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Jul 04, 2009 - 5:17 PM - by David Bird
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SPITTING image ... researchers have matched a drawing of
Leonardo Da Vinci, left, to the Shroud of Turin.
HE WAS the ultimate Renaissance man - studying anatomy, designing a rudimentary helicopter and creating some of the most admired paintings of the age.
But could Leonardo Da Vinci also have perpetrated history's greatest art forgery?
That's the suggestion of one expert, who claims that Leonardo was responsible for faking the Turin Shroud.
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Jul 04, 2009 - 3:04 PM - by David Bird
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IAN Ross, the Sydney newsreader who has kept Seven News on top for five years, has delivered a blow to the network, telling chief executive David Leckie he wants to retire at the end of the year.
Ross, 69, has told colleagues at Seven he wants to go out on top of the ratings and spend more time at his home in Queensland and with his eight grandchildren.
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Jul 03, 2009 - 8:41 PM - by David Bird
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COMMUNIST North Korea's latest launch is sure to cause much frothing ... it is a locally brewed beer that promises drinkers it will help ease stress.
The impoverished state this week launched an advert on state TV for Taedonggang beer, a tipple it has been quietly brewing since shifting an entire brewery it bought in Britain to North Korea.
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Jul 03, 2009 - 2:32 PM - by David Bird
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Britons may be turning away from the DVD, but Blu-Ray Disc isn't replacing the decade-old format in consumers' affections.
The British Video Association (BVA) this week said DVD sales in the UK during the first six months of 2009 were down 9.5 per cent by volume - and considerably more than that by value - compared to the totals published this time last year.
By contrast, year-on-year UK BD sales were up 231 per cent. Which sounds good, until you see that it still only amounts to unit sales of a little more than 3.1m during the first six months of 2009 - up from 1.3m in the first six months of 2008.
There were 99.6m DVDs sold in the same period.
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Jul 03, 2009 - 12:47 PM - by Mark
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Mark Ferguson has signed with Seven to read weekend news, TV Tonight reports.
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Jul 03, 2009 - 2:26 AM - by newtaste
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Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O popular or just Twits?
JACKIE O has slammed as "bulls. . ." suggestions that she and co-host Kyle Sandilands have contrived to artificially boost the number of followers to their shared Twitter site.
An online expert contacted Confidential yesterday and noted that more than 100 of the radio personalities' oddly-named followers to their social networking site shared three things in common: they are virtually inactive, don't have profile pictures and follow exactly 20 people.
The one thing they share, is an apparent love of Kyle and Jackie O. On Wednesday, at least 20 of them updated their page about the same time - 12.30pm - with generic statements like "bored" or "chilling at home".
Full story: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...012964,00.html
Kyle and Jackie O's Twitter: http://twitter.com/kyleandjackieo
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Jul 02, 2009 - 7:19 PM - by jer
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OPTUS today confirmed it will launch its D3 satellite, which will be used to provide more pay-TV channels, in mid-August.
The director of Optus Satellite Paul Sheridan said the new satellite will significantly increase its capacity.
``We are especially excited about Optus D3 because, for the first time in a decade, the new satellite will increase Optus' fleet capacity by more than 30 per cent, providing new business opportunities in broadcast television, direct-to-home market, new data services and services bundling,'' he said.
Foxtel will be the largest customer of the new satellite, which will carry its new suite of HD pay-TV and other channels.
Foxtel has previously said it intends launching more than 20 new channels this year.
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Jul 02, 2009 - 6:40 PM - by Mark
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Australia's five community television stations in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne are lobbying the Federal Government for funding to help with the changeover to digital transmission.
The future of Australia's network of community TV stations is being considered at today's COAG meeting.
The not-for-profit stations have an estimated national audience of 4 million people, but they say without government help the industry will be dead in two years.
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Jul 02, 2009 - 4:57 PM - by David Bird
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ONLINE games played by millions of Australians could be blocked by the Federal Government's controversial new internet filter plan.
Existing laws that currently refuse classification, and therefore ban the sale of any games that exceed an MA15+ rating, will be rolled over to the internet filter under a proposal by the Government, mX can confirm.
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Jul 02, 2009 - 2:11 PM - by Mark
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ABC is set to lose its role as sole bushfire broadcaster under moves to improve the information flow on extreme weather days.
