Warner Bros. Pictures has made history as the first movie studio to make more than one billion dollars at the domestic box office for ten years in a row. Christopher Nolan’s Inception, aided the effort with $142.9 million to date. The hit movie stars Leonardo Di Caprio in a world where dreams can be penetrated [...]
After yesterday’s decision to block the entire Facebook website in Pakistan, which came in the Lahore High Court following the social network featuring images of the prophet Muhammad, reports are circulating that users in Pakistan are unable to access YouTube (NASDAQ:GOOG) and parts of the Wikipedia website. The BBC is reporting this morning that “Pakistan [...]
A judgement in the Lahore High Court, Pakistan, from Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry has resulted in the Pakistani department of telecommunications being ordered to block social networking website, Facebook, after “un-islamic” and “blasphemous” images featuring the prophet Muhammad were allowed to remain on the site. The judgement means that the entire Facebook website will be [...]
eBay (Nasdaq:EBAY) has taken the decision to allow free auction listings for all US users of its internet auction services from March 30th this year, according to an eBay press release issued today. The move, which will begin in conjunction with “3 cent listings” for fixed price selling on the site, is sure to send [...]
The Guardian newspaper in the UK was yesterday gagged from reporting a matter of public record: a Parliamentary question which is available online (here). The question is widely believed to relate to the Trafigura oil “Minton Report”. Specifically, it could be a question by the Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme, Paul Farrelly, who asks: Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme) [...]
Music fans in the United Kingdom have received a welcome boost today as it has emerged that the Performing Rights Society (PRS) and YouTube have reached an agreement which should spell an end to UK viewers having certain content blocked. Around eight months ago, talks between the two parties had reached a stalemate. However, at [...]
Dominic Mohan will take over as the new editor of The Sun newspaper next month when Rebekah Brooks leaves to begin her new role as Chief Executive of News International. Mohan, who has been deputy editor for The Sun since 2007, has worked for the newspaper for more than 13 years, during which he has [...]
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