CNN News reports here: Could the company that helped catapult the legal music download market with iPods and iTunes now kick-start the online movie market? Rumors of Apple Computer Inc.’s plans to launch a movie download service gained momentum Tuesday after the company sent invitations to the media, saying "It’s Showtime," next week.
The Top Ten DVD’s in todays Bestellers List at Amazon, see more details of all The Top Ten DVD’s here in our store (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)
The Top Ten DVD’s are:• Lost - The Complete Second Season • Grey’s Anatomy - Season Two • Arrested Development - […]
Georgia tops business reform list, BBC News reports here: Georgia has made more progress in making itself "business-friendly" than any other country in the past year, according to a World Bank report. Government reforms have made it easier to start businesses, obtain credit, hire staff and enforce contracts there. Romania, Mexico and China have also […]
AP reports here at Yahoo News: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Tuesday it has begun recalling 6,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Panasonic-brand notebook computers in Japan on concerns they might overheat. The recall of the batteries for Let’s Note CF-W4G notebook PCs only affects Japan, said company spokesman Akira Kadota.
BBC News reports here: Software that claimed to provide increased privacy whilst surfing the web has been criticised by computer experts and the blogging community. The application Browzar has been branded "adware" by many because it directs web searches to online adverts.
BBC News reports here: Toshiba has confirmed that it will launch its first HD-DVD player in Europe on 15 November. The 599 euro (£400) HD-E1 will be released two days before rival Blu-ray players, which are available within Sony’s new PlayStation 3 console. A second Toshiba HD-DVD player will be released in December, the company […]
The Top Ten Books in this week’s Bestellers List at Amazon, see The Top Ten Books here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)
And the top ten Bestellers this week are:
• State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and […]
Reuters reports here at the Washington Post website: MySpace, the wildly popular online teen hangout, said on Friday it will make its first move into the digital music business by selling songs from nearly 3 million unsigned bands.
SPIEGEL spoke to Philips CEO Gerard Kleisterlee about the importance of the European semi-conductor industry, the future of consumer electronics and the ways in which globalization is impacting the Dutch electronics giant. During the past 30 years, Philips has outsourced much of its manufacturing and shrunken its workforce from 400,000 to 160,000. This Spiegel Interview […]