The Lunch Box - 03/05

New week, no public holiday, five days at the grindstone. To help ease the pain, checkout our selection of the latest - and in some cases most tantalising - news.

Channel News

• Systems integrator, CSC, has landed a $30 million IT services deal.
• The Federal Government has dumped the controversial proposal to include businesses on the Do Not Call register.
• Chipset vendor, Intel, has warned that a major global channel program revamp is on the way for early next year.

State of the market

• A negative reaction by investors to the Henry Tax Review plus a weak lead from Wall St, sent the market lower on opening. Miners suffered the worst losing about $10 billion in value. At 12.12pm, the S&P/ASX200 was down 25.5 points at 4781.9.
• The Aussie dollar is up fractionally at $US0.9245. Gold is down $2.80 an ounce to $US1177.9 an ounce while oil prices are higher at $US86.3 a barrel.

Technology

• Microsoft: We don't like Flash either
• iPad 3G: Goes on sale
• Email hacker guilty: Faces 20 years behind bars
• Heavy traffic: More than 400 million online in China
• Mobiles: Blackberry knocks Motorola off its perch

General News

• Tax: Swan plucks golden goose
• Henry Tax Review: Detailed coverage
• Economy: New data - inflation signals rate rise
• Education: Students fall down at high school
• Real estate: Housing tipped for price implosion
• Health: Wife despairs as depression takes a cold, deep hold
• World: Final British election debate leaves Brown battling
• Evolutionary flashback: Scientists revive ancient mammoth blood
• Liberal Party politics: Turnbull was right to go first time around, Minchin says
• World: No evidence of Taliban link to NY bomb
• British election: Tories poised to oust Gordon Brown from No 10
• No joke: Obama does stand-up comedy for a night
• R.I.P.: Farewell Max Whitehead, the original Chesty Bond

Sport

• Cricket T20 World Cup: Australia smashes Pakistan in opener
• Swimming: Ian Thorpe's coach backs possible comeback
• Boxing: Mayweather pounds out virtuoso win over Mosley
• Rugby league: Folau snubbed by Test selectors
• State of Origin: Lyon takes pole position for Blues playmaker job
• Premier League: Chelsea closer to title as United keep up pressure
• Rugby union: Reds staggering towards semi-finals
• MotoGP: Lorenzo completes golden day for Spain
• Tennis: Stosur falls at final hurdle
• AFL: Pies underline title credentials
• Snooker: Aussie's appearance in world championship final overshadowed by bribes scandal

Entertainment

• 2010 Logie Awards: Flamin' heck - Grown-up soap star takes out Gold Logie
• 2010 Logie Awards (2): Red Carpet gallery
• 2010 Logie Awards (3): Bert brings back class, but still it's not enough
• 2010 Logie Awards (4): Ten's number finally up in grab for Logie glory
• 2010 Logie Awards (5):Claudia Karvan has her own Superbowl moment
• Laurie Anderson: Songs from Delusion
• Travel: Australia's favourite airline is ... Air NZ?
• Review: Iron Man 2 - four stars
• Fashion Week: My week in catwalk clothes
• Fashion Week (2): Swimwear harks back to lazy summer days in the '50s

Tomorrow's weather:

• Sydney: Fine. Partly cloudy. Min: 16, Max: 26
• Melbourne: Rain. Windy. Min: 15, Max: 21
• Brisbane: Showers. Min: 18, Max: 24
• Perth: Sunny. Min: 09, Max: 25
• Adelaide: Windy. Showers. Min: 16, Max: 195
• Hobart: A few showers Min: 11, Max: 21
• Canberra: Showers developing. Min: 08, Max: 21
• Darwin: Fine, partly cloudy. Min: 25, Max: 33

Product Wars:

Results so far...
• 1st: Personal computers - 80%
• 2nd: VHS (with VCR player) - 67%
• 3rd: Brick phones - 61%
• 4th: CDs (with CD players) - 59%
• 5th: Video games consoles - 57%

  Click here to cast your vote!