Sony, Microsoft make a play for retailers
SONY and Microsoft have been securing secure vital retail space to show off motion controllers as the gaming console market hots up.
Jails a mental health ‘time-bomb’
THE Australian Medical Association is demanding a massive injection of funds into prison mental health services.
Bribes ‘the norm’ for business
AUSTRALIAN business leaders and public servants have still not got the message about the illegality of bribing foreign officials.
Defence eyes states for health overhaul
MORE medics will work in public hospitals and dozens of military clinics will close in a major restructuring of defence health services.
Afghan pullout need not be terror victory
WITHDRAWAL from Afghanistan need not mean the war-ravaged country would quickly revert to a Taliban-run terrorist haven
PM renews vow on budget surplus
JULIA Gillard has offered a personal guarantee that Australia’s budget will be "back in the black" by 2012-13.
James channels Kerry
OVER the last few weeks James Packer has embraced a public persona that defines a moment in Australia’s media landscape.
Worst night this year: just 10pc
TEN network sank to a 10 per cent share of viewing on Saturday while its sports multi-channel ONE failed all week to get above 1 per cent.
Emotional send-off for Sunrise saviour
THE Seven executives who underestimated Adam Boland when he began to overhaul Sunrise nine years ago are no longer with the network.
Nine ratings to help boost ACP ad deals
DAVID Gyngell’s plan for magazines is to use the strength of Nine’s television ratings to persuade more advertisers to book space in its mags.
Ad bidding war feared with e-trade move
AUSTRALIA’S $13 billion advertising market is verging on the biggest change in decades to the way advertising space is bought and sold.
Electric brain stimulation can better math skills: study
(ChinaPost.com.tw) – Stimulating the brain with a very low electric current can enhance a person’s math ability for up to six months, British neuroscientists said on Nov. 4.
Iran Says Nuclear Talks Could Happen In Turkey
Iran's foreign minister says talks between Iran and major world powers, which have stalled for more than a year, could resume in Turkey "as soon as possible."Manuchehr Mottaki told a news co…
Pope Arrives In Barcelona, Consecrates Famous Modernist Basilica
Pope Benedict XVI arrived today in Barcelona, his second stop on his two-day visit to Spain.In Barcelona, he consecrated the modernist Sagrada Familia basilica, regarded as one of the world's architec…
Afghan Candidates, Lawmakers Protest September Polls
Scores of lawmakers and candidates in Afghanistan's parliamentary election today called for that September 18 vote to be annulled and a fresh vote held.No results have been declared yet from the elect…