Google plans bold new browser, "Chrome", based on Webkit
Yes, Google’s getting into the browser game too. There’s a comic (literally) explanation of how it works - but not precisely why
Samsung X360 billed as "lighter than air" or MacBook Air
Samsung has unveiled the first Vista notebook that seems to be aimed at the potential MacBook Air buyer
The Wire: Season Five: Episode Seven
Join this group each week to talk about The Wire as the Baltimore-based drama counts down its final series, showing in the UK on digital channel FX
Chick-flicks aren’t just about love and shopping
Why do so many female-focused films draw from such a shallow pool of themes when there are much more interesting - and exciting - elements to work with?
Scouting Report: Emmanuel Ledesma
The Queens Park Rangers’ midfielder is a versatile and entertaining talent although he has yet to adjust to the physical side of the game
Toast Mushie but raise a glass to the true greats
Mushtaq Ahmed was a wonderful player for Sussex but not quite the finest overseas cricketer that Britain has seen
Jockey Club must charge to the core racegoer’s rescue
It’s vital that the traditional supporters of horse racing aren’t taken for granted, says Cornelius Lysaght
Capello cannot succeed when the game is immune to the cure
The England manager’s first real test has arrived and the signs are not all that promising
Hughes merits a place in man from the Gulf’s grand ambition
The new Manchester City owners must avoid a managerial merry-go-round and keep Mark Hughes on board
Geoffrey Perkins: tribute to a comedy kingmaker
Peter Bennett-Jones remembers his friend and colleague Geoffrey Perkins, the TV and radio comedy producer, writer and performer who died on Friday
Egyptian blogger suffering in jail
A young Egyptian who has been in jail since November last year for "inciting hatred of Islam" and insulting the country’s president on his blog is no longer allowed out of his cell. Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, 22 (known by…
Google’s Knol: so far, not so good
Harry McCracken has taken a look and wasn’t impressed by what he found
Ronaldinho shines, but ‘normal one’ and leading contenders all stutter
Milan’s new Brazilian stole the show on an opening Serie A weekend in which none of last season’s top five earned more than a point
Elevator Pitch: Beanbag’s extra-curricular tutors
Bristol’s BeanBag is one year old this month. The learning site wants to provide an online service that fills a particular niche, putting school-aged children and their parents in touch with a supervised learning network of tutors. With just five…
McClaren’s struggles continue as PSV begin their dominance early
It took PSV one game to do what Steve McClaren’s FC Twente have failed to do in three - win, and win well
Poem of the week: The Farmer’s Bride by Charlotte Mew
This week we capture the sensitive, romantic and ultimately tragic talent of early 20th-century poet and prose writer Charlotte Mew
Live blog: Dragons’ Den
Heidi Stephens will be with you tonight for the penultimate episode of Dragons’ Den. In tonight’s instalment we are promised ventures including recycled jewellery boxes, low-calorie curry sauces, a radiator designed to look like a skirting board, pre-scooped ice cream…
Post-holiday reading list
If, like me, you wish you were still reading next to the pool, Philip Pullman’s autumn reading recommendations are an inspiration
Post-holiday reading list
If, like me, you wish you were still reading next to the pool, Philip Pullman’s autumn reading recommendations are an inspiration
Monkey goes to the Hairspray: The School Musical launch night
Woolfe dishes out free Sky While Sky1’s new show Hairspray: The School Musical was launching on the satellite channel last night, the students taking part in the series were performing the finale at London’s Lyric theatre. Despite a couple of…
And then they came for the blog commenters… but nobody responded
We’ve got a meme thing going. Come and add your wit.
Strike up the bandleader
The British jazz drummer Clark Tracey provides crucial exposure for unknowns, but he shares his ability to spot and nurture new talent with another pioneer, the legendary Art Blakey
Farewell, Ken Campbell: an eminently sensible eccentric
He could seem mad as a hatter but the late comedian had one of the sharpest brains in theatrical London
Football Weekly
James and the pod talk transfers, international call-ups, and wedding anecdotes
Honk if you like Bruce Willis; click if you like German comedies
The European Film Academy People’s Choice Award is announced in December. Who’ll win is anybody’s guess, so get voting
Leak alert: Stephenie Meyer’s new novel Midnight Sun
Stephenie Meyer may be upset that her new book in the Twilight series has been seen through a heavy security curtain, but isn’t it time she did something new?
