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Fabulous Fashion: New Show to Premiere on SLCN.TV
SLCN.TV in conjunction with Perfect World Productions will debut a new show on Monday, October 13th. Fabulous Fashion with Angie Mornington, a half hour television show featuring the fashion designers of Second Life, will be filmed and broadcast live on Mondays at 6pm SLT (PST). "Clothing... - October 12, 2008 - SLCN Press Room
MySongCast.com Gives Artists Full Control Over the Sale of Their Music
With debate raging about the future of music as major sites exclude Indie artists and others offer minimal revenue and control, MySongCast beats a different tune. Free to join, MySongCast puts artists in full control of their music pricing, copyright and career. MySongCast launched its download service this week offering most artists a whopping 78% of song revenue. In the midst of the music turmoil, perhaps MySongCast is the real alternative artists have been looking for. - October 10, 2008 - MySongCast
HotelsCombined.com Still Calls Australia Home Partnering with Australian Online Travel
The world’s leading hotel price comparison search engine HotelsCombined.com is getting back to their grass roots by partnering with Australian Online Travel websites NeedItNow.com.au and TravelMate.com.au. Thanks to this new partnership, leisure and business travelers now have access to... - October 10, 2008 - HotelsCombined
Slap a Story Second Beta Launch - a Social Network for Readers and Writers Alike
Slap A Story (http://www.slapastory.com), an online social community for writers and fans of reading, today announced the release of the second beta of its network. Slap A Story provides a platform for authors to submit their stories and have them read and rated by people all over the world. The... - October 09, 2008 - Slap A Story
Eddie McGee from Benson Futures Receives Accredited Asset Management Specialist Designation
Eddie McGee of the financial services firm Benson Futures Ltd, of Sydney Australia, has achieved the professional designation of Accredited Asset Management Specialist. McGee successfully completed the Accredited Asset Management Specialist, or AAMS, Professional Education Program from the... - October 09, 2008 - Benson Futures Ltd
PCFilebackup -- Make a Backup of Critical Documents on Windows
PC File Backup (http://www.pcdisktools.com/pcfilebackup.htm) Software will help those who want to back up important files when working on Windows Systems. PC File Backup can analyize which files are modified and back up those as incremental backup in zip format, which means only modified files are added after the initial backup. Space and time are saved. - October 08, 2008 - PC Disk Tools
Local Brisbane Volunteers to be Recognized at Women’s Group Luncheon
Soroptimist International Brisbane City, a women's service group, is holding a luncheon timed to coincide with United Nations Day to thank volunteers in its community. Richard Cowley is guest speaker on the theme of Peace. Ticket purchases welcome. - October 07, 2008 - Soroptimist International Brisbane City
New Release: Monkeybotherer by Anonymi on Little Rascal Records
New release from Little Rascal Records, Cairns, QLD, Australia: Monkeybotherer - Anonymi. File Under Drum & Bass. anonymi is a digital artist, with a lifetime rooted in instrumentalism and percussion. His tracks mash u p global folk styles with polyrhythmic breakbeat/drum'n'bass, rich... - October 06, 2008 - Little Rascal Records
Rainbow Essence Launches Their New Hand Cream 'Manuka Honey Healing Hands' Now Available in a Convenient 100gm Handbag Size
Rainbow Essence proudly announces the exclusive sole Australian distributorship of their all natural 'Manuka Honey Healing Hands' Hand Cream. - October 05, 2008 - Rainbow Essence
Business and Careers Institute Opens New Training Centre in Sydney
Sydney entrepreneur and small business commentator, Valerie Khoo, today announced the launch of the Business and Careers Institute, located in Milsons Point in Sydney. The Business and Careers Institute is dedicated to “making technology simple” and offers short courses in Microsoft... - October 03, 2008 - Business and Careers Institute
Red Wrappings Adds "Wine" Hair and Body Care Products to Its Online Gift Store
