10th July 2004 – In another European win for Linux against Microsoft Corp., a French ministry is replacing 1,500 Windows NT computers with Linux systems, the supplier of the open-source operating system said Friday.
The …

From August, some popular music CDs will become less expensive. A new sales strategy from Bertelsmann will be to sell CD’s in different versions for different prices to help offset the increasing piracy and …

In Milan the five day preview show for summer 2005, from Giorgio Armani closed with an casual arty collection with a relaxed feel.

Damon Gough, also known as Badly Drawn Boy, is England’s lovable wolly hat singer and a prolific song writer. His previous albums have sold very well and now his latest collection is available

The Irish presidency of the European Council in Brussels today nominated Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso as it’s chosen President of the European Commission succeeding the outgoing President, Romano Prodi.

At Valencia, Spain an art restoration team with the help of some pigeons have re-discovered a 15th century fresco that had been covered up for more than 300 years.
The team had been working on the …

Pop star David Bowie decided to cut short a concert in Prague he was giving, after informing the audience that he had nerve problem in his shoulder.
He had started singing late and then after …

PHASE ONE MATCHES
12th June 2004 – Group A
Portugal 1-2 Greece
Spain 1-0 Russia 13th June 2004 – Group B
Switzerland 0-0 Croatia
France 2-1 England
4th June 2004 – Group C
Denmark 0-0 Italy
Sweden 5-0 Bulgaria 15th June 2004 …

Since opening in the US, the iTunes music store has revolutionised the way digital music is sold on the Internet.
After persuading the big record companies and a number of independent ones to climb onboard …

16th May 2004 – A new translation of the Koran in Russian (translated from Arabic) has been released in Moscow. The official presentation of the new edition took place today, reports RIA “Novosti”.
“The translation was …

15th May 2004 – The musical program of the Barcelona-2004 world culture forum opened with Benjamin Britten’s symphony War Requiem on Friday night. Famous Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich conducted the orchestra.
The War Requiem is one …

Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, a republic in Russia, should mark its 5,000th rather than the approaching 430th anniversary of its foundation, says Vladimir Putenikhin, a writer and traveler from Ufa.
Regions.ru reports that Vladimir Putenikhin’s …