Cisco’s Umi and TelePresence video calling systems: now with work at home and home at work

It was only a matter of time before Cisco’s Umi and TelePresence services got together for some HD video calling synergy, and the company has finally enabled “full interoperability” between the two.

L’Etranger, London, Restaurant review

Matthew Norman finds Camus and the oligarchs in the unpalatable fusion of L’Etranger

Writers’ strike ruined Transformers 2, says Michael Bay

Forthright US director attributes ‘crap’ movie to the creative constraints imposed by three-week writing window

The Closet Thinker: all white now

Justine Picardie on the return of the innocent look.

Usher to donate Gaddafi concert fee to charity

R&B star follows Nelly Furtado, Beyoncé and Mariah Carey in expressing regret over performing for family of Libyan leader

Sony Ericsson Windows Phone 7 prototype caught in the wild?

Sony Ericsson was named a Windows Phone 7 partner a year ago, but — like another we could name — seemingly scrapped plans to produce a device and chose another OS instead.

Why it’s harder to live in the country than towns

Clive Aslet, of Country Life, is intrigued by Love Thy Neighbour, Channel 4’s new reality show about British village life.

Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen to design Kate Middleton’s wedding dress?

It is the most coveted fashion commission of the century: the chance to design the wedding dress worn by Kate Middleton.

The jealous love rival who tried to erase all trace of Monet’s muse

A rare surviving painting by Renoir of the French impressionist’s first wife is going on sale

Lykke Li: ‘The slightest remark can get me crazy’

As her captivating new album shows, the Swedish singer is a lover and a fighter. But why is she so sensitive?