LONDON - VIRGIN Media, the cable TV operator owned by entrepreneur Richard Branson, on Monday launched a new kind of music download subscription service with Universal, the world's largest music company.
LONDON - A 'STIFF upper lip' attitude among British men may mean they are more likely to die of cancer than women, researchers said on Monday.
Men are nearly 40 per cent more likely to die from any form of cancer, according to research by Cancer Research UK, the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) and the Men's Health Forum.
NOKIA , the world's biggest phone maker, on Monday signalled its intention to stay ahead of its rivals in Asia with a new range of handsets aimed at the region's increasingly tech-savvy consumers.
PARIS - A FRENCHMAN who underwent the world's first face and double-hand transplant in April after being disfigured in an accident has died, hospital officials said on Monday.
The man, in his thirties, died of cardiac arrest while undergoing a follow-up operation on June 8, according to Dr Laurent Lantieri, the surgeon who performed the groundbreaking transplant near Paris.
