Songbird's tune not so sweet........yet

Fri Feb 10, 2006 10:24 PM EST

Well Songbird (http://www.songbirdnest.com/) may have arrived but can't say I am jumping for joy about the usability of this preview. I still have high hopes for it, as I like many, dream of the day we can stop relying on iTunes.

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technology, media-player, podcast, mp3, application, songbird

Pigeons wired for science - World Breaking News - Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2006 6:44 PM EST (Australian News Network)

Flying rats get mobile phone upgrade. Lets hope it doesn't give them brain cancer....

pollution, science, odd-news, mobile-phone, pigeons

Karaoke curfew imposed on Japanese teens. 01/02/2006. ABC News Online

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2006 6:38 PM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Looks like the stairway to heaven has a 7:00pm curfew...

curfew, odd-news, karaoke

Thirsty people feel more pain. 01/02/2006. ABC News Online

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2006 6:28 PM EST (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

One for the road, and one for my pregenual cingulate and ventral orbitofrontal cortex.

study, research, science, odd-news, pain, thirst

Vegemite maker to cut jobs | Business | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (31-01-2006)

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:56 PM EST (Australian News Network)

Looks like its finally time for Australia to find something else to spread on its toast. For years, having vegemite owned by a US company was a source of national shame, but it looks like they have finally found a way to make it worse...

odd-news, kraft, job-loss, vegemite

The Australian: It's a gas: Oz preferred LNG supplier to Asia, US west coast [February 01, 2006]

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:05 PM EST (Australian News Network)

business, gas, lng, resources

The Australian: Shaping an all-purpose accent from scratch [February 01, 2006]

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:00 PM EST (Australian News Network)

speech, odd-news, dialect, phonetics

PM to public: improve your manners - National - smh.com.au

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:18 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

It is one hell of a scary day when a politician or a judge tells us that we have bad manners (the word hypocrite comes to mind), and worse when they resort to blaming TV.

tv, australia, politics, manners, pm, programing

The Australian: CSIRO warms to coal research [January 31, 2006]

Seeded on Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:38 AM EST (Australian News Network)

Energy is always a key issue, but trying to move forward in a backwards direction is still backwards.

energy, australia, coal, science, csiro, renewable

Australian FTA with China

Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:45 PM EST

Over recent years we have all seen the continuing increase in countries seeking to expand their FTA ties with other countries. Good or bad this trend will no doubt continue, however the extent of balance achieved between trading partners under this format is questionable.

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china, trade, australia, politics, agriculture, negotiations, fta