Lately the Playboy empire seemed to be experiencing some downfalls. Although it is hard to imagine that a product as popular, as what the Playboy magazine offers can ever be out of fashion, the fact remains a fact, - the sales have dropped.

IP Applications (TSX Venture: IAP), announced today that it is strengthening its solutions offering by agreeing to purchase certain assets of Voyus Canada Inc. and Voyus Remote Services (`Voyus`), a remote IT, help desk and online support provide?

A new video games studio is going to be created by Microsoft and Peter Jackson, the director of the legendary "Lord of the rings" trilogy. Wingnut Interactive, the new studio, will be a joint venture of two Microsoft studios and will work on a new game in their Halo games series.

Mega movie star, Tom Cruise has announced a deal with the management team of United Artists, which will see him earning himself a generous stake in the company and producing four movies annually

It seems the Firefox`s grip over the browser market keeps growing. Net Applications, a company that markets websites, measures and monitors online usage, has released its statistics for March 2006, and reports of that Firefox market hold has reached 10 percent.

The Yankees were surprised to learn that their pitcher, Carl Pavano, underwent a car accident back in mid-August and is currently suffer from a pair of broken ribs, a very crucial piece of information that Pavano did not share with them until Monday.

copyrights on the Web are a confusing subject. For the sheer mass of, say, videos that are posted online on a daily basis to the uncertain legal standards that apply on the Web and enforced by different countries? legal codes, it might just turn out to be

The daily newspaper China Business News reported that Deputy Prime Minister Zeng Peivan, told the leaders of the national legislator that the government intends to use the country`s huge foreign exchange reserves

The Institute of Sales and Marketing Management (ISMM), in partnership with ICDL, an imaginative new UK company that is setting new standards globally in sales methodology, today announced the release of The Skills and Experience Matrix. It will be made available to the ISMMs members immediately, both on-line, on PC CD-ROMs and physically at the Institutes regular training seminars.

People speak of hidden motives and agendas that have to do with obtaining some of Anna Nicole Smith`s wealth, but two men who are claiming to be the biological father for newborn Dannie Smith, are insisting that their stubbornness to be proven the real daddy comes solely from paternal feelings for the newborn baby.

Tommy West, Memphis`football coach, secured a contract that runs up to 2010, and features a raise in salary. The new contract adds a year to the currently signed agreement between West and Memphis.

With Nene out for the next few months the Nuggets are looking for some frontline help. Denver has a stockpile of point guards, which they can use to swing a deal. The Nuggets spent $24 million in the summer to sign Earl Watson. They also have $60 invested in Andre Miller and another $15 in Earl Boykins.

Brown?s motto has always been ?Playing the right way?. Will he be able to implement his game philosophy in New York? If he does, he?ll sourly merit consideration for Coach of the Year. Brown preaches sharing the ball, which is a concept that has been lost upon Stephon Marbury and Jamal Crawford.

The Suns have so far been one of the biggest surprises of the season. While they haven?t been able to pick off exactly where they left off last year, Phoenix have adjusted successfully to playing without Amare Stoudamire while relaying even more so on the running game. Amazingly, the Suns are doing it on both ends.

As Howard Stern becomes more popular, it becomes harder to listen to him, and not because of his excessive vulgarity.