Daily Archive for January 19th, 2010

Yellow Wiggle And Dorothy The Dinosaur Have A Baby Girl

The Yellow Wiggle and Dorothy The Dinosaur have had a baby. No, I am not kidding. REALLY they have.

Billy Corgan Resuscitates Germs, Electric Prunes and Strawberry Alarm Clock

When your name is Billy Corgan you can afford to have a bit of fun, like finding a few old bands and signing them to your new label.

Madonna Asks Fans To Help Haiti

Madonna has written an email to fans asking them to help the people of Haiti.

Man dies after watching Avatar

A 42-YEAR-OLD Taiwanese man with a history of high blood pressure has died of a stroke likely caused by over-excitement from watching movie Avatar in 3D.

WA ‘back BHP, Rio merger’

WEST Australians strongly back a planned merger of BHP Billiton Ltd and Rio Tinto Ltd’s iron ore operations, but other states are less supportive, a poll shows.

Vietnam urged to speed probe

THE federal government has asked Vietnam to speed up its investigation into two Australian airline employees, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says.

Hoon gives top cop the finger

A HOON who cut off a fellow motorist, then gave her the bird while chatting on his mobile phone, picked the wrong woman to mess with – the police commissioner.

Computer mouse still rules

FORGET about throwing out that keyboard and mouse – they’re here to stay, says an expert in human-computer interaction.

Google ‘probing China staff’

GOOGLE is checking whether any of its China staff helped hackers lead a major cyber attack against the US internet giant, a report says.

Report bad taxi behaviour

NSW Transport Minister David Campbell is urging women to report sexual misconduct by NSW’s taxi drivers.