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Americans can now buy a bottle of wine out of a vending machine as if it were a Coke or a bag of Cheetos. No surprise how that's playing in France, the self-styled wine capital of the world and a place not known for its tolerance of bourgeois enterprise. Well, the French are not only turning their...

We hate to toot our own horn -- so we borrowed one. The vuvuzela, the $2.50 plastic trumpet buzzing from the World Cup in South Africa to around the planet, might be the most powerful low-budget annoyance ever. Many fans, players and broadcasters hate it. But how does it play right here at home?...

CANNES -- One of the pleasures of covering the Cannes Film Festival is the occasional yacht soiree. It's even better when I can get a worthwhile consumer tidbit along with the champagne. XpanD, which provides 3D for the festival, hosted a party to show off what it says is the first Universal 3D...