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The Top Ten Most Sold Home Theater Systems this week at Amazon, see The Top Ten Most Sold Home Theater Systems here for more info including some reader reviews in our online store (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time) 

The Top Ten Home Theater Systems are:

• Onkyo HT-SR800 7.1 Home Theater Entertainment System
• Onkyo HT-SP908 7.1 Channel Home Theater System
• Sony DAV-HDX500/I BRAVIA Home Theater System
• Sony BRAVIA DAV-HDX267W Theater System with Wireless Speaker Kit
• Pioneer HTP-2900 5.1 Channel Home Theater Speaker System
• Sony HTD-DW990 Component Home Theater System with Digital Media Port
• Samsung HT-TX75 DVD Home Theater System
• Sony BRAVIA DAV-HDX265 Home Theater System
• Sony HT7100DH Component Home Theater System with HDMI
• Panasonic SC-PT1050 Deluxe 5 DVD Home Theater System

BBC News reports here: Disney animation Ratatouille – about a rat working in a Parisian restaurant – has topped the UK and Ireland box office chart for the third week. 

And the UK and Ireland Top Five Movies are:

1 Ratatouille – £3.6m
2 Saw IV- £2.5m
3 Stardust – £2.3
4 Eastern Promises – £623,491
5 Rendition – £546,292

AP reports here at Yahoo News: SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader’s brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook Inc..Although Google confirmed its plans late Tuesday, its new social networking platform won’t be unveiled until later this week.

Fortune reports here at CNN Money: A pre-holiday retail skirmish in high-definition DVD players has begun. Just days after Wal-Mart slashed its in-store price on the Toshiba HD-A2 to $198, Circuit City and Amazon followed suit by offering the player online for $197.99.

And the Top Ten HD DVD and DVD Players and Recorders at Amazone at the moment are:

• Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD Player
• OPPO DV-980H 1080p Up-Converting Universal DVD Player with HDMI and 7.1CH Audio
• Toshiba HD-A35 1080p HD DVD Player
• Coby DVD-224ss Compact DVD Player
• Oppo DV-981HD Universal DVD Player with HDMI, 1080p Up-Converting, DivX & SACD
• Panasonic DMR-EZ47VK Up-Converting 1080p DVD-Recorder/VCR Combo with Built In Tuner
• Sony DVP-NS77H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player with HDMI Output Black
• Audiovox D1718PK 7" Portable DVD Player with Bonus Headphones and Car Kit
• Sony DVP-NS57P/S Progressive Scan DVD Player Silver
• Sony DVPFX810 8" Portable DVD Player Black

The Top Ten Music CD’s this week from the Bestsellers List at Amazon, see more details of these and other great gift ideas here on this page The Top Ten Music CD’s in our online store (ranking as of writing of this article, might change over time)

The Top Ten Music CD’s are:

• Raising Sand
• Magic
• Noel
• Carnival Ride
• Blackout (Deluxe Edition)
• Chrome Dreams II
• Complete Clapton
• One Chance (With Bonus Tracks)
• Revival
• Across The Universe [Deluxe Edition]

BBC News reports here: Slasher film Saw IV has topped the US and Canada box office with takings of $32.1m (£15.6m). 

And The Top Ten North American Box Office Hits are:

1. Saw IV – $32.1m (£15.6m)
2. Dan in Real Life – $12.1m (£5.9m)
3. 30 Days of Night – $6.7m (£3.3m)
4. The Game Plan – $6.3m (£3.1m)
5. Why Did I Get Married? – $5.7m (£2.8m)
6. Michael Clayton – $5m (£2.4m)
7. Gone Baby Gone – $3.9m (£1.9m)
8. The Comebacks – $3.45m (£1.7m)
9. We Own the Night – $3.4.m (£1.65m)
10. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – $3.35m (£1.62m)

The Top Ten DVD’s this week from the 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 This Week are:

• Ratatouille
• Transformers
• The Jungle Book (40th Anniversary Platinum Edition)
• Shrek the Third (Widescreen Edition)
• Spider-Man 3 (Widescreen Edition)
• Spider-Man 3 (2-Disc Special Edition)
• Twin Peaks – The Definitive Gold Box Edition (The Complete Series)
• Meet the Robinsons
• Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
• Transformers (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Reuters reports here at CNET News.com: E-mails containing malicious PDF files have been putting computers at risk since Friday, Finnish security software firm F-Secure said on Saturday.

Reuters reports here at PC World:  Blu-ray DVD titles outsold rival HD-DVD titles by almost 2-to-1 in the first nine months of the year, but analysts expect additional HD-DVD support and new hit releases to "transform" the high-definition DVD battle score in the fourth quarter.