Posted in Apple, Financial Times, nokia on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Fresh off of a deal with the movie studios that effectively reversed the company’s position on rented content, it now appears Apple may also be about to embrace a subscription-like model for music.
According to a report in the Financial Times late Tuesday, the company is currently in discussions with the major labels over licensing their [...]
Posted in Facebook, Facebook Chat on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Facebook is set to launch a highly anticipated chat feature in the next 2 weeks to allow for real time communication within the popular social network
The program will sit at the bottom of the page showing open chat windows and number of friends online. The user can pop out the entire chat interface into a [...]
Posted in Ashley Alexandra Dupré, Spitzer Kristen, girlsgonewild.com on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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The now infamous Kristen got an early start - a filmmaker says she starred in a raunchy ‘Girls
“Kristen” went “wild” - with other women!
Five years ago, Eliot Spitzer’s infamous call girl celebrated her 18th birthday by starring in a racy lesbian spring break flick, the “Girls Gone Wild” filmmaker said Tuesday.
Ashley Alexandra Dupré, who [...]
Posted in 2011 World cup, Bangladesh, Cricket, Dubai, India, Pakistan, SriLanka on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
The International Cricket Council has confirmed that the 2011 World Cup will be shorter, with fewer teams.
Last year’s 47-day event in 2007 was criticised for being too drawn out.
The 2011 tournament - jointly staged by Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - will involve 14 rather 16 teams and will run over 38 days.
The ICC’s [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPod, nokia on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
Apple is in discussions with the big music companies about a radical new business model that would give customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and iPhone devices.
The “all you can eat” model, a replica of Nokia’s “comes with music” deal with Universal Music [...]
Posted in Japan, Toshihiko Fukui, credit crisis on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
By Hideyuki Sano
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese central bank will be run by a temporary leader in the midst of a credit crisis, after parliament rejected on Wednesday the government’s latest nominee to replace the current governor when he retires in a few hours.
Opposition parties in control of parliament’s upper house vetoed a second former [...]
Posted in China, Dalai Lama, Democracy, India, Tibet on March 19, 2008 | No Comments »
More than 100 people have turned themselves in to police following anti-China riots in Tibet’s main city, Lhasa, Chinese state media has said. People surrendered to secure leniency in response to a deadline set by the authorities, Xinhua news agency said.
China says it will harshly punish protesters who do not surrender. Police in Lhasa have [...]
