The Lunch Box - 12/02 (updated 4.40pm)

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Friday. Oh yeah, alright, the weekend is nearly here. Phew, survived another week. So to be properly informed for all those coffee shop/home/party conversations just check out our news wrap, updated several times daily. Click a link to check out the stories that interest you.

Channel News

Printer consumables vendor, Clover, has landed in Australia and aims to recruit partners as soon as it gets up and running|new]].
Simms International has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Yamaha Music Australia to put its Apple products through the channel|new]].
The managing director of Synnex, Kee Ong, has said resellers are still hurting from last year’s downturn and that some might close despite the prediction 2010 recovery.

State of the market

The markets started well, but quickly slumped as banking stocks fell and profit taking began. Late in the day the market fought back and eventually posted a small gain. At 4.40pm, the S&P/ASX200 was up 7.8 points at 4562.1.
The Aussie dollar is slightly down after to $US0.8883. Gold is up 1.76 per cent to $US1095.2 an ounce while oil has slipped to $US75 a barrel.

Technology

Facebook (1): Boots 30 inmates over taunts, threats
Facebook (2): Catholic pupils set up 'hookers' page
Apple flap: The great iPad rip-off
Future health: Supercomputer set to take on diseases
Internet porn? We don't look at it, say Aussies
Rock solid: Britain unveils high-tech goo

General News

Drug enforcement: 'Miaow' in the mail - big bust
State politics: Scrap Metro, it's war
Big winner: Unemployed Sydney man scoops $17m on Powerball
Big spenders: Credit card spending hits record high
World: Clinton taken to hospital with heart problems
Politics: Rudd stands by Garrett amid sack calls
Politics (2): Tasmanian state election called
The Abbott files: Only learned to iron this week
Way to go: Faster lifestyle, faster sperm
Freedom celebrated : South Africa hails Mandela
Terrorism: Bin Laden's son warns of the people surrounding his father
Business: Sol Trujillo was worse than he looked
Business (2): Losing faith in Rudd
Law enforcement: Police turn focus on drug trade
Moving target: Crocs flagged for feral camel cull
Strange but true: Charged with stabbing partner in eye with stiletto
Strange but true (2): Sex addict moves town after sleeping with every girl in it
Sad but true: Valentine's Day surge in groin-boosting undies
Surfer's terrifying tale: Jumps the shark

Winter Olympic Games 2010

Golden vision: Torah takes to the halfpipe dressed to win
Scott James: Snowboard whizkid looks to impress
Cheltzie Lee: Making all the right moves
Vicious Canada: takes its cue from Australia
Top medal hopes: Australians most likely
History-maker: McKeever's inspirational training regime
Story of the Games? Kerr confident Jamaica can strike twice
Weather comes to party Snow show at last now for rain and fog

Sport

Cricket (1): Windies iceman feeling the heat
Cricket (2): Bollinger is four from four and fired up to rattle Gayle once more
AFL: Video goal ref waved away
Boxing: Green wants Mundine on Anzac Day
Racing: Hinchinbrook takes first step on long road to the Slipper
Rugby union: Giteau and Rocky in doubt
Football: Terry flies out for date with doghouse in Dubai
Rugby: Brumbies or Biarritz for Gaz
Rugby league (2): Maroons muscle in on key NRL group
Rugby league (3): NRL to trial three-dimensional broadcasts

Entertainment

Festival shock: Killers and Friendly Fires pull out of Sydney Good Vibrations
John Mayer: Breaks down on stage over Playboy controversy
Fashion: RIP - Avant-garde genius Alexander McQueen dead at 40
No love lost: Judge stops Courtney from seeing daughter
Lifestyle: Melbourne tops Sydney again as most liveable
AC/DC show 1: Shaking drenched fans all night long
Taylor Swift: Swaps clubs for possum feeding
Film review: Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief
Travel: British Airways unveils new $176 million first class Gossip: Jolie extends olive branch to Pitt