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Ahhh, this is cute. Google, Bidding for Phone ads
1pointsGoogle Inc. is trying to shake up the wireless industry by helping to create cheaper phones that can access advanced Internet services -- and carry its lucrative advertising. Anyone starting to worry about Google's power?
Yarra body mystery
1pointsHUNDREDS of tourists, school children and office workers were shocked to see a man's body floating under Princes Bridge on the Yarra River today.
House prices defy rates to rise
1pointsTHE interest rate hike in August failed to dampen the national property market, with house prices surging 3.5 per cent in the September quarter to be 10.6 per cent higher than a year ago.
Don’t throw out a broken iPod - fix it
1pointsA FEW months ago, Stephen Ironside, a student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, confronted a minor but modern tragedy: the iPod that filled his life with song stopped working.
Lost writer laments the death of TV
1pointsTELEVISION is dying. I should have realized this four years ago when I first got my TiVo box, but denial is always the first stage of grief. I simply couldn’t acknowledge that this wonderful invention heralded the beginning of the end.
Sacked for two beers at lunch time
1pointsA loyal Safeway manager had two beers at lunch time, returned to work and did his duties as usual. Co-worker dobbed him in and he lost his job. He Mr Selak pursued an unfair dismissal action but the commission ruled in Safeway's favour.
Google Options Make Masseuse a Multimillionaire
1pointsBonnie Brown was fresh from a nasty divorce in 1999, living with her sister and uncertain of her future. On a lark, she answered an ad for an in-house masseuse at Google, then a Silicon Valley start-up with 40 employees.
Kiss to play Grand Prix
1pointsLEGENDARY American band Kiss will set tongues wagging when they rock the 2008 Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne next March.
Tattooist takes Cats fan's request literally
1pointsA GEELONG Cats supporter wanting a permanent reminder of the team's AFL triumph is ruing his decision to get the tattoo done overseas, after the tattooist wrote the team were "Gay Premiers 2007".
