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Google’s UK advertising revenues will outstrip those of Channel 4 this year, according to Andy Duncan, the broadcaster’s chief executive.

The first $100 laptop PCs for the One Laptop Per Child program will roll off production lines by the end of this year, and mass production will start in the first quarter of 2007, manufacturer Quanta Computer says.

Teenagers who have significant problems reading appear to be much more likely than their peers to contemplate or attempt suicide, researchers reported yesterday.

People in western countries tend to have more sexual partners than those in the developing world, a study says. Monogamy is dominant across the world, but multiple partners are more common in rich countries, according to the study published in the Lancet.

The interest in online video has skyrocketed over the past year. Videos were offered for download on iTunes. Networks began experimented with pre-releasing new shows online — and offering instant reruns. Internet news sites put up additional video coverage. And then Google scooped up YouTube for $1.65 billion.

Women who get divorce may also lose some of their good health, compared with women who stay married, according to a study spanning 10 years by Iowa State University.

Housing prices in 70 major Chinese cities rose 6.3 percent in September over the same period last year, and the growth rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than that in August.

The nervous excitement of sex with a new partner, paired with ill-fitting condoms and men’s lack of confidence in condom application can lead to high levels of erection loss, say researchers. Such “deflation” can lead men to engage in unprotected sex, raising risks of sexually transmitted infections.