Private Media Group, a publicly traded adult entertainment site based in Spain, on Thursday said it has made an offer to acquire the assets of defunct song-swapping site Napster.
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Private Media Chief Executive Charles Prast said in the statement that copyright infringement is a major issue in the online adult entertainment industry as well as for the music and movie industry.

"Acquiring Napster is our way of entering the peer-to-peer marketplace for adult content in a closed environment," Prast said.

Porn company offers to buy Napster

US jeans maker Levi Strauss & Co. denied on Thursday it was playing on consumer fears by launching a line of trousers fitted with "anti-radiation" pockets for mobile phones.

The trousers, with a lining that the makers say shields against radiation, are designed by Dockers, a brand name of Levi Strauss--famous for its classic "501" jeans.

'Anti-Radiation' Trousers Fuel Mobile Phone Debate

these are some great videos of BMW's!

Awesome BMW Performance videos

Then I saw the light --

Sun Micro's secret dot-comeback plan

This low-speed chase ended with police catching a suspected bank robber without breaking much of a sweat.

To make this arrest, officers commandeered golf carts and chased a man who had scaled the fence of a golf course and ran across it, said Sgt. Dan Cisar, a department spokesman.

Golf Police...watcha going to do when they come for you

It didn't take long for gas station customers to see Jamie Wing wasn't kidding.

A red-tailed hawk collided with Wing's pickup truck Thursday, and after she freed the bird's wing from the side-view mirror, the hawk invaded the truck, bit Wing's lip and then sank its talons into her right arm.

Wing, 38, said she threw a coat over the bird, tried without success to get it off her arm -- and then drove to the nearest highway exit.

'Call 911! I have a hawk stuck to my arm.'

what goes around comes around. Here's why size isn't a strategy and conglomerates are doomed from the beginning:

The sin of arrogance - Why congomerates fall apart

"America Online has signed a five-year deal with Covad Communications that gives it access to the DSL provider's network, the companies said Thursday. "

AOL to offer Covad's DSL - Tech News - CNET.com

Take a quick look at this before they pull it down...

Napster was here

The slew of companies caught red-handed in this year of corporate sleaze face potentially colossal legal claims, but they may enjoy pleasant reprieves next year — huge tax breaks from Uncle Sam.
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The IRS’s conclusion: “The amounts paid by Taxpayer pursuant to the settlement are currently deductible.”
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“People are going to be upset when they hear companies can deduct these expenses,”

Companies that cooked books may be able write off fines