Distilling the Wisdom of the Crowds...

Jeff Jarvis, buzzmachine.com set up a down and dirty survey using Google forms. This will be an interesting app to experiment with. Jeff's about journalism has some interesting results though it isn't tabulated well. He says it only took him a couple minutes to set up, so...

Exeter's Temple of Doom Gives Up Treasure

"His real name is Derek Dugdale but all his mates call him Indiana Jones. He's the man who visited Exeter's very own Temple of Doom and emerged with a treasure beyond the dreams of avarice. Derek was digging deep and hard in Princesshay when he saw something strange,...

London hospital evacuated after fire

"A London cancer hospital has been evacuated after a fire broke out in the building. The fire has now been brought under control. A London fire brigade chief said that all patients and staff at the Royal Marsden Hospital had been evacuated. Television images showed smoke and...

Google pushes into mobile phones

"Google has unveiled software it hopes will power a variety of future mobile phones and boost the web on the move. The software could lead to cheaper phones as it is designed to speed up the process of making mobile services. The firm is working with four mobile manufacturers...

Parents angry at ban on filming

"Political correctness has been blamed for preventing parents making home videos of their children's harvest festival. Staff at Sandal Primary School, Baildon, Bradford, banned all camcorders before the start of the performance to comply with the wishes of a minority of...

Indonesian Government Clamping Down On Sexual Harassment

"The issue of sexual harassment in the workplace may be new for many people in this country or may not even be an issue for them, but anecdotal evidence would suggest that its frequency is increasing as a greater number of women enter the workplace. A seminar was told...