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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:29:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft sponsors photos of Taliban dog cages]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/microsoft-sponsors-photos-of-taliban-dog-cages/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/microsoft-sponsors-photos-of-taliban-dog-cages/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:29:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The three newly released images of the cages used to secure Taliban prisoners are &quot;Brought to you&quot; on the Telegraph site by Microsoft (amongst other sponsors).  Perhaps their new OS is to be named Vistaless.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scrabulous addicts: don’t panic!]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/scrabulous-addicts-donrsquot-panic/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/scrabulous-addicts-donrsquot-panic/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:32:17 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Scrabulous Facebook app has today been removed in Australia.  However a customisable app called Wordscraper can fill the void.  (See also ‘Scrabble letter distributions' on Wikipedia.)  Scrabble Worldwide <br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Communications and Media Authority to put classifications on websites?]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/australian-communications-and-media-authority-to-put-classifications-on-websites/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/australian-communications-and-media-authority-to-put-classifications-on-websites/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:22:39 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A new code of conduct to regulate online and mobile phone content which will call for classifications similar to those for films, a government spokesman said.First Fallout 3, now this. What next?<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[eBay pays the price for PayPal debacle]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/ebay-pays-the-price-for-paypal-debacle/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/ebay-pays-the-price-for-paypal-debacle/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:00:23 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[SMH blogger Simon Tsang compares eBay's attempt to force PayPal onto most Australian users to extorting protection money.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gmail accounts to be given to Australian students]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/gmail-accounts-to-be-given-to-australian-students/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/gmail-accounts-to-be-given-to-australian-students/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:17:16 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[That's the way... get 'em hooked young.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Broken-hearted man sells life on eBay]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/broken-hearted-man-sells-life-on-ebay/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/broken-hearted-man-sells-life-on-ebay/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:15:59 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A Perth man is trying to sell his home, vehicles, possessions, job and friends on eBay.  The listing includes a running commentary of the experience, which is an attempt to move on from a 6 year relationship.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook flash mob confuses workers in Pitt Street and Martin Place]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/facebook-flash-mob-confuses-workers-in-pitt-street-and-martin-place/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/facebook-flash-mob-confuses-workers-in-pitt-street-and-martin-place/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:25:54 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Office workers on their lunch break thought they had stumbled onto a film set in central Sydney today after hundreds of people organised a public &quot;freeze&quot; prank.Those krraaazy kids.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Karmic justice for Caz and The Hack]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/karmic-justice-for-caz-and-the-hack/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/karmic-justice-for-caz-and-the-hack/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:31:24 EDT</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/karmic-justice-for-caz-and-the-hack/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Melbournians Caroline Hamilton and Jamie Duncan have been outed as the names behind vicious personal attacks on blog The Spin Starts Here.  (Article includes quotes by besmirched Jeremy Sear.)<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The only reason you will hate her...]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/the-only-reason-you-will-hate-her-/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/the-only-reason-you-will-hate-her-/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 22:12:52 EDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/the-only-reason-you-will-hate-her-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After four years writing the much loved RYWHM blog, Ms Fits, aka Marieke Hardy, is calling it a day.  Ausculture wishes her all the best for the future.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A million people slap Corey]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/a-million-people-slap-corey/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/a-million-people-slap-corey/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 02:03:48 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Flash graphic that allows site visitors to give Corey Delaney a virtual slap has received over a million ‘hits'.  (I scored 364 m.)<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reserve Bank could scuttle eBay's plans]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/reserve-bank-could-scuttle-ebays-plans/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/reserve-bank-could-scuttle-ebays-plans/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:58:06 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[eBay's plan to force all of its users on to PayPal faces opposition from the Reserve Bank, which is considering weighing in to the issue.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Om Nom Nom Nom]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/om-nom-nom-nom/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/om-nom-nom-nom/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:29:45 EDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/om-nom-nom-nom/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The website for the meme.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Update on the Nanny-State ISP-level filter nobody wants]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/update-on-the-nanny-state-isp-level-filter-nobody-wants/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/update-on-the-nanny-state-isp-level-filter-nobody-wants/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:02:01 EST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/update-on-the-nanny-state-isp-level-filter-nobody-wants/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government will soon be deciding what Tasmanians can view online, as they become the first State to get the all new slower internet.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian boom in real estate (sorry, just domain names)]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/australian-boom-in-real-estate-sorry-just-domain-names/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/australian-boom-in-real-estate-sorry-just-domain-names/</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:34:16 EST</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/australian-boom-in-real-estate-sorry-just-domain-names/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dot.au domain names are about to become readily tradeable and prices are set to soar.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Real Estate Agents File Defamation Claim Against Google]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Australian_Real_Estate_Agents_File_Defamation_Claim_Against_Google/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Australian_Real_Estate_Agents_File_Defamation_Claim_Against_Google/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:19:54 EST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Australian_Real_Estate_Agents_File_Defamation_Claim_Against_Google/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Possibly they were just bored?<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[bloggies 2008 - ausculture not nominated]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/bloggies_2008_-_ausculture_not_nominated/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/bloggies_2008_-_ausculture_not_nominated/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:34:27 EST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/bloggies_2008_-_ausculture_not_nominated/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[No category for &quot;blog that's not a blog but still sucks like it promises?