downloads
WinZip 367,757 downloads
Morpheus 338,002 downloads
Registry Mechanic 334,970 downloads
No-Frills Shopping, German Style, Spiegel Online writes here: "Shopping in Germany is not always consumer-friendly. In fact the country’s numerous bargain supermarkets can often be downright hostile environments."Check this story in case you are in for a visit to Germany and plan to do some shopping there.
The Chicago Tribune reports here: "It’s `Scary’ in top spot: Bob and Harvey Weinstein returned to the box-office lead as "Scary Movie 4" debuted with $41 million, the first No. 1 opening for the new company founded by the former Miramax bosses."
1. "Scary Movie 4," $41 million. 2. "Ice Age: The Meltdown," $20 million. 3. [...]
AP reports here at the WP website: The Irish band U2 has given Britain its favorite song lyric, according to a survey released Monday. The line "One life, with each other, sisters, brothers" from the 1992 song "One" topped a poll conducted by music channel VH1.
The top five lyrics in the VH1 poll were:
1. [...]
The Monroe Times reports them here: The Top 10 Costly Mistakes Taxpayers Make While Filing Late: "Every year taxpayers — especially those who wait until the last minute to file — make avoidable errors that can actually cost them money. Ouch." See also: this FAQ here from the IRS: Filing Late Returns - Frequently Asked [...]
BBC reports here: Consumers are looking to buy phones with cameras and music players Mobile phone company Sony Ericsson has reported a doubling of quarterly profit and outlined an optimistic view of the global market for handsets in 2006. Check out the Top Rated Sony Ericsson W600i Phone for example here in our store. What [...]
The Washington Post writes here: Signaling an end to the highest-profile holdout in the booming digital-music arena, the Beatles are coming to the Internet. The band’s business arm, Apple Corps, has confirmed plans to digitally remaster the Beatles’ hit-filled catalogue and then sell the songs individually online.You can find all of the top rated music [...]
About 102,000 Disney branded portable DVD players are being recalled because the battery packs sold with the players can overheat and possibly burst when recharging, for more details see this page here from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Hazard: The battery packs sold with these DVD players can overheat and possibly burst when recharging, posing [...]
BBC reports here: "Google has launched its latest salvo against rivals such as Yahoo and Microsoft, unveiling a free online calendar service. The web calendar lets people to store appointments, receive reminders and share schedules with others. It is tied in to Google’s e-mail service, Gmail, automatically offering to add the date information in a [...]