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Michael Jackson one day…Maria Belen Chapur the next…

Can I qualify before we go any further Maria Belen Chapur is not dead…

That point cleared up  – the question is how amazing it is the way we consume media now we have the Internet.

Let me be clear – it is all very sad. Finally years of physical, mental and perscription drug [...]

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RIP Dell Mini 9

I stumbled across the Direct2Dell blog and have just found out that that Dell is discontinuing the Mini 9…

I have to say that this is a real shame because the Mini 9 is an awesome sized unit for those people on the go. And you don’t know how many times I have [...]

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Grey Power and the art of the Zimmer frame…

Zimmer Frames

A week or so ago I wrote about Marcus Schrenker, the 38-year-old Indiana money manager who tried to fake his own death after mis-managing clients money…

Well he’s another adviser who has come a cropper…

The story (I found it in the Sydney Morning Herald) discusses how a group of [...]

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It’s paradise on Earth…if your ass is hot…

Thanko's store in Akihabara

When I was last in Tokyo we went to Akihabara which is also known as “Electric Town” because when it comes to electicial goods you can almost get anything there – and I mean ANYTHING. Parts for PC-building, tools, electrical parts, wires, microsized cameras as well as stores devoted [...]

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Sarah Hanson-Young…Welcome to the real world!!!

I came across the full details of the Hanson-Young “child at work affair” and just couldn’t help myself when it comes to opinion on this issue… Firstly I have to declare that other than our two dogs my wife and I do not have kids…however we have many firends that do and Polly [...]

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Swan / Rudd have only words while the economy sits with the banks

Kevin Rudd by Bill Leak

Regardless of whether the Commonwealth Banks (CBA) decision to increase their variable home loan rate by 10 basis points to 5.74 per cent (you can read all about it here in a presentation released to the ASX last week) is right or wrong, the issue this highlights is [...]

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They won’t be knocking off for a “smoke-O”…

Mark Bouris – Founder of Wizard Home Loans

Feel like getting fired? Well now you can because casting has started for the Australian version of the successful US and UK program The Apprentice.

Oh, and BTW if you are interested in applying Click Here to access the application forms.

To be hosted [...]

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A light (aircraft) story to finish the week…

News is the City has just reported what they describe as “another of those ‘you couldn’t make it up’ stories.”

Picture this…Marcus Schrenker is a 38-year-old Indiana money manager who was very much concerned about the wrath of clients who were angry at losing [...]

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Everyone is having a crack at Outlook.

News just out is that Google Apps is now an Exchange-replacement and users can even keep Outlook…

It appears that on Tuesday Google announced a new feature of Google Apps for its enterprise customers that allows users to sync their mail, calendar, and contacts with Microsoft Outlook.

Bottom line is this enables Google [...]

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…and while we are at it people are buying domains…

Increase in domain registrations…

The team at CrunchBase have just issued a story that VeriSign has just put out its quarterly report on the web domain industry stating that there are now just about 183 million domain names in existence.

There must be gold in then their hills because this represents a 3% increase [...]

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