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Michael Moore to premiere film online

News This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans," Moore said in a statement yesterday. Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to premiere his latest documentary exclusively on the Internet for free, forgoing the traditional theatrical release.

Tags: film, album, released, fans

5 September 2008, 10:08

Facebook app spreads chocolaty love

News The Celebrate platform has been launched by mobile marketing company, The Light Agency, in conjunction with Mars Snackfood UK.Facebook users add the application to their profile then choose the gift -- such as a Mars bar -- and the friend they...

Tags: marketing, friends, gift, gifts

15 February 2008, 7:58

Photos: Lego celebrates 50 years

News The system was taken offline in 1999 and given as a gift to Stanford University. Since the beginning, Lego sets have been themed, and the very first theme was space. Not long afterward, Lego added castle and pirate themes.

Tags: elements, europe, plan, plastic

29 January 2008, 8:52

Irate dad sells Guitar Hero for $9,000

News An auction for Activision's hotly in-demand Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Wii ended for $9,100.01 (£4,520) on popular sell-it-yourself site eBay last week. Although the seller will undoubtedly be pleased with his return on the $90 game...

Tags: auction, guitar, hero, pot

18 December 2007, 9:18

User-generated podcessories at Macworld

News Mophie said winners also will get a "special gift", but hasn't said what that will be. There were plenty of companies on the show floor at Macworld pitching their latest iPod accessories, but one tiny company used its booth to try to get some new...

18 January 2007, 9:44

Christmas e-commerce breaks records?

News There's been a massive growth in wrapped gifts -- year-on-year our gift service index is up 150 per cent," Roper told CNET.co.uk's sister site, ZDNet UK. Britain's online spending in the run up to Christmas has exceeded expectations, according to...

3 January 2007, 9:17

iPod tops Amazon's annual charts

News Not only did various versions of Apple's iPod comprise the hottest-selling consumer electronics item on Amazon, but the fifth-generation 30GB model with video playback, which Amazon sells for £167.95 (Apple's RRP is £189), topped Amazon's list as...

2 January 2007, 10:00

Hamleys reneges on Christmas e-discount

News Hamleys had been taken by surprise by a sudden spurt of children's gift-buying at the weekend after a specialist discount-hunting Web site had found that because of a glitch, it was possible for consumers to rack up multiple discounts and claim up...

21 December 2006, 9:38

Gloomy iTunes predictions inflated

News Therefore, the survey does not include iTunes songs bought with gift cards or through PayPal's online payment service. The imminent demise of iTunes appears to have been somewhat exaggerated. Reports that iTunes sales plummeted during the first...

14 December 2006, 9:37

Boy arrested for opening Game Boy early

News The boy's great-grandmother bought him the GBA as a Christmas gift and left it under the family's Christmas tree with specific instructions not to open until 25 December. A 12-year-old boy in Rock Hill, South Carolina, just couldn't wait for Santa...

7 December 2006, 8:58

News.blog: Shotgun wound didn't stop PS3 buyer

News No, the 21-year-old was looking to resell the consoles on eBay -- after eight days in hospital, he ended up with four, including one given as a gift by Wal-Mart -- and make a profit. Despite a shotgun blast to the chest, Michael Penkala stayed...

29 November 2006, 10:36

Slow tempo for Zune sales in US

News Though he didn't discern a trend toward a particular colour -- brown, black or white -- gift giving was on most customers' minds. Though Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPod officially went on sale in the US on Tuesday, the Zune wasn't exactly flying...

15 November 2006, 10:06

News.blog: PlayStation 3 shines at shindig

News On the Wii, it's a snap to learn, and as someone who has had trouble with the complex controllers of other consoles, motion-sensation is a real gift. I'm standing in a room full of gamers in what must certainly feel to some like heaven: Sony's...

23 October 2006, 10:53

MP3 players top Christmas wish lists

News MP3 players will be the Christmas gift of choice for the second consecutive year, the US Consumer Electronics Association predicted on Monday at its annual industry confab in San Francisco. However, gift spending should only account for half of the...

17 October 2006, 9:32

Coming soon: the 1-terabyte hard drive

News If there's a digital media fanatic in your family, a perfect gift could be coming for them towards the end of the year: 1-terabyte hard drives. Desktop hard drives holding 1 terabyte, or 1,000 gigabytes, of storage will probably debut in 2006...

15 August 2006, 9:14