BBC News reports here: Star Wars and Dirty Dancing are the films people most love to watch over and over again, according to a poll.
MENS’ MOST-WATCHED FILMS
1. Star Wars trilogy
2. Aliens
3. The Terminator
4. Blade Runner
5. The Godfather
WOMENS’ MOST-WATCHED FILMS
1. Dirty Dancing
2. Star Wars trilogy
3. Grease
4. The Sound of Music
5. Pretty Woman
From emergency networks to guarding homes via the Web, new security technologies have sprung up in the U.S. in response to disasters, crises. Reuters reports here at News.com: From emergency message networks that can reach 100,000 people within minutes, to alarm systems that allow you to monitor your home over the Web, new technologies are [...]
BBC News reports here: Spider-Man 3 has set a new box office record for first-day takings, earning $59m (£30m) in North America on Friday, according to its film studio Sony. The previous Spider-Man film took $40m (£20m) on its opening day in 2004, Variety said. It went on to make $373m (£187m) in the US [...]
The Brisbane Times reports here: Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, perhaps best known for his alter ego Borat, and screen heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio have been named in Time magazine’s list of 100 people who shape the world. The list of 100 most influential also includes Rosie O’Donnell, Queen Elizabeth II, presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack [...]
The row is over playing HD-DVDs on computers, BBC News reports here: Bloggers “crossed the line” when they posted a software key that could break the encryption on some HD-DVDs, the AACS copy protection body has said.
PC World reports here: The Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks, These online spoofs and shams have made the rounds on Web sites and through e-mail. Perhaps you even believed one or two of them yourself.
BBC News reports here: The Arctic Monkeys have gone straight into the US chart at number seven with their album Favourite Worst Nightmare.
The Top Ten from The Billboard:
1) Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing
2) Joe - Ain’t Nothing Like Me
3) Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero
4) Various Artists - NOW 24
5) Daughtry [...]
Webby winners you probably missed, never mind Flickr and YouTube. Here are some Webby Award winners you may not have heard of. Check them out on this page at News.com.
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 Books This Week are:
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7)
• [...]