When demos at CES held nearly 12 months ago promised a svelte, online-enabled feature set not available on regular DVD to take the high definition formats to the next level, we were admittedly excited -- unfortunately, we're still waiting to see what the fuss is all about, and it looks like we'll be waiting even longer now.

ENGADGET: Blu-ray / HD DVD "Live" internet functionality still on hiatus

The car companies briefly threatened to set up a rival motor-racing competition, but relented after Kirch promised to keep the races on free television, and not shift them to its pay channels.

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There's yet another catch for Gemstar: TV Guide Interactive was built for a high-speed set-top box, Motorola's DCT 5000, which was promised months ago but held back because of high costs and software integration glitches.

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The government has promised to publish a National Infrastructure Plan to set out the long-term investment needs and priorities for the UK by the end of this year.

BBC: New plans for growth?

Suspension forced Hagi out of that game but he is set to return against Italy and if the Romanians are successful his team-mates have promised to follow his bald example.

BBC: Hagi's bald move

The environment has moved to the top of their political agenda, and they have promised increased environmental investment, set impressive targets for reducing pollution and launched grand-scale campaigns to address particularly challenging problems of environmental degradation.

CNN: Economic miracle, environmental disaster