MOBILE phone maker Sony Ericsson launched a new service on Wednesday where handphone users in the Asia Pacific region can download the latest movies, TV series, games and music from its retail stores.

LONDON - PEOPLE who drink more than seven cups of coffee a day tend to hallucinate more than less caffeine-driven colleagues, according to a study published on Wednesday.

Those with a high caffeine intake are three times more likely to have heard a non-existent person's voice than those who drink one cup a day, said the research by psychologists at Durham University.

SYDNEY - TOXIC chemical contamination was the likely cause of fatal fish mutations in northern Australia in which thousands of bass larvae spawned with two heads, an expert said on Wednesday.

Matt Landos, an aquatic animal specialist and member of the Australian College of Veterinarian Scientists, said the mutant larvae at a Noosa River fish farm survived just 48 hours and were dying en masse.