links for 2008-11-28

Classic - article in The Sun online slating Gnarls Barkley for using knife imagery on their new single - followed by link to buy music and videos from Gnarls Barkley through The Sun's affiliate stores. Nice one.

"TV and radio presenter Terry Christian has failed in a legal action against the BBC over the loss of his £90,000-a-year job. The 45-year-old claimed he had been unfairly dismissed after he was dropped by BBC Radio Manchester earlier this year."

"The paper found that technological uptake seems to hint that the apparently more trusting character of many religious people makes them more accepting of new technologies. Though it pains me to say it, could religious faith by our saving grace? If the devout are more inclined to trust new technology, then perhaps they will embrace more quickly novel suggestions for tackling the global issue of climate change."

"Once again, as the build-up to festivities begins, newspapers are reporting non-stories designed to enrage Middle England". Thankfully, Dave prevents me having to blog about this in the run-up to Xmas - now, if he could just do a catch-all post about A-Level results coverage all my media bug-bears would be laid to rest.

"The terrorist attacks may be the most significant thing about Mumbai or even India, today. But search results are about more than that, signified by Google's weighting to older content. The terrorist attacks will be dealt with and the city needs to recover. What it doesn't need is a prospective American tourist deciding not to visit in three months time (assuming it doesn't run contrary to state department advice) because of a legacy story on a search engine."