LOS ANGELES (AP) — “How to Train Your Dragon” breathed a bit of box-office fire with a $43.3 million opening weekend and a No. 1 debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. Distributed by Paramount, the DreamWorks Animation adventure came in well behind the studio’s last cartoon comedy, “Monsters vs. Aliens,” which opened with $59.3 million [...]
Apple on Wednesday e-mailed customers to remind them that its highly-anticipated iPad tablet computer goes on sale Saturday, at precisely 9:00 am in all time zones across the country. “The Apple Retail Store is the best place to experience iPad,” Apple said in the e-mail. “Have one of our Specialists show you all the amazing [...]
IDG News Service – Google is adding two features to its Google Message Security, a hosted service for monitoring and managing e-mail systems that filters message content based on pre-established policies and protects against spam, viruses and other threats. Google today will upgrade Message Security by making it possible for a copy of a message [...]
SAN ANTONIO – Texas Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison said Wednesday she is staying in the U.S. Senate, ending a series of back and forth announcements during the last year about her career plans. The state’s senior senator, flanked by Republican leader Mitch McConnell and junior Texas Sen. John Cornyn, told reporters in San Antonio that [...]
UK comms regulator Ofcom published its pay TV market probe conclusions today, forcing satellite broadcaster Sky to lower its main sports channels’ pricing. Although this would boost BT’s IPTV offering, BT Vision, the incumbent telco said in a statement that Ofcom’s decision was disappointing. BT Retail CEO Gavin Patterson said that Ofcom should have gone [...]
Janet Duffy looks out from her flat on the Easterhouse estate in Glasgow. Photograph: Christopher Thomond The Rev Malcolm Cuthbertson arrives, weary after cremating a 46-year-old father of five who died because he drank too much. A funeral programme contains poems of love and grief written by his daughters, and is illustrated with pictures of [...]
It seems Jennifer Aniston has forgotten about her “Friends.” Jennifer Aniston talks about her new movie, which co-stars Gerard Butler. More Photos Nearly six years after her hit NBC sitcom went off the air, Aniston revealed that she has no idea who her former co-star, David Schwimmer, plans to marry. In an appearance on “The [...]
Two weeks after Jesse James’ infidelity scandal broke, the husband of Sandra Bullock is headed into rehab, his rep says. Sandra Bullock’s husband is said to be seeking treatment for "personal issues." More Photos “Jesse checked himself into a treatment facility to deal with personal issues,” the rep said in a statement to People.com. “He [...]
MUMBAI, INDIA: Through 2015, a recession-era mentality among CEOs will ensure a policy of paying for future investments from the cost savings obtained from existing IT operations. There has been a major shift in CEO priorities from early in 2009 with top priorities switching from cutting costs to retaining customers and enhancing existing relationships, according to [...]
WASHINGTON – A Justice Department audit has found the FBI’s long-delayed computer upgrade is getting slower and costing more. The FBI’s Sentinel program was launched to build a paperless case management system, costing $425 million. It was supposed to be completed by last December. The system has faced numerous delays and extra costs since. And [...]
