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VodafoneAU – Don’t URL me, I’ll URL you (vfau.me/dcg4n)

Received an SMS purportedly from Vodafone today. Upcoming correction to data charges from 08.07.11 may affect your service. Please head to: http://vfau.me/dcg4n for more information Following the link you end up at the page http://i.three.com.au/VFMarketing/2011Q2/DataUsageCommsGp1011 and a 404 error message. … Continue reading

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links for 2011-06-28

Censors should grow up: adults can handle sex The Australian censorship system blanches most consistently not at violence, but at sex. Torturing people to death presents relatively little problem to the censors. But dare to show actual sex on film … Continue reading

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links for 2011-06-16

A piece of string walks into a bar… (joke) | Leefe rates the world… A piece of string walks in to a bar. The bouncer at the door looks at the piece of string and says I'm sorry we don't … Continue reading

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links for 2011-06-06

The shooting of Hamza, the shaming of the Assads Last week saw the bloodiest days yet in Syria's uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. More than 60 people were killed by security forces and on Saturday 100,000 took to the streets … Continue reading

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links for 2011-06-03

Ikea-ce Cream (photo) | Leefe rates the world… Finished shopping at IKEA? Hand over your 50 cents, and receive a cone and token to feed the machine. Then watch the self serve soft serve go to work. (tags: ping.fm ice … Continue reading

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links for 2011-06-02

Crackdown on telcos will ban misleading ads and 'bill shock' Telcos will be forbidden from using advertising terms such as "cap" and be forced to implement supermarket-style unit pricing and new measures to prevent bill shock under strict new regulations … Continue reading

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links for 2011-05-30

Coles and Woolies loom as Big Tobacco's rivals Big tobacco companies are fighting the plain packaging rules. There are many arguments they put forward, but are they worried about competition from other sectors? An interesting article by Ross Gittins. (tags: … Continue reading

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links for 2011-05-29

Ads Implant False Memories | Wired Science | Wired.com How your memory works, and how advertising to be used to implant false memories. (Worth reading) (tags: advertising Coke memory JournalofConsumerResearch study PriyaliRajagopal NicoleMontgomery commercial Wired JonahLehrer) News Desk: Manning, Assange, and … Continue reading

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links for 2011-05-28

'Stuck in the past': investors call for Ballmer's scalp Influential hedge fund manager David Einhorn has called for Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer to step down, saying the world's largest software company's long-time leader is stuck in the past. (tags: … Continue reading

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links for 2011-05-18

Ben Grubb | Transcript of police interview an edited transcript of the recording made by journalist Ben Grubb during his police interview and brief arrest over the reporting of a Facebook 'break-in'. The police officers present gave permission for the … Continue reading

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