Three-dimensional films, once blamed for making audiences nauseous, are making a comeback and are likely to become the future of cinema thanks to digital technology, Hollywood studio moguls say.

Britons voiced anger Wednesday as a hopeless contestant described as a `dancing pig` quit a top television show, seeking to defuse a media-fuelled row which has threatened to divide the nation.

Microsoft Corp. chief executive Steve Ballmer on Wednesday ruled out making another takeover bid for Yahoo but said the US software giant remains open to a partnership on Internet search.

Saying they were tired of YouTubers `ripping us off,` British comedy troupe Monty Python have struck back, launching their own channel on the video-sharing site.

`For three years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them on YouTube,` the surviving Monty Python members said in a message and video at youtube.com/MontyPython.

Microsoft has announced plans to offer free anti-virus software to PC users starting next year.

The Redmond, Washington-based software giant said the software, code-named `Morro,` will `provide comprehensive protection from malware including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans.`

Britons voiced anger Wednesday as a hopeless contestant described as a `dancing pig` quit a top television show, seeking to defuse a media-fuelled row which has threatened to divide the nation.

Need help setting up that home computer or Internet connection? Frustrated by that new cell phone?

You`re not alone.

A survey released on Sunday found that nearly half of Americans need help from others booting up their new devices, and an even larger percentage need outside assistance when they encounter technical problems.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 17, 2007 (AFP) - After a nearly two-week walkout, Hollywood scriptwriters and studio owners have agreed to begin new talks on November 26, the Writers Guild of America said late Friday.

A brief statement issued by the union announced the decision and said no further details would be forthcoming.

More than 3,000 film and television writers went on strike on November 5 seeking a bigger cut from Internet sales and downloads, on the urgings of the 12,000-member guild.

LOS ANGELES, Nov 16, 2007 (AFP) - The filming of 'Angels and Demons,' like 'The Da Vinci Code' adapted from a Dan Brown novel and starring Tom Hanks as professor Robert Langdon, has been delayed due to the screen writers' strike, Sony studios said Friday.

'With the strike nearing its third week, Columbia Pictures has postponed production of Angels and Demons,' said studio spokesman Steve Elzer, adding that the production was close to finishing.

BRUSSELS, Oct 22, 2007 (AFP) - US software giant Microsoft has agreed to make 'substantial changes' to comply with an EU ruling that it was abusing its dominant market position, the European Commission said Monday.

Among those changes is reducing the royalties payable for interoperability information to a 'nominal' one-off payment of 10,000 euros (14,000 dollars) for rival firms.