I may be incredibly naive, but I just cannot accept that they would fake their feelings for each other just to sell records and boost viewing figures. (Lorraine Kelly)uBirmingham PostNO, I didn't believe the Ginger and Ginger love-story when I read about it. Ginger Spice and Chris Evans, the country's two arch-publicists having a whirlwind romance and planning to marry? Do they think we're stupid or what? Anyway, it must be true because Geri's leapt to Number One now and Chris was there celebrating with her. It seems she celebrated a little too much because she had to be carried out semi-conscious. Some made a big deal out of Geri's midriff being on show after her jacket rode up.

I should think she'll be more worried about the zip on her black pants being under such strain that it was failing to meet by more than an inch. Pure luck that there was no safety pin holding it together, I guess (Moira Martingale). American reaction to Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's "findings of fact" that Microsoft stifles innovation and deters investment in its competitors The Seattle Times THE DECISION demolished Microsoft's defense and signalled that it would likely be found guilty of violating antitrust law. Despite Microsoft's assertion that the lawsuit was a threat to innovation, the judge found that the company itself had stifled innovation using its market power to bully the industry. Software competition should shift back to where it belongs, on the merits of the products. Microsoft should have no fear of that contest.The Norman TranscriptTHE COMPUTER industry is changing rapidly, but that doesn't mean laws and ethics don't apply. We're pleased to see Mr Jackson's ruling cut through the nonsense about impossible-to-regulate high-tech fields - cybernerds are subject to the same rules as everybody else.

We've also been pleased to see that Bill Gates is coming to some sense of responsibility and sharing some of his wealth in philanthropic projects, even if it's only a PR gesture.San Francisco ChronicleMICROSOFT'S CLAIMS of innocence were absurd. Their goal was more than to continue selling nine out of every 10 operating systems in an increasingly computer-dependent planet. More than anything, Microsoft wanted to expand the definition of operating systems to stake out additional monopolies. Attempts to force-feed its browser on distributors was a classic case of monopolistic strong-arming.The ItemMICROSOFT'S TEN-THUMBED efforts at self-defense put one in mind of H.L. Mencken: "The older I get the more I crave competence, simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology." But the damage Microsoft can do pales in comparison to what government can do when trying to lasso the whippet of high-tech industry with a lariat woven of laws from an era long before the hurricane of creative destruction began howling through an industry subject to a series of highly perishable supremacies.. Australian press response to the result of the referendum in which the country voted to maintain links with the monarchy The Age MR HOWARD had the opportunity to unite the country on the republic issue. There is majority support for a republic but as yet, no consensus on what form it should take.