You review: The Wackness
The critics got mad love for Jonathan Levine’s tale of hip-hop obsessed 90s NYC. What did you make of it?
How I fake it, by Mahmood the sheikh
The News of the World devoted its spread yesterday to blurbing Mazher Mahmood’s "explosive new book", Confessions of a Fake Sheik: ‘The King of the Sting’ Reveals All. We learned that the "undercover supremo" has been responsible for the jailing…
European stage beckons for British theatre
Theatre festivals on the continent are awash with productions from across Europe but we need to establish a greater British presence there and bring more foreign acts here
Microsoft Skymarket coming for Windows Mobile 7 apps
It looks as though the iPhone’s app-store is prompting Microsoft to develop a Windows Mobile 7 app-store
Chatterbox Monday
Monday’s Chatterbox
Present from your UNKLE
UNKLE give away a blissed-out dancefloor remix of their track Hold My Hand
Venice: Geishas in film
Barbet Schroeder’s latest film, dealing with geishas, has been criticised for many things, but inauthenticity is not one of them
Cliches are a trusty friend
Shakespeare coined cliches, so why do we have a problem with the odd trite phrase?
Sarah Palin’s immensely flattering Wikipedia entry
Scandal - and not for the first time - in Wikipedialand, where freshly minted Republican party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin had some very flattering edits made to her profile in the 24 hours before she was nominated. Photo by Mike…
Mario makes Barça pay as Numancia provide a heartwarming shock
The story of Mario Martínez Rubio - who is paid 75 times less than Samuel Eto’o - is the perfect metaphor for his team’s defeat of Barcelona
Punk’s not dead - it just emigrated…
While punk rock may seem passé in today’s Britain, the movement’s dedicated fans around the world are keeping the old doctrine of nihilism and anarchy alive
Will Jaspan become an editor-at-large?
All may not be lost in Australia for Andrew Jaspan, sacked last week as editor-in-chief of The Age in Melbourne. It is now rumoured that he has been offered the post of editor-at-large by David Kirk, chief executive of the…
The party you missed at Burning Man
I haven’t yet managed to figure out exactly why Burning Man is a critical event for the tech industry calendar, other than the fact the half of Silicon Valley treks out to the desert for a long weekend. I just…
Does Red Dwarf deserve a comeback?
Rumours are rife that a film version of the space comedy TV show may be on the cards
Harry and Paul: a preview
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Changing times, part one…
Jack Waterford, editor-at-large of the Canberra Times, writes: "The big challenge for any professional journalist… is that a good proportion of readers, probably more than 30%… know more about your subject than you do… [Their jobs], perhaps in the public…
Paper’s ombudsman gets the chop
Hard to escape the irony of the latest cutback at California’s Sacramento Bee newspaper: the position of ombudsman has been axed. Armando Acuña explains why his departure to a features post, "as a result of declining revenues and a reorganisation…
Irish paper switches to freesheet
The Offaly Independent has become Ireland’s first major paid-for provincial newspaper to switch to the freesheet model. From this week the paper will no longer be available at newsagents. Instead, 15,000 copies will be distributed free of chargeto homes and…
Metro’s US titles facing closure
Metro International may have to sell off or close its US titles, starting with the loss-making New York issue. Chief executive Per Mikael Jensen said: "What we have been doing in the US is to look at all options. That…
Gustav - a storm in a teacup?
Nick Davies’s book Flat Earth News begins by exposing the falsity of the great media scare story about the Y2K phenomenon. It strikes me that this weekend’s hurricane Gustav story may well turn out to be a similar fake scare….
Join the world literature tour to Australia
Give us your recommendations for the best Australian literature, and vote for the tour’s next stop
PlayTV - your questions
So if you have any PlayTV questions you want answering - HD? PSP transfer? Will the tuner cope with future changes to Freeview? - then please stick them in the comments below.
Pause for thought
At this juncture, it would be good to take another pause. Let us see what we have achieved so far and what I have tried to do. I have been drowning in questions - apart from Madeleine and the bloggers,…
Monkey’s diary from the MediaGuardian section
Airport woe 1: it’s terminal Readers may remember The Terminal, the Tom Hanks film inspired by the story of a chap who lived in an airport for 18 years. It sprang to mind after the Virgin Radio producer and Christian…
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