&quot;Nominees (AU/NZ):Tokyo Girl Down Under, Skelliewag.org, Milk and Cookies, The Breakfast Blog&quot; and Reasons You Will Hate Me.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forbes name Aussie blogger among Top 25 people on the web]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Forbes_name_Aussie_blogger_among_Top_25_people_on_the_web/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Forbes_name_Aussie_blogger_among_Top_25_people_on_the_web/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:17:09 EST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Forbes_name_Aussie_blogger_among_Top_25_people_on_the_web/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Forbes' list of the Top 25 Web Celebrities has been revealed and Melbourne blogger Darren Rowse from ProBlogger made the list coming in at #25.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nine out of ten Australian families online]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Nine_out_of_ten_Australian_families_online/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Nine_out_of_ten_Australian_families_online/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:30:40 EST</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Nine_out_of_ten_Australian_families_online/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Reminds me of that Weet-Bix commercial.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Welcome to Ausculture Extra]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Welcome_to_Ausculture_Extra/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Welcome_to_Ausculture_Extra/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:44:35 EST</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Welcome_to_Ausculture_Extra/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This month sees the addition of Ausculture Extra. Here, we'll be poking around inside Australian culture with the consummate skill of a crapulent Christmas partygoer playing Operation.<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2Clix sues Whirlpool founder]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/2Clix_sues_Whirlpool_founder/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/2Clix_sues_Whirlpool_founder/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:30:31 EDT</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/2Clix_sues_Whirlpool_founder/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Whirlpool founder Simon Wright being sued by accounting software company 2Clix Australia Pty Ltd.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australia's oldest blogger. The Life of Riley.]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Australias_oldest_blogger-_The_Life_of_Riley-/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Australias_oldest_blogger-_The_Life_of_Riley-/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 01:40:31 EDT</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Australias_oldest_blogger-_The_Life_of_Riley-/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Central Coast resident Olive Riley blogging at 107.<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SquidWho - A people-powered Who's Who on the Web]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/SquidWho_-_A_people-powered_Whos_Who_on_the_Web/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/SquidWho_-_A_people-powered_Whos_Who_on_the_Web/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:21:40 EDT</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/SquidWho_-_A_people-powered_Whos_Who_on_the_Web/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[New person information aggregator from the mind of Seth Godin.rnrnActually quite interesting in a social network you don't have to login to sens<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Australian Blogging Conference 2007]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Australian_Blogging_Conference_2007/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Australian_Blogging_Conference_2007/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:43:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Australian_Blogging_Conference_2007/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Informal Australian Blogging Conference is back on. To be held 28th September 2007 at the Queensland University of Technology .<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[livenews.com.au: new Australian news site from Macquarie Radio]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/livenews-com-au_new_Australian_news_site_from_Macquarie_Radio/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/livenews-com-au_new_Australian_news_site_from_Macquarie_Radio/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:14:47 EDT</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/livenews-com-au_new_Australian_news_site_from_Macquarie_Radio/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Not sure how they intend to differentiate themselves in the market... seems a little bit &quot;me too&quot; but then, what's wrong with that!<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[$84m porn filter can't stop a teenager]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/84m_porn_filter_cant_stop_a_teenager/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/84m_porn_filter_cant_stop_a_teenager/</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:28:01 EDT</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/84m_porn_filter_cant_stop_a_teenager/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[16 year-old student cracks the governments new porn filter in minutes... Bound to be longer than it &quot;takes him&quot; *after* he gets passed the filter.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mali kidnap victim tells of machete horror]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Mali_kidnap_victim_tells_of_machete_horror/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Mali_kidnap_victim_tells_of_machete_horror/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:47:18 EDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Mali_kidnap_victim_tells_of_machete_horror/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Love sick Desmond Gregor from Hoyleton in South Australia tells his kidnap horror story.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[McDonald's Double Pounder video]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/McDonalds_Double_Pounder_video/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/McDonalds_Double_Pounder_video/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:19:35 EDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/McDonalds_Double_Pounder_video/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Watch this guy eat a &quot;Double Pounder.&quot; A Quarter Pounder with eight beef patties.<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft hiring Erin McNaught?]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Microsoft_hiring_Erin_McNaught-1/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Microsoft_hiring_Erin_McNaught-1/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:51:50 EDT</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Microsoft_hiring_Erin_McNaught-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Uncomfirmed. I don't see why people think Microsoft haven't used sex before. I've been getting f**ked by Windows for years.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dan reviews Kittenwar the book]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Dan_reviews_Kittenwar_the_book/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Dan_reviews_Kittenwar_the_book/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:57:21 EDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/Dan_reviews_Kittenwar_the_book/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Somewhat disturbing that there's now a book to go with the Kittenwar website and that it's been reviewed but there it is...At least there's no bo<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[I can has Kevin Rudd's website]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/I_can_has_Kevin_Rudds_website/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/I_can_has_Kevin_Rudds_website/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:26:39 EDT</pubDate>
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<category>web</category>
<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/I_can_has_Kevin_Rudds_website/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Complete with kmail, youtube, myspace, faceboox, lighbox effects and more shiny buttons than you can poke a...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[smh.com.au gets a redesign]]></title>
<link>http://www.ausculture.com/web/smh-com-au_gets_a_redesign/</link>
<comments>http://www.ausculture.com/web/smh-com-au_gets_a_redesign/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:39:19 EDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.ausculture.com/web/smh-com-au_gets_a_redesign/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Not sure when this is going live but there it is.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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