For the first time in its history, the BBC will be transferring an original online comedy to one of its main TV channels, moving the show “Fresh” over to BBC2. The show, about the lives of college freshman, started as five-minute webisodes and was so popular that it will move from its online home to a place on BBC’s “Switch” block where it will have full 30 minute episodes. Additionally, the BBC announced it had “commissioned U.K
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It may have worked as a plotline for “Sex and the City,” but according to new government figures, very few American women need fear being an “old maid.” Eighty-six percent of women marry by age 40, according to the National Center for Health Statistics which recently released revised data gathered in 2002. And those women are waiting longer than ever to wed — age 25 on average. More than 20 years ago, a Newsweek magazine article called “The Marriage Crunch” scared the bejesus out of many women by stating that if a white, college-educated woman hadn't married by age 30, she had a slim chance of ever tying the knot.
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Marriage thrives despite our evolving sex lives
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Sales of videogame hardware and software have been dropping each month (compared to the same months of 2008) largely due to a stellar sales performance all around early last year. Still, with analysts predicting a 20 percent drop in sales of (non-PC) gaming hardware, software and accessories in June, a reported 31 percent decline compared to June 2008 surprised the industry.
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U.S. June gaming sales drop sharply, shock analysts
Google Inc. is becoming more confident that its YouTube video-sharing service acquired for $1.65 billion in 2006 will become profitable soon. Since acquiring the site, which is used to share and view videos for free, Google has lost money due to high maintenance costs as the number of users continues to rise
Nokia , the world’s largest mobile-handset marker, posted a second-quarter earnings drop of 66 percent compared with the same period of the previous year. Net profit fell from €1.1 billion last year to €380 million, while total sales were at euro;9.91 billion, a drop of around 25 percent.
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Nokia Q2 profit drops 66 percent
Microsoft ‘s chairman Bill Gates revealed in an interview with CNET that the project Natal technology coming to the Xbox 360 platform is also in development for non-gaming uses with Windows. He said the project evolved from Microsoft research, and is now being commercialized by Windows and Xbox units
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Project Natal tech for more than gaming, says Gates
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” MANILA — The possibility of granting amnesty to Abu Sayyaf bandits has drawn flak from the political opposition, saying the government is showing weakness in dealing with the terrorist group. United Opposition..
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Switzerland is brought into the headlines once again on the issue of the right to die. Both husband and wife chose to die together in Dignitas Clinic in Zurich. See discussion on the right to die in my article from the Davos World Economic Open Forum 2009.
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British Composer Sir Edward Downes, wife die in Swiss Clinc
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Mitsubishi has jointly announced with Vudu a promotion that will offer a free Vudu HD set-top box along with $50 in VUDU credit with the purchase of certain Mitsubishi HDTVs. Frank DeMartin, Mitsubishi marketing VP, says the deal will be available through all authorized Mitsubishi retailers.
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Blockbuster Inc. has struck a deal with Samsung Electronics America Inc.
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Blockbuster, Samsung strike TV streaming deal
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