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Today Steve Jobs (aka Steve Robs) announced his retirement from Apple. According to the media he is regarded as a "god" by some in the industry. Somehow I hardly think that the people who slave in the Apple factories to produce ipods "Now In White" (gosh!) for some .50c a day would agree. See more of my adbusting and culture jamming activities on www.culture-jams.blogspot.com

Microsoft received much Twitter flak after a small PR account for Xbox encouraged followers to remember recently deceased musician Amy Winehouse by buying her last album on the company's entertainment marketplace, Zune. After about an hour of retweets - with comments such as "classy", "crass much?" and "Microsoft – failing at social media" - the account tweeted a follow-up. "Apologies to everyone if our earlier Amy Winehouse 'download' tweet seemed purely commercially motivated," it said. "Far from the case, we assure you." Microsoft is not the only company that has seemingly attempted to capitalise on the star's death. Apple posted an image of Winehouse on the front of the iTunes store with the caption "remembering Amy Winehouse". Her breakout album, the Grammy winning Back to Black, has subsequently become the No.1 album in the store. Amazon also posted a brief obituary that linked to a page where sh...

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.....from "The Telegraph": Phone hacking: David Cameron tries to move on from hacking scandal David Cameron is to attempt to bring an end to the furore over the phone hacking scandal today so that he can address the issues that “really matter” to Britons. Speaking on the final day of a visit to Africa, the Prime Minister indicated that he needed to soon focus on creating jobs, tackling immigration and reforming the welfare system. Mr Cameron will today announce the terms of reference for a judicial-led inquiry into the phone hacking scandal. The inquiry, which will begin work within weeks, will focus on media ethics, and the relationship between the press, politicians and the police. However, the Prime Minister is now understood to believe that the intense furore over the scandal should subside and the inquiry - and police investigation - should work in a less “frenzied” environment. Senior Downing Street sources believe that the coverage of the scandal has lost a “sen...

"There is nothing wrong with ministers accepting hospitality from the Government's banker Westpac, and it won't have any bearing on the decision that will follow a competitive tender process for the contract, Prime Minister John Key says. The Green Party today released the results of a series of written questions to Government ministers over their relationships with Westpac. Nine ministers said they had accepted corporate hospitality from Westpac in the past year, including box seats at the rugby sevens, dinner at the White House restaurant in Wellington, and tickets to rock concerts. Thirteen ministers said their staff had accepted similar hospitality from the bank." source - radio nz  See more of my adbusting and culture jamming activities on www.culture-jams.blogspot.com

Last week I began collecting aluminum to cash-in at the scrapyard. I picked up these three cans across the road from my house - all are full! Are these people so out of it that they can't tell a full can from an empty one?...anyhow cheers guys!..... PS I already collect electrical wire, every six months or so I have a banana box full - which nets me $25 at the scrapyard. “Although nearly 66% of Australians say they cannot afford to buy everything they really need, they admit to spending $10.5 billion a year on goods they do not use. That is $1226 for every Australian household - more than the total government spending on universities, pharmacuticals or roads. They threw away more than $5.2B worth of food & drink in 2004. 35% of Australians admit to discarding more than $500 worth of fresh food a year, with 14% throwing away more than $2500 worth." from "Affluenza - when too much is never enough" p103-104  by Clive Hamilton & Richard Dennis  See m...

"...research shows that most compulsive buyers have histories of depression, anxiety disorders & substance abuse. Yet 'shopping 'till you drop' is seen as a sign of a happy-go-lucky disposition rather than a meaningless life." from "Affluenza - when too much is never enough" p.16 by Clive Hamilton & Richard Dennis ....for more altered barbies see my  blog alteredbarbies.blogspot.com/