ICT magazine

Italian regional polls will show if Silvio Berlusconi's popularity is waning• THE prime minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, will be able to assess the damage that a string of scandals has meted out to his government when Italians go to the polls for two days of voting in regional elections ...

The production of Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie’s latest film “The Tourist” is said to have been ‘shut down’ after too many fans showed up at the set. According to TMZ, the shooting in Venice, Italy, last week had to be stopped because there were too many fans trying to take ...

The trailer for Eat, Pray, Love, the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling 2006 memoir, was released today. The biopic will see Oscar winner Julia Roberts embarking on a journey of self-discovery in India, Italy, and Indonesia. The blockbuster heads to theaters this August.

The growing scandal about child abuse reaches the top of the VaticanA SUBTLY disquieting photograph greets visitors to the website of the northern Italian diocese of Bozen-Brixen. The dark recesses of a sunken passageway end in a flight of steps leading to daylight. A click leads to an e-mail address ...

The American dream has always been that even those with humble roots can end up wealthy.The American dream is what has motivated generations of Americans - natives and immigrants alike - to work hard and play by the rules.And as Michael Moore wrote in ...

The primary school for girls, which Angelina Jolie funded in Tangi, Afghanistan, is all set to open its doors to 800 students, according to a UNHCR statement. Jolie, the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, visited a refugee settlement in Afghanistan’’s eastern Nangarhar province and donated a whopping 75,000 dollars toward the school’’s ...

1454: Amerigo Vespucci is born in Florence, Italy. He’ll give his name to two continents. Vespucci, the son of a notary, went to work for the Medici banking house. They dispatched him as an agent to Seville, Spain, where he arranged the fitting out of ships and the trading of ...

Photo by Kathryn Yu On April 20 in North America (April 19 internationally), Canadian psych traveler Caribou will release the new album Swim. We've already dropped a BNM on teaser single "Odessa". If you were hoping that Dan ...

Apple today announced that its magical and revolutionary iPad will be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and ...

Italy will respect the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Kosovo, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini has stated. The highest UN court is expected to this year give its advisory opinion on the legality under international law of the Kosovo Albanian unilateral independence declaration, made over two ...

Photo by Gail Butensky UPDATE: Spiral Stairs has posted an entry on his blog about the Auckland show, featuring photos and the setlist. As you may have heard, the indie rock band Pavement are traveling around the world on a reunion tour this year. And just ...

Singapore’s Changi Airport said it has acquired a 5% stake in Gemina S.p.A (GEMI.MI), the operator of Rome’s two major airports, for $100 million, its biggest acquisition ever. Gemina’s Aeroporti di Roma owns the concession to operate Italy’s largest airport group, which comprises Leonardo da Vinci Airport and Giovan ...

Photo via Spiral Stairs' blog Superfans rejoice! The Pavement reunion tour is now just a few days away from kicking into gear; the first show goes down March 1 in Auckland, New Zealand. And a couple of members of the band giving ...

Italy's statute of limitations saves Silvio Berlusconi's former lawyer from going to prisonITALIAN courts may be slow. But no one could claim that they were arbitrary. Defendants get the right to a trial (sometimes after a pre-trial), and then up to two appeals: one on the merits of the case, ...

Professor Robert Auerbach was kind enough to send me an email to let me know that Ron Paul read the following letter written by Auerbach into the Congressional record today: ...

Oprah’s know for making wishes come true, so the helping bulked-up bud Kirstie Alley get one of her Favorite Things: singer/actor Jamie Foxx. The former Cheers actress has spent months gushing and crushing on the “Blame It” crooner on Twitter. It’s beginning to get kind of disturbing. Anywho, to Alley’s ...

Looks like Steven Tyler is “walking this way” with Aerosmith once again. “I auditioned and I got the gig,” Tyler joked in a video message posted to the band’s website on Thursday. The rehab-prone frontman and his frustrated bandmates have settled their widely-publicized feud over guitarist Joe Perry’s plans to banish ...

From its executives being charged for privacy violations in Italy, to formal complaints from Microsoft-supported entities in Brussels and Google's joust with China over a hack, Google is facing adversity from many fronts in the first two months of 2010. Moreover, many adversaries want to paint Google as the next ...

An Italian court has convicted three Google executives in a trial over a video showing an autistic teenager being bullied. The Google employees were accused of breaking Italian law by allowing the video to be posted online.

A committee of Serbian, Russian and Italian businesspeople has been founded today in Belgrade. The committee’s goal is to attract investments from Italy for the production of goods that would be exported to Russia.