Pope Benedict XVI in his traditional Sunday blessing warned against giving into the commercialization of Christmas and urged worshippers to assemble Nativity scenes in their homes and remind themselves of the holiday`s more spiritual roots.

After discount retailers and quick-fix fashion labels like Target, Wal-Mart or H&M have been continuously nibbling away at mid-priced department store?s market shares, networks like J.C. Penney Co. and Kohl?s Corp. are determined to fight back this holiday season.

Motor Trades, an online directory created by Virtual Webmaster, which they promise will reach first page rankings on all the major search engines as well as fill the need for a source of high quality advertising that the motor industry has been lacking until now

Gokhan Cukurova, a Turkish-American freelance photographer, will be featured in a photography exhibition in Manhattan`s Ward Nasse Gallery. This will take place in June, 2006.

Confirmation that the potentially deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has already arrived in Turkey and Romania suggests it is being carried by migrating birds, and reportedly samples have also now been found in Greece.

World champions Brazil marked another world cup victory and they are headed for the quarterfinals round. Ghana was the favorite underdog and played well, but they were no match for the experienced world champions.

A new range of cell phones, from KDDI Corp., Japan`s second-largest mobile operator, will be hitting the stores soon. These new phones have the ability to watch short segments of digital television programs and communicate with a group via text or voice.

Rome`s first international festival looks to compete with Venice`s esteemed Lido competition, hosting movie stars on the red carpet and offering a little bit of everything for movie lovers.

HDTV is becoming a very popular form of television media. It may even be the most popular media form around.

VOY, a media company targeting the ever-growing Spanish language market, has introduced a service allowing users to create free blogs in Spanish and English.

Jay Higdon, Co-owner of the Mesopia website, today announced the rebranding of the company`s Mesopia web-hosting service as Netbunch effective August 10th, 2005.

Big business corporations are often willing to use various means to promote their product. Even though there are various regulations and laws regarding the audiences that can be legally exposed to certain type of content, some companies still manage to find a way to display their products to the vastest audience possible.

Computer piracy is nothing of a new these days. Without the right security precautions your private data such as passwords, bank log-in and such, can easily be stolen. But even worse is the fact that now it can be posted on unprotected web sites and everyone who happens to visit can see all your sensitive details.

The Empire State Building celebrated its 75th birthday Monday, after opening in 1931, during America?s Great Depression. The building, which took just 13 months to build, was the world`s tallest building for 40 years until the World Trade Center was built. After the tragedy of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks the Empire State once again became New York City`s tallest structure.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), a potential presidential candidate in 2008, joined immigration advocates last week to vow to block legislation seeking to criminalize undocumented immigrants. Sen. Clinton made her remarks as the Senate prepared to take up the matter this week.