According to Hitwise UK, “halloween costumes” is the 14th largest search term out of 185,000 search terms sending visits to the Shopping & Classifieds - Apparel & Accessories category for the four weeks ending 20th October. Among variations of the term are “sexy halloween costumes”, “cheap halloween costumes” and “adult halloween costumes”. Now You Know. Spooooky.

Radiohead’s new album will be very appropriately priced. How much is it? “As much as you want to pay”. Never shy from being inventive about their audio output, Radiohead are trying to reinvent the way people pay for their music.

The unusual pricing model was made possible because the band is no longer attached to any label. Radiohead’s contract with EMI/Capitol expired after the release of their last album, Hail to the Thief, in 2003.

In Rainbow contains 10 tracks and will be available for download after October 10.

The pay-what-you-want price is not obvious until you “view basket” after clicking the “pre-order” button. The price of the download is left blank with only a red question mark link beside it explaining the significance of the deal.

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Name your price for Radiohead album The Australian

Radiohead’s bid to revive music industry: pay what you like to download albums The Guardian
Radiohead’s Rainbows Ready to Shine E! Online

Has Prince got a cat in hell’s chance of successfully removing unauthorised pirate videos and music from sites like Youtube?

Ont he one hand, he could set a precedent and a corner stone of social networking could be damaged.   On the other hand, the damage he could cause to his artistic credibility for fighting the people who ‘consume’ his products could tip the balance against him.

Prince takes on YouTube | Technology | The Guardian

One thing’s for sure, the growth in the numbers of people using the social network opportunities the web offers is growing rapidly - if not exponentially, so this type of action will become harder and harder.

The internet company Google has launched an $20m competition to send a robotic mission to the moon. To claim the prize, a team of researchers will need to send a rover to the moon, make it roam for a minimum of 500m and send video, images and data back to Earth, all before December 31, 2012.

Read more on the BBC website

We wish all of our clients the best of luck in their entry!