In a survey of nearly 3,000 active Internet users across the country, ROMIR Monitoring found that 95% of RuNet users prefer making purchases in specialized stores vs. 23% who said they were customers of Internet stores.

Google has begun sharing advertising revenue with the makers of a popular video clip in a groundbreaking deal that could drive up the costs of competing in the fledgling video-sharing sector.

Up to 1,200 separated Australian parents, mainly wealthy fathers, risk being stopped at airport departure gates as they leave for overseas holidays unless they pay outstanding child support.

Slated to become the world’s tallest skyscraper and symbol of a city given to grandiose projects, "Burj Dubai," or Dubai Tower, is rising in parallel with the profits of its promoter, Emaar Properties.

When it comes to video games on mobile phones, simple is still best, according to a recent study from NPD Group. The study, conducted on behalf of the Mobile Marketing Association, found that fully 61% of all games downloaded to mobile phones by US mobile phone users in August 2006 were puzzle games.

The British Steam Car Challenge was conceived with the twofold aim of breaking the land speed record for steam powered vehicles as well as creating excitement in the arena of alternate fuels. It is hoped that the project will create interest among the next generation of engineers and designers to work toward cleaner and safer […]

With the number of cell phones in use worldwide hitting 2.5 billion and rising, recycled phones are playing a growing role in the spread of wireless communications across the developing world, where land lines can be costly or unavailable.

At least one-third of British women believe so. Some 31 per cent of women who took part in a poll said that marriage was no longer relevant in modern society. More than 70 per cent said couples married too quickly without thinking carefully enough.

When it comes to comparative shopping online — not including automobile shopping — the "Simultaneous Media Survey" from BIGresearch shows that two media-consumption consumer clusters top the list: "Independents" lead with 37%, followed by the "Opportunity Minded" at 19%.

The California-based online sensation MySpace, which has grown tremendously among teens in a short time, reportedly is losing its charm.

A surge in violence made St. Louis the most dangerous city in the country, leading a trend of violent crimes rising much faster in the Midwest than in the rest of nation, according to an annual list.

The pay packages of US chief executives are rising faster than corporate earnings and shareholder returns in a sign that corporate America is failing to link executive compensation to performance, a Financial Times study has found.

Apes do it, we do it… and so, it seems, do elephants. They can recognise themselves in a mirror, passing a test of self-awareness that is failed even by the majority of our primate relatives.

Several South Florida voters say the choices they touched on the electronic screens were not the ones that appeared on the review screen — the final voting step. Some times when voters touched the screen for gubernatorial candidate Jim Davis, a Democrat, the review screen repeatedly registered the Republican, Charlie Crist. Coincidence or corruption?

The Los Angeles Times reported its daily circulation dropped 8 percent to 775,766 and Sunday slid 6 percent to 1.17 million. The New York Times daily circulation fell 3.5 percent to 1.08 million and Sunday was down 3.5 percent to 1.6 million.

Ever listen to the radio and wonder what the name of the song is?  Who is the artist?  What year was it released?  Instant FM Music helps you answer all of those questions!  

It may not be the fastest, but what could be classified as the world’s most extreme superyacht has been developed. And while it’s not hard for some skunkworks whiz to draw some far-out lines on a computer, this design has both a pedigree and a working model. (w/pic)

DVD sales represent over half of the revenues generated by most movies, but this growth, which has been in the double digits since 2000, has slowed considerably in recent years. According to the NPD Group, DVD unit volume sales increased by just 4% through June 2006, which is less than half the growth at the […]

While 2006 may be considered an auspicious year to get married, it has not been so lucky for those already wed in Shanghai.

W Bruce Cameron:  Recently I arrived at an airport gate and was sadly informed by the agent that my flight was overbooked, meaning there were more passengers for the plane than there was room to put them. Based on my years of squeezing into coach-class seats, I’d say that is always the case, but I […]

Seth Godin:  Usama Fayyad is a genuine rocket scientist. He now runs the Strategic Data Solutions (which includes data mining) division of Yahoo, and he shared some astounding numbers with me today.

Michael Rogers:  Some predictions about the future remain forever etched in history: Lord Kelvin’s 1895 declaration that “Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible” or Digital Equipment Corp. head Ken Olson’s 1977 statement that “There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”  But far more predictions and visions of the future are forgotten […]

The United States has ceded to Russia and France last year its role of the top arms supplier to the developing world as it failed to take full advantage of emerging markets and opportunities created by booming oil prices, according to a new congressional study.

Stars don’t always rip apart in violent explosions. Some blow up in an orderly fashion. A star named Cassiopeia A blew up in such a tidy manner that it retained much of its original onion-like layering. (w/pic)

A think-tank has called for outdated copyright laws to be rewritten to take account of new ways people listen to music, watch films and read books.