Another week, another lunch. It’s getting closer to Christmas now (perhaps you’ve noticed the too-early decorations in supermarkets across the country), but for now enjoy the last few days of Spring – Summer is coming with a vengeance.
Channel news
- Two ISPs, Internode and iPrimus, have flagged their involvement in the Tasmanian rollout of the NBN.
- Integ and Alcatel Lucent have further broadened their longstanding relationship in a bid to go after select verticals with carrier-grade technology.
State of the market
- The market has suffered a topsy-turvy morning, rising sharply in its first hour of trading before plummeting back down by the second. At 11:50am, the S&P/ASX200 was up just 3.5 points
- The Aussie dollar is back on the up and has risen slightly to $US0.9210. Gold has risen to $US1164.8 an ounce while oil is up to $US78.5 a barrel
General news
- Killer apps: How the iPhone threatens iPods
- Jetstar shocker: Airline apologises to Paralympian Kurt Fearnley
- Asylum-seekers: 'Special team' to assess Oceanic Viking refugees
- Emissions trading scheme: Rudd adds concessions to woo Coalition senators
- Sex scandal: Rann denies sex claims
- Aware all-along: Coma patient conscious for 23 years
- Sydney on the cheap: Choice sites for homes
- Designer crime: Sydney's Prada bag blag
- Facebook: Woman on sick leave loses benefits over photo
Sport
- World Cup Footbal: Sydney among lucky seven to get World Cup live rights
- Football: FIFA calls crisis talks after betting scandal, qualifiers
- 'I lied': Greg Bird's girlfriend the brains behind the lies
- Mummy curse: Row with parent causes Mitch's bad Ashes form
- Rugby union: Deans still plans to ride out storm
- AFL: Fevola kicked off Nine team
- AFL (2): Dogs tried to sell games to NZ
- Rugby league: AFL in $45 million money grab
- Formula One: Rosberg signs for Mercedes
Entertainment
- American Music Awards: Going GaGa as Jackson makes history
- Daniel Merriweather: Basks in the light of local acclaim
- The next Potter?: Magical touch of deja vu
- Topless bars: Sydney's hottest drinking spots - with no roofs
- Fast food: Maccas goes greenish but not downunder
- Bad vibe: Newton's laws of commotion
- Rihanna: Size matters
- Colin Firth: I'm too old to be sexy
For the evening:
- 20-1 is not enough. Tonight, it’s a special 50-1 top movie quotes, on Channel 9, from 7:30-9:30. It’s brainless fun, but fun nonetheless – who doesn’t like lists?
Tomorrow's weather:
- Sydney: Chance early shower. Min: 19, Max: 25
- Melbourne: Sunny. Min: 15, Max: 28
- Brisbane: Early shower. Min: 21, Max: 28
- Perth: Cooler. Partly cloudy. Min: 16, Max: 23
- Adelaide: Evening shower. Min: 16, Max: 30
- Hobart: Fine. Min: 13, Max: 22
- Canberra: Mostly fine. Min: 12, Max: 31
- Darwin: Afternoon shower/storm. Min: 25, Max: 33
Product Wars: Best IT invention
- Results so far...
- 1st - Google - 72%
- 2nd - Netspace - 67%
- 3rd - Apple iPods - 60%
- 4th - Nintendo Gameboy - 57%
- 5th - Apple iPhone - 55%
- Don't like the results? Change them. Click here to vote for your favourite!
