Mona Lisa, the mysterious woman immortalized in Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century masterpiece, had just given birth to her second son when she sat for the painting, a French art expert said on Tuesday.

Housing prices, social security and employment are the top three concerns of Chinese living in big and medium-sized cities, according to an online survey on urban life quality.

SIRIUS has officially announced the Stiletto 100. It is a player designed for satellite listening, Wi-Fi, up to 100 hours of recording on the 2GB hard drive, scheduled recording, etc. The Stiletto 100 will also include Yahoo! Music software, which allows users to buy music and save it directly onto the Stiletto.

We’ve shown you tiny phones before, but this is getting ridiculous: the Xun Chi 138 is scarcely larger than an AA battery and it weighs just two ounces. Too small to even dial, it requires you to use a stylus on a touchscreen and plug in a headset to talk and listen.

A senior Chinese trade union official said in Beijing on Monday that China plans to build a labor college for Africa in order to enhance understanding and exchanges between grassroots members of Chinese and African trade unions.

According to the latest figures from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), US online advertising revenues for the first six months of 2006 were approximately $7.9 billion, a 37% increase over the first half of 2005.

A graffiti artist is recreating the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in a rundown building in Iowa. Paco Rosic and his family have spent their life savings, and his parents have taken out a second mortgage, to pay for the project.

China appears to be gripped by gold fever, building palaces, coating floors and decorating other historical sites with the world’s most precious metal. And along with their love of gold comes a dramatic increase in gold demand internationally.

There is a growing body of scientific research that suggests that the longer your ring finger is in proportion to your index finger, the more likely you are to shop online.

According to new research, the average British woman, will spend two years of her life gazing in the mirror.