NBC tackles King's Dark Tower novels
In a first-of-its-kind project, NBC will use its television and film properties to adapt Mr King's seven books through three feature films and a network television series
MPs to vote on hacking probe
Andy Coulson could be made to give evidence to parliament on allegations of telephone hacking at the News of the World if MPs vote to refer the matter to the Commons' most powerful committee
Piers Morgan to replace Larry King
Piers Morgan is to replace Larry King, the host for 25 years of CNN's nightly interview show, in the US cable news channel's latest effort to reposition itself for an era of intensifying competition
Online television: Hogging the remote
Old-media firms are firmly in control of internet videoLIKE stallholders in a busy market, technology companies hawked their online-video services this week. In Berlin, Sony announced it would begin selling films over the internet to Europeans. In San Francisco, Apple unveiled a smaller, cheaper Apple TV, a set-top box designed to play...
Mobile internet in emerging markets: The next billion geeks
How the mobile internet will transform the BRICI countriesBUYING a mobile phone was the wisest $20 Ranvir Singh ever spent. Mr Singh, a farmer in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, used to make appointments in person, in advance, to deliver fresh buffalo milk to his 40-odd neighbours. Now his customers just call when they want...
Intellectual-property battles: Patent lather
Paul Allen has rekindled a controversy over patent trollsDEEP-FRIED beer may sound scrumptious, but is it patentable? Mark Zable, an inventive Texan, thinks it is. To protect his novel production process, which involves encasing the alcohol in batter and dunking it in a fryer, he recently applied for a patent. He wants to profit if...
Investing 101: Portfolio Management Made Easy
The recession of 2007-2009 had a significant negative impact on your investments. Personal Investing: The Missing Manual gives you the tools and insight you need to evaluate and make investments designed to grow over the long term.
The 50 Best Mario Video Games of All Time [Videos]
With (Super) Mario turning 25, here is a look back at our favorite plumber's 50 greatest adventures, with video evidence. Mario has more adventure than you'd expect. It could've been 200.
Calling all developers! FCC releases APIs for key databases
Perhaps you've been burning to build an online feature around some interesting government data source; if so, the Federal Communications Commission just made the task simpler. The agency has released the Application Programming Interface (API) specs for four of its big repositories of information: its consumer broadband test, broadband...
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