Disney is to start selling films over the internet via CinemaNow, including new films on the day they come out.
Disney’s home video arm, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, will make the films available on a download-to-own basis.
Customers will be able to buy current and older films to view on personal computers and portable devices.
The service, which […]

As early as Friday, Google Inc. will be letting anyone — from Coke, General Motors, to your local plumber, physician, and you — create an advertisement no longer than two-minutes and upload it onto the search engine’s site. You must become a Google AdWords client (takes minutes to sign up) before you can submit a […]

Community websites MySpace and Bebo are fighting to see who is most popular among young people, reveals research.
Analysis by Nielsen NetRatings shows the two companies have regularly swapped the top spot in sites that give people space to blog and post pictures.
Nielsen said the pair are the fifth and sixth biggest brands on the net […]

Press Release
SWOPEX, which is already established as the UK’s leading peer-to-peer swapping network for DVDs and video games, announces the launch of its new trading community offering buyers and sellers significant benefits over established US giants such as ebay and Amazon
Buying on SWOPEX is Cheaper, Safer and Easier
Unique to SWOPEX, buyers can choose to buy […]

Bebo, the next generation social networking site, today announced that it has closed a $15 million first round of financing from Benchmark Capital, the international venture capital firm behind eBay, betfair and MySQL. Bebo will use the funding to expand the U.S. team and open a London office, maintain its market leading position, and develop […]

A BT project aims to give a dozen UK cities widespread wi-fi coverage.
The telecoms giant has signed deals with 12 councils to fit wi-fi antenna to street furniture to create broad zones where people can get untethered access to the net.
The first trials of the wi-fi zones are complete and BT aims to have the […]

After months of silence Sony named the launch date and price for the PlayStation 3 on Monday, confirming its place as the most expensive game console yet produced.
The full version of the PlayStation 3 will be priced at US$600 in North America and €600 (US$763) in Europe. It will first go on sale in Japan […]

Hollywood studios have claimed that film piracy cost them $6.1bn (£3.3bn) in lost revenue in 2005.
The study, commissioned by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), suggested the figure was 75 per cent higher than previous estimates.
The report is the first to measure losses for internet piracy, which it said cost the industry $2.3bn.
“This study […]