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2007/5/14
A study in Bath has shown that wearing a bicycle helmet may actually increase risk , as motorists give helmeted cyclists less room to manoeuvre. If you want drivers to cut you more slack when you're[...]2006/5/14
The Australian government has agreed to legalise ripping CDs and recording TV programmes , which had been illegal since the new US-designed copyright laws, as well as introducing US-style fair-use provisions. However, it will come at[...]2003/5/14
Melbourne designer type Stephen Marovitch picked up the new Norah Jones album, with the intention of playing it on his PowerBook. Unfortunately for him, the disc in question is from EMI, who are in the habit[...]