The lunch box - 14/05

We hope everyone had a lovely week, and a great weekend ahead! Hopefully the weather is good!

Channel News

• The wisdom of SAP’s acquisition of Sybase has be questioned.
• Microsoft’s cloud push continues, this time with its new Office and SharePoint releases.
• There’s not enough done to combat software piracy, according to the BSA.

State of the market

• The markets have lost ground following a flat lead from Wall St. and Tony Abbott’s budget reply speech. At 11:23am the S&P/ASX200 was down 49.4 points.
• The Aussie dollar is slightly down and selling for $US0.8945. Gold is rising steadily and sells for $US1238.3 an ounce while oil prices have fallen to $US73.8 an ounce.

Technology

• Missing girl: They met on Facebook, now she's gone
• Facebook: New features to prevent crime
• Warning: If you illegally downloaded The Hurt Locker, you might want to read this
• Beauty and the Net: Websites to help you look good
• iPad: 'Off chart' demand delays shipment

General News

• Budget response Let's stop the reckless pending, Abbott says
• Budget response (2): Abbott's plan is 'flaky, risky'
• Environment Premier blocks coalmine
• Jessica Watson: A day to go
• Arson: Union HQ attacked by blazing car
• World: Conservative rule to fill Rudd family coffers
• Religion: Pope warns of 'insidious' danger of gay marriage and abortion
• Law enforcement: 'Klan' teacher jailed for murder cover-up
• Wrong withdrawal: ANZ Bank 'completely shocked' about drug network probe
• Oops ... twice: First school bus falls over, quickly followed by story on Kyle's marriage
• Strange but true: Warning - don't eat slugs ... they make you sick
• Strange but true (2): Spider bites man on penis

Sport

• T20 World Cup: Collingwood would welcome Australian Twenty20 challenge
• Women's T20 World Cup: Australia storms into final
• Football: Bresciano swaps Palermo for Middle East
• Rugby league: Beware the cost of going to court, NRL tells Storm
• NRL: Barrett still in picture for Blues
• AFL: Fremantle at Subiaco - Collingwood's toughest task, says Ball
• AFL (2): Cult Cat missing
• AFL (3): Cocaine is footy's 'drug of choice'
• AFL (4): Goodes ready to make mark in Big Bad Barry's return
• Rugby union: Burgess' day of reckoning
• Rugby union (2): Rocky reignites the gunpowder when it matters most

Entertainment

• Sheila E.: A cymbal of glamour
• Metallica: Sells out
• Venetta Fields: Embraces Exile On Main Street session legacy
• Gig review: Vampire Weekend draw blood with smart song lyrics
• Theatre: It's raining men as Dimitriades returns to the stage
• Claudia Schiffer: Naked Vogue cover
• Travel: Even teddy bears need a holiday... in Finland
• Lisa Marie Presley: 'Sun shower' plea for Jackson

Tomorrow's weather:

• Sydney: Fine. Mostly sunny. Min: 11, Max: 22
• Melbourne: Early fog then sunny. Min: 10, Max: 18
• Brisbane: Fine. Min: 10, Max: 25
• Perth: Partly cloudy. Min: 5, Max: 19
• Adelaide: Fine. Cloud increasing. Min: 8, Max: 21
• Hobart: Fine. Min: 7, Max: 16
• Canberra: Fine. Early frost/fog. Min: 0, Max: 17
• Darwin: Fine, cloudy periods. Min: 25, Max: 32

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• 2nd - Morgan Freeman - 78%
• 3rd - Ian McKellen - 70%
• 4th - Darth Vader - 61%
• 5th - Clint Eastwood - 59%

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