PHOTO GALLERY: How the spill unfoldedIt all started with a bang. NY Times charts the BP spill, from the explosion that killed 11 workers to the sludge poisoning pelicans in Louisiana wetlands.
May, 2010
How many iPad buyers had beards?
A statistical — with a dash of satirical — look at the Apple fan boys who lined up to buy an iPad on its launch day from a London Apple store. A whopping 92% were male, but only 16% had beards.
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When it comes to new media, it’s all location, location, location
Location-based apps and websites are theMyTown and Twitter’s geolocation function. But who’s looking at what, where?
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Dawning of the new Age
The Age briefly let its iPad app appear in iTunes over the weekend, which even includes a voice to read the stories aloud. Mumbrella has the exclusive screen shots.
Film review:Harry Brown — blood-splotched geriatic revenge
A curious new genre is emerging: the geriatric revenge movie. Harry Brown, starring Michael Caine, is the latest addition, writes Luke Buckmaster.
The revolution in Rwanda
Women make up 56% of the country’s parliament. Nope, not somewhere in Scandinavia, this is in Rwanda. The rights of women have completely changed in the previously war-torn country.
Fairfax overcooks Macquarie ‘cheap shots’
The Sydney Morning Herald has overstepped the mark with today’s attack on Macquarie Bank, which is just another shot in the war between Michael West and Macquarie.
Letter from...: Redmond, Washington: inside Microsoft HQ
If Microsoft is an also-ran, the news has yet to permeate the company’s Pacific Northwest headquarters. The sheer scale of Microsoft doesn’t really hit until you arrive at “the campus”.
What about our own oil spill shame?
US Congress has noted some striking parallels between the calamity unfolding off the coast of Louisiana and an almost forgotten oil spill off the coast of north-west Australia last year.
Possum: Lowy poll — climate change and public hypocrisy
The Lowy Institute has released its annual Lowy Poll, which mostly focuses on various aspects of foreign policy-related public opinion. We’ll go through the broader poll a little later, but first up it’s worth going through the responses to a set of global-warming questions they asked — and in some instances, have asked over several years. This […]
Why we need better data on flu vaccines in children
This year, adverse reactions occurred frequently in young children receiving the seasonal flu vaccine, which now contains a swine flu component, writes Professor Peter Collignon, an infectious diseases physician at the ANU.
Rudd advertises his lack of principles — and his panic
The Government’s blatant hypocrisy on advertising won’t hurt it with voters. But it will further damage Kevin Rudd in the eyes of his colleagues.
Housing: rate rises are reversing the gains
As for the current state of the housing market, it appears that the recent rate rises are showing real signs of reversing some of the extraordinary gains of the past 18 months.
Voters down on Rudd and Abbott — and deeply worried about Workchoices
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott are falling rapidly in voters’ estimation. But Abbott has another problem — no one believes him about Workchoices.
Forrest has a bit each way on China’s role
Andrew Forrest’s hypocrisy in criticising the federal government’s resource tax — and claiming it could lead to a flood of Chinese buyers — has been underlined by news of his own China dealings.
Rudd’s Asia-Pacific plan lost at sea?
Kevin Rudd’s vision of a Pacific community has been given a chilly Asian reception. Is it just bad timing or is the issue deeper? Anthony Fensom reports.
Business As Usual: Economy back to centre stage … BP = Big Problems … more US banks go under …
About $US50 billion has been wiped off BP’s market value since mid-April, more US banks bite the dust as consumers try to save rather than spend, Iron ore prices may be on the up and other business news.
Mungo MacCallum: Mungo: New ‘Bronwyn’ takes some heat from Rudd’s amateurs
There are times, and this is one of them, when Rudd and his troops look like a bunch of amateurs. The only thing that saves them is that their opponents look even sillier.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Mining companies have a lack of RSPT
Crikey readers weigh in on the Julie Bishop and passports, the department responds, Australia’s sovereignty and the RSPT.
Morning Market Report: A bad month for the Dow, markets down
It was the Dow’s worst month since February 2009 — down 7.9%, partly because of Spain’s AAA credit rating being cut by Fitch Rankings.
Daily Proposition: Watch the original sexed-up vampire series
So you like vampires. Well, forget your wimpy Twilight crap. Forget Daylight, Blade, True Blood or even Buffy. Kindred: The Embraced, a cult TV series from 1996, sexed up vampires first.
Media briefs: Meakin and the Seven rumour mill … voters reject Campbell coverage
Is Seven news boss Peter Meakin feeling the heat? Plus, turns out we don’t really want to know about politicians’ sex lives, Fairfax hires more help and other media news of the day.
This day in Crikey: Tuesday, 31 May, 2005
Tuesday, 31 May, 2005, Petro’s bills – the politics, by Christian Kerr.
