1. An apparatus for processing information, comprising: a memory for storing a plurality of content items different in type and metadata containing time information of the content items; a cache processor for fetching from the memory the content item and the metadata of the content item to be displayed on a display and storing the fetched content item and the metadata thereof on a cache memory; a display controller for displaying on the display the metadata of the content items from the cache memory arranged in accordance with the time information and a selection operator selecting metadata corresponding to a content item desired to be processed, out of the metadata displayed; and a content processor for fetching from the cache memory a content item corresponding to the metadata selected by the selection operator by referencing the cache memory in response to the selected metadata when the selection operator selects the metadata, and for performing a process responsive to the fetched content item.