Coming soon: superfast internet I've seen the future of the internet, and we'll no longer be surfing, we'll be "warping" (or something) and better still, it'll all be rock n roll... The internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, "the grid" will ... Read full entry

Sympathy for the director Great article about Shine a Light, Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones documentary which is due for release in Australia on 24 April 2008. Whatever you do, don't ask Mick Jagger about his retirements plans... In one of those old interviews, Jagger is asked whether he can still imagine playing at 60. This was at a time when the young warned each other never to trust anyone ... Read full entry