Janet was miffed not to be invited to appear on the insiders after having declined the offer some ten years ago... But suddenly she has been asked to go on the program which she claims is a hot bed of lefties (especially those Andrew Bolt and Piers Ackerman)... But she is sharpening her tongue on barbed razor wire for this new gig... I can't wait not to see the show...

If you work in IT, you know that setting a clock even one hour out will cause your network to fall over, as the tolerances for Windows Server is five minutes difference in time. Even if you set a different timezone, Windows Server will not accept login credentials from a client computer if the time is more than five minutes out.

Christian Democrat MP Reverend Fred Nile confirmed the meeting with Mr Packer and said he would back the project - with strict terms.

"We need a firm guarantee there will be no poker machines, not one, now or in the future," Mr Nile said.

"We also want legislation protecting staff from passive smoking. Mr Packer has guaranteed he will do this but we want it to be part of the legislation."

After weeks of anticipation, Pope Benedict solemnly put his finger to a tablet device and tried to send his first tweet - but something went wrong.

In perhaps the most drawn-out Twitter launch ever, the 85-year-old Benedict tapped the screen of a tablet brought to him at the end of his general audience after the equivalent of a papal drum roll by an announcer, who intoned: ‘‘And now the Pope will tweet!’’.