Obscure Box

News comes today from the ABC (last night on the ABC’s PM program actually) that Wikipedia is looking at restrictions on who can edit biographies. This from a website that still markets itself as “the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit”. The problem, according to “Vandals prompt Wikipedia to ponder editing changes” (Wednesday 28 January [...]

Nice to know Queensland is in such safe hands as the Acting Premier Paul Lucas. The self-confessed fan of building blocks is trying to reassure all is well after news unusual fish larvae were discovered in the state, as reported in The Courier-Mail’s “Two-headed fish larvae blamed on farm chemicals in Noosa River” (Tuesday 13 [...]

Nice to see Tom Cruise actually sitting on a sofa this time as he chats with US talk show host Oprah Winfrey. But it is not Cruise’s antics that are a cause for concern. It’s Oprah. She’s inventing words as she chats with the actor. The interview was recorded in May 2008 at Cruise’s home [...]

I wish people would stop telling me the world of news has changed dramatically now breaking news can be found on the Internet. Long before the Internet was a twinkle in the eye, breaking news was at home on radio and later television. In fact even today breaking news can … break … far quicker [...]