Archive for July 6th, 2008

iPhone 3G queue forms in Manhattan

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday–an entire week before the device goes on sale.

Frankly, one shouldn’t encourage such behavior by actually covering it. But if I were in Manhattan–instead of Austin, Texas–I, too, would have interviewed them in person by now.

The queue …

Privacy advocates praise Google’s new link

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

Updated at 12:35 p.m. and 3:50 p.m.: Comments from privacy advocates have been added.

Google apparently decided to keep it clean, in more ways than one.

The company has made a minor change to its home page, adding a link to its copyright line that leads …

Iguana couple drag circus to far north

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

BELINDA Neal and John Della Bosca have sought to escape the tumult of the month-long Iguanas restaurant affair by jetting off to north Queensland.

Digger befriends man who shot down his plane

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

BRISBANE World War II veteran Bill Pearce has finally come face to face with the German airman who shot down his plane over Dusseldorf 63 years ago. But amazingly, there were no hard feelings.

Hicks travelling interstate for treatment

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

FORMER Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks is paying for his own psychological treatment in Sydney, and travelling interstate whenever he can afford it.

New pill ‘doubles’ pregnancy rates

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

QUEENSLAND doctors are backing a new male fertility pill that claims to double pregnancy rates in infertile couples.

Roberta Williams strips for lads mag

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

ROBERTA Williams has un-zipped her tracksuit for a men’s mag to cash in on her underworld infamy.

Schools cut lunch breaks to curb bullies

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

PRIMARY schools are cutting back kids’ playtime from an hour to as little as 15 minutes to reduce fighting and bullying.

Major airlines call for night curfew scrapping

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

QANTAS and Singapore Airlines have called for a curfew at Sydney Airport to be scrapped to allow flights throughout the night at Australia’s largest air hub.

Best thing since sliced bread

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

MOST of us have heard the expression “the best thing since sliced bread” in praise of an invention or breakthrough that has had a real impact on our daily lives.