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I have an iPhone on my desk. Don't get excited, though - you'll have read a number of accounts of difficulties getting hold of them in the UK, and they're right.

I have one on my desk because mobile phone company 02's media relations department kindly sent it over so I could have a look at it before mine arrived as there seems to be some sort of delay.

They've taken the money from my bank account, I should add, which makes it just a little annoying that I don't have the phone itself as such.

They've then been asking new customers for extra ID over the phone. My wife, who shares my address...

U.S. media mogul Sumner Redstone said Tuesday that attitudes toward protecting entertainment copyrights internationally are improving as authorities see the benefits of safeguarding the growing value of domestic products.

After a few modest acquisitions the past few years, CBS president and CEO Leslie Moonves indicated that the company is very much in the mood for a big purchase at McGraw-Hill’s Media Summit Thursday morning in New York.

“We’re in a very good position financially to do some things,” he told his interviewer, Business Week editor Steve Adler, adding that CBS had a couple of billion dollars to spend thanks to a “pristine” balance sheet.