Presented by www.fookingaustralia.com.au Nintendo Unveils Hardware and Software Lineup for the First Half of 2010 Nintendo is launching “Super Mario Galaxy 2″ for the Wii console on May 23 and “Metroid: Other M” on June 27. Nintendo also plans to launch the latest version...

Presented by www.nightcruiser.com.au Crazy Winter Events in Wisconsin U.S.A. From February 12 to 28, 2010, The Winter Olympics are underway in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Not to be outdone, the tiny U.S. town of Drummond (population 574) conducted its own annual winter games,...

Presented by holidayplanet.com.au US Boxoffice Top 10 – Week 8 of 2010 1. Shutter Island Shutter Island is the story of two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), who are summoned to a remote and barren island off the coast of Massachusetts...

Antique Coin Operated Vending Machines Coin operated slot machines were all the rage during the early part of last century. Ornate mechanical devices located in amusement parks and arcades which purported to do everything from read your horoscope to tell your weight. There were Piano Nickelodeons,...

Chile Struck by One of Strongest Quakes Ever Associated Press February 27, 2010 A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Chile on Saturday, toppling homes, collapsing bridges and plunging trucks into the fractured earth. The head of the emergency agency believes the death...

Presented by www.muzzbuzz.com.au Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island” starring Leonardo DiCaprio is expected to top the U.S. weekend cinema box-office. The R-rated suspense thriller is anticipated to earn in the region of $US40.2 million, whilst the romantic comedy “Valentine’s...

US Boxoffice Top 10 – Week 7 of 2010 1. Valentine’s Day Julia Roberts leads an all-star cast in a romantic comedy about ten people in Los Angeles whose lives intersect on Valentine’s Day. 2. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief The Greek...

Fighting In Afghanistan Rages As Karzai Urges NATO Restraint Associated Press February 20, 2010 U.S. Marines and Afghan soldiers are slowly advancing in their offensive in southern Afghanistan as the country’s president, Hamid Karzai, is urging NATO forces...

Are most people wishing to be informed or entertained by today’s news sources and are they losing the attention span to read newspapers and books? Average Age of Newspaper Readers is 55 According to a Carnegie Corporation study in 2007, the average age of newspaper readers is 55 and that newspaper...

In Australia we are lucky to have an independent and impartial news provider, even though it be funded by the public purse and thus a cost to every tax payer. There are grave concerns for the media in the United States with many newspapers now on tough times. There is also a protest against partisan...