News Item: Mighty Mouse is Rubbish Lead: John URL Link: http://arewold.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/mac-os-x-annoyances-part-1-whats-up-with-the-mouse-acceleration/ Key Points:  Mouse Acceleration : "Mac people" say "get used to it" and "Apple know best" Drives me (and others) up the wall Why won't apple give one little tick box to turn it off? Rubbish ergonomics anyway, RSI for sure! Logitech have an awesome Control Panel for Mac...My 5 year old Logitech Mouse pwns Mighty Mouse! News Item: Google Mobile iPhone App - Speech - to - Search Lead: Sherif URL Link: http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/11/14/video-google-speech-to-search-iphone-app/ http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/14/tech-google.html Key Points:  Existing iPhone app available from iTunes store now, new speech to search functionality to be released soon. Figures out when you 'move' your phone to your head Figures out your geolocation and returns results accordingly 'eg Movie times' Use the in-built google search features (like KM"s to Miles... etc..) Not sure if its out for Android yet?? What's next? Audio search? Video Search? They already have something in labs: http://labs.google.com/gaudi   News Item: Australians would support HECS-style scheme for entrepreneurs Lead: Shaun URL Link: http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Free-Articles/The-Briefing/20081024-Australians-would-support-HECS-style-scheme-for-entrepreneurs.html?source=RSS Key Points:  HECS - Higher Education Contribution Scheme In Australia currently used for University and tertiary funding which you pay off over the course of your working career in stints, with interest Survey produced in May said 61% of respondents believe financial assistance should be provided to businesses to fund R&D. How do Tech companies fund R&D? Typically absorbed through operational costs. important initiative because "income-contingent loan schemes is that revenue comes back in, and funds other businesses and other projects. There’s leverage for Government support. Australian medicine has always been known for innovation in Australia, but government is trying to support a new technological boom News Item: Why you should use OpenID in the next site you develop? Lead: Sherif URL Link: http://blog.sherifmansour.com/?p=249 Key Points:  What is OpenID? Who Uses It? How does it work? News Item: Politics 2.0 (Politics & Social Media) Lead: John URL Link: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/social_media_obama_mccain_comparison.php http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/equalizer/tvguide_jfkforce.htm http://blog.sherifmansour.com/?p=245 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/05/2410568.htm Key Points:  Trend is finally in Australia with @KevinRuddPM & @TurnbullMalcolm on Twitter More Aussie Examples with Politics & Social Media: Kevin Rudd & Malcom Turnbull - Twitter, Facebook, Youtube Channel  Sherif: Did Australian Media kick-it-off first? http://earleyedition.com/2008/03/12/australian-media-organisations-on-twitter/ Once the media started using social networks / social media sites, it expanded to politics Obama widely acknowledged to have used social networking much better than McCain - Did it help win the election? On funding, Obama pwned Hillary Clintons fundraising (in $ terms) focusing on individuals giving small amounts online... and then did the same to McCain While it's easy to dismiss this as another flash in the pan, the simalarities  between the comments we read about Politics 2.0 today, and some of the points in an article by John F Kennedy over 40 years ago seem remarkably similar! But nothing compares with the revolutionary impact of television. TV has altered drastically the nature of our political campaigns, conventions, constituents, candidates and costs. Some politicians regard it with suspicion, others with pleasure. Some candidates have benefited by using it-others have been advised to avoid it. To the voter and vote-getter alike, TV offers new opportunities, new challenges and new problems.

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