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Rudd-effect swamps Twitter
TWITTER loves Kevin Rudd's announcement of Labor reform, as a booming response to the news on social media leaves Tony Abbott languishing.
Why strangers gave this woman $13k
MICHAL Wright has devoted her life to music therapy for dying people, despite living with cancer herself. But she's on a mission to keep helping others. Here's how you can get involved.
Visa's online shopping digital wallet
VISA has launched a 'digital wallet' allowing customers to cut the number of details they have to put into online shopping sites.
Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch resigns
CEO of book seller Barnes & Noble loses its CEO after weak sales, big losses and the failure of its Nook e-reader.
Dell founder wants to buy his company back
DELL'S founder wants to buy back the company he founded, saying he can turn the ailing company around by taking it private and diversifying into niche markets like software, data storage and consulting.
Animal House: Google interns gone wild
LIFE in a Silicon Valley apartment complex was peaceful until Google started paying rent for its interns. Grumpy neighbours say the place is now a glorified frat house.
Royal taunted on Twitter debut
PRINCE Andrew has become the first British Royal to join Twitter under their own name, but has not escaped the jibes of the commoners.
Vacuuming: World's most boring game
PEOPLE do their best to avoid vacuuming in the real world. So why would anyone want to play a video game about cleaning? Here's a look at some of the worst games around.
Aussie restaurateur invents new letter
THE word "the" gets used thousands of times a day. And Aussie restaurant owner Paul Mathis thinks its about time it gets its own letter. He has spent $38,000 adding a 27th letter to the alphabet.
Mexican magnate boosts Shazam
MEDIA app Shazam plans to change the way Aussies interact with music and TV after receiving a boost from one of the world's richest men.
Snowden's asylum hopes rise
A FLURRY offers of asylum have arrived for Edward Snowden after a series of rejections from many of the 21 countries where he sought refuge.
Raunchy Aussie surf ad slammed
IT shows the sport of surfing in a new and sexy light but an online advertisement for a leading surfwear brand has attracted criticism for its "sexploitation" of women.
Mexican magnate boosts Shazam
MEDIA app Shazam plans to change the way Aussies interact with music and TV after receiving a boost from one of the world's richest men.
Sci-Tech
'Mythical' corpse-eating fly back from extinction
SAM CLENCH THIS species of fly was declared extinct more than 100 years ago. Here's the problem. It's still buzzing around, feasting merrily on decaying corpses.
Toddler with windpipe made from stem cells dies
CARLA K. JOHNSONAP Medical Writer A TWO-year-old girl who was implanted with a windpipe grown from her own stem cells has died, three months after she became the youngest person to receive the experimental treatment.
ROAD TRIP! Curiosity rover begins Mars adventure
ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer NASA'S Curiosity rover has finally kicked of its long delayed road trip across the surface of Mars to a mountain range potentially capable of harboring life.
'Godfather of Heroin' dies
AYE AYE WINAssociated Press A MAN dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" for allegedly helping prop up Myanmar's brutal former military junta through illegal business dealings has died.
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Powerful new space telescope
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Gaming
Vacuuming: World's most boring game
CLAIRE PORTER Technology editor PEOPLE do their best to avoid vacuuming in the real world. So why would anyone want to play a video game about cleaning? Here's a look at some of the worst games around.
Bad mood not linked to violent video games
A NEW study by researchers in Queensland has shown violent video games do not immediately turn players into anti-social people.
Last comment: Auds Posted at Wed May 15 10:13:29 EST 2013
If the Palestinians and their Arab brothers and sisters lay down there arms tomorrow there will immediately be peace in the middle east,if Israel lay down their arms tomorrow they will be wipe out from the face of this world by the Arab world,makes you think doesn't it.The problem is the media is so pro-Arab that they won't even let this pass.
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If it wasn't posted, did it really happen?
SOCRATES may have opined that the "unexamined life is not worth living", but for today's tech-savvy X and Y generations, it is the undocumented life that's not worth living.
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