Nine and Ten are winners with heavy doses of reality TV, squeezing out Seven’s tired current affairs offerings.
April, 2009
Morning Market Report: Resources damage market
The market took a hit from the resource sector, down 41 with BHP and RIO down 2.3% and 4.1% respectively.
Nile expells Flash but he won’t be silenced
The Reverend “Flash” Gordon Moyes has been expelled from Fred Nile’s Christian Democrat Party.
I like a drink. Does that make me an alcoholic?
The latest government health campaign will show how each drink is the equivalent of four fish fingers. Bonkers, writes Janet Street-Porter.
Why file sharing will save music and movies
Pirate Bay may have lost, but P2P is still the future of distributing movies and music.
Obama Disapproves of French ‘Obama’ Wine
Sure it’s wine, and the money’s going to charity, but selling an Obama vintage leaves the White House nonplussed. Surely the French understand that. Sparkling white anyone?
Why are newspapers exploiting the people they cover?
Journalists complain that Google exploits their content. But if you go by the journalist’s own logic, then the truth is that they are exploiting the newsmakers they cover, argues Mike Masnick.
Media industry defeats Pirate Bay (for now)
Pirate Bay is the latest in a long list of illegal file-sharing services that have sunk under the assault of the media giants. However, history shows that the popularity of illegal file-sharing is unlikely to wane.
Why Moldova doesn’t need a colour revolution
Unlike Ukraine and Georgia, a “colour revolution” is the wrong path for Moldova.
Will a veggie garden save you money?
Growing an edible garden is probably cost effective — if you stick to lettuce.
Telstra sets Twitter guidelines
Telstra have written six pages of rules on the use of social media by employees after the Fake Stephen Conry saga.
US Congress considers new clean-air laws
The Obama administration may impose tough new regulations for motor vehicles and many industrial plants to limit their release of climate-changing pollution.
Blowing up Pepsi
Massimo F d’Amore has decided to tear down and then rebuild PepsiCo’s biggest beverage brands, including Gatorade, Tropicana, and Mountain Dew. But will he destroy them in the process?
I don’t care if Monday’s blue: mixed sensory experiences
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how crossed signals in the brain can transform sight into sound, smells into colors, or tastes into shapes.
The psychology of Perez Hilton
Getting inside the head of Internet gossip-hound Perez Hilton.
Fairfax publicity stunt: printing newspapers
Fairfax Media are distributing one-off print editions of their brisbanetimes.com.au and WAtoday.com.au mastheads today.
Video of the Day: Rugby in slow mo
For the geeks: David Coiffier shot this during a recent rugby competition in the Stade de France, Paris with mostly 1000FPS shots. For the rest of us: watch til the jelly at the end.
Terry Wallace is gone, the only question is when
The Tigers are now 0-4 and out of finals contention. The coach is in his fifth and, just as certainly, last season at the club. The question now is: Does he get to complete the season?
The death of journalism excellence
Journalism isn’t dead — but it’s not very good, either.
Download pirates sunk by convictions
After a colourful high-profile trial, file-sharing website Pirate Bay have been found guilty of copyright infringement in a Swedish Court.
iWarfare: Soldiers using Apple tech in the field
US soldiers are being issued with iPhones and iPod Touches for cheap and functional translation, communication and data mangement.
Susan “Hairy Angel” Boyle isn’t the ugly one
Public reaction to Britain’s Got Talent breakout Susan Boyle has revelaed some ugly truths about our attitudes to women in the public spotlight.
Plimer’s Heaven and Earth: a conservative coup?
Crikey / Andrew Dodd / Monday, 20 April 2009
The attention paid to climate-change sceptic Ian Plimer’s book, Heaven and Earth, is a cute insight into the way conservative commentators are starved for shreds of evidence to support their theories.