Reuters - Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes online music and video store on Wednesday launched a new service called Multi-Pass that lets users buy downloads of television shows on a monthly basis.

AP - An author who claims "The Da Vinci Code" copied ideas from his work insisted in a British court Wednesday that there are major similarities between his nonfiction book and Dan Brown's crypto-religious thriller — but conceded there are also substantial differences.

Reuters - Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes music and video store on Wednesday took its first step toward a monthly subscription model with a new service called Multi-Pass that lets users buy TV shows on a monthly basis.

AP - A writer who claims "The Da Vinci Code" copied from his work insisted in court Wednesday that there were specific echoes of his book in the best-selling thriller.

AP - An author who is suing the publishers of the best-selling thriller "The Da Vinci Code" admitted in court Tuesday to exaggerating his claims that the novel borrowed from his own work.