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Interesting items about the new realities of audio & video distribution in a world with Internet & peer-to-peer file sharing.  Podcast & transcript at: 

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2011/3225137.htm#transcript 

& 

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2011/3225193.htm

Lots of people confused Oprah for a Web browser

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/lots-of-people-confused-oprah-for-a-web-browser/

Internet creates 2.6 new jobs for every one lost offline

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/the-internet-creates-2-6-new-jobs-for-every-one-lost-offline/

Do you have an email you really don’t want to write? Hire someone to write it for you!

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/do-you-have-an-email-you-really-dont-want-to-write-hire-someone-to-write-it-for-you/

After a year, NASA is hanging up on Mars Rover Spirit

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/after-a-year-nasa-is-hanging-up-on-mars-rover-spirit/#comments

Your next UPS package may come from a plastic truck

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/your-next-ups-package-may-come-from-a-plastic-truck/

Stanford researchers create software to pass audio CAPTCHA tests

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/05/stanford-researchers-create-software-to-pass-audio-captcha-tests/