The State Government has revealed it will review the existing arrangements with the national broadcaster amid concern more information could be aired under a new system.
The ABC will still be able to remain an emergency broadcaster but also will be subject to new protocols regarding the acknowledgment and receipt of warnings and the frequency of the warnings.
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Jul 02, 2009 - 2:05 PM - by Mark
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Melbourne president Jim Stynes has revealed he is suffering from cancer and will stand down from his position with the Demons, effective immediately.
The 43-year-old told a media conference today that 3 weeks ago he found a cancerous lump in his back.
The news of Stynes's illness has come as a massive shock to the football community, in which he is widely admired both for his playing career and what he has achieved since retiring.
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Jul 02, 2009 - 9:33 AM - by Mark
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Karl Malden has died. He was 97.
Malden was known for his distinctive nose and roles opposite Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire and On The Waterfront.
The actor died at home surrounded by family members. No cause of death was disclosed.
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Jul 02, 2009 - 9:32 AM - by Mark
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Goodbye Mrs Slocombe.
May your pussy be forever cold last night!!!
Vale.
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Jul 02, 2009 - 7:14 AM - by David Bird
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THE Chaser team sunk to another low tonight when they took aim at recently deceased music star Michael Jackson.
The Chaser’s War on Everything included a sick skit which featured a replica of Jackson’s head lying in a recycle bin.
The Herald Sun reports the Chaser team sent up Jackson’s plastic surgery, saying: “The big debate now is about where the body should be buried - whether it’s in Neverland or his home town in Gary, Indiana, or whether he should just be put out with the recycling with all the other plastics.”
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Jul 02, 2009 - 6:16 AM - by David Bird
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THE CD single is set to become extinct.
The music format suffered a fatal blow after JB HiFi ceased stocking CD singles yesterday because of declining sales.
The popular chain made a commercial decision to axe the format - often copies of the week's No. 1 single would sell as few as 350 copies across all their stores nationwide, the Herald Sun reports.
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Jul 01, 2009 - 5:50 PM - by Mark
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Cronulla halfback Brett Seymour has been sacked following an alcohol-related incident, his third breach of the NRL club's policy this year.
The Daily Telegraph Online can reveal coach Ricky Stuart and new CEO Richard Fisk tore up Seymour's $150,000 a year contract after a meeting with the player today.
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Jul 01, 2009 - 4:17 PM - by Mark
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ABC and WIN Television have entered into a joint partnership to provide the ABC's digital television play out and presentation services.
A new facility to be built possibly at Campbelltown will take over the role of services currently run by the ABC's master control at Ultimo.
The new facility will manage separate play out feeds for ABC stations, starting early in 2010.
The community and public sector union says it believes about 60 jobs are likely to be cut at WIN headquartered in Wollongong, and up to 50 at the ABC.
ABC Illawarra
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Jul 01, 2009 - 12:26 PM - by bLackjack
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NOTORIOUS BitTorrent tracker The Pirate Bay has been sold off by the founders after they were sentenced to a year in jail.
A little-known Swedish software firm snapped up the website with the hope of turning the source of legal controversy into a money-spinner that appeals to both users and content providers.
Global Gaming Factory X AB, which operates internet cafes and provides software, said that it had agreed to buy The Pirate Bay for 60 million Swedish crowns ($A9.64 million).
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Jun 30, 2009 - 4:41 PM - by LeonBradley
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Foxtel has dropped its interactive games service, Gamesworld, effective from today.
Foxtel issued a brief statement saying: “From Tuesday 30 June 2009, Gamesworld will no longer be available as part of Foxtel’s service. After carefully considering Gamesworld’s place in Australia’s growing games market, Foxtel has decided to remove the service and use this bandwidth to provide even greater customer choice through the addition of new channels and more interactive services in 2009.”
(source:tvtonight.com)
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Jun 29, 2009 - 6:34 PM - by Mark
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Fairfax has apologised for publishing a report about Julia Gillard's trip to Iraq before she arrived in the war zone, putting the visit - and potentially the deputy prime minister's safety - in jeopardy.
On Saturday morning, Fairfax websites published a story by the organisation's Middle East Correspondent Jason Koutsoukis about the deputy prime minister's impending visit to Iraq.
While the Federal Government will often inform news organisations about such visits, normal protocol is the information is under embargo until officials are out of the danger zone.
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