Red Wrappings www.redwrappings.com.au has recently added a range of unusual hair and body care products which are made from an extract containing anti-oxidants, grape seeds, yeast and wine, a by-product in the wine making process. - September 29, 2008 - Red Wrappings
Change of Public Perception of Retirement Villages Begins with Village Owners
The top challenge for the retirement living industry is the public perception of retirement villages. The first Retirement Communities Industry Survey by Terrapinn showed that the majority of owners of retirement villages declared they are building 'retirement villages' rather than 'lifestyle... - September 26, 2008 - Terrapinn Australia
How to Keep Skin Wrinkle Free- Some Measures Are Explained by 'Ayesh'
A blog is launched by 'Ayesh' explaining the changes that happen in the skin as people grow older and different ways to keep it younger looking and wrinkle free. A person can look younger or older than the actual age. As this is not an uncommon example there must be some secrets of keeping skin... - September 24, 2008 - Ayesh
Sydney Writers’ Centre Launches Podcasts on Writing Featuring Best-Selling Authors
The Sydney Writers’ Centre has launched its podcast series on Writers and Writing. The podcasts – available on iTunes and through the Centre’s website – are part of the Sydney Writers’ Centre’s commitment to bring writing resources to everyone, regardless of geography. Podcasts feature best-selling authors from around the world including: fantasy author Garth Nix, who has sold over 4.5 million books; Tim Ferriss, author of The Four Hour Work Week; The Good Thief’s Hannah Tinti and many more. - September 22, 2008 - Sydney Writers' Centre
Acu-Vib Electronics Expands Inventory to Medical and Veterinary Equipment in NSW, Australia
Acu-Vib Electronics has expanded its inventory and is now offering medical and veterinary equipment to general health care facilities, intensive care units and OH&S centres in the Australian market. - September 19, 2008 - Acu-Vib Electronics
First Ever Music Album to be Produced Using Musicians from All Over the Planet Playing Together via the Internet Gains World Wide Release
The album "The Message Stick" by Tribe World Ensemble is a world first and incorporates the talents of 25 talented musicians and songwriters from across the globe. - September 18, 2008 - Tribe World Ensemble
MetService Selects Principal Toolbox for Enterprise Project Management
MetService (Meteorological Service of New Zealand) has selected the Principal Toolbox as its Enterprise Project Management system. They were looking to replace a number of existing systems as they were having difficulty getting an overall company picture of project budget and performance, and resource tracking. The Principal Toolbox was selected as it provides a structured project environment based on industry best-practices. - September 18, 2008 - Fortes Australia
Finance Maker - Tips on business and finance
www.finance-maker.com offers a wealth of information in all areas, and readers are welcome to share their own experiences on each topic. From home buying to business success, and day trading to business etiquette, www.finance-maker.com covers the best strategies for making money, and saving money. - September 17, 2008 - Finance Maker
Online Club LaBourse Holiday Weeks
Club LaBourse Rolls Out Holiday Weeks Online Trial. - September 17, 2008 - Club LaBourse Oceania Pty Ltd
HotelsCombined.com Gets Digital Marketing Mastermind
Hotel price comparison company HotelsCombined.com appoints new Digital Marketing Mastermind from Obitz Worldwide. - September 17, 2008 - HotelsCombined
Network Marketers Should Clean Up Their Act or Get Out of the Industry
Troy Rocavert, CEO of Network Marketing Business School spoke out about his growing concern for the network marketing industry at a conference in Sydney on Saturday night as they launched a new online resource which is set to clean up and help train people in the industry. - September 16, 2008 - Network Marketing Business School
iPod Music and Video Files Recovery Tool is Now Bundled with iStudio3
iPod users can recover accidentally deleted music and video files using Recover My iPod which is now bundled with iStudio3 in some markets but is downloadable from either GetData Software's site or the Recover My iPod site. - September 16, 2008 - GetData Software
25 Years of Research Unlocks Code for the World to Learn English
The breakthrough English language learning system, named ‘The DD Code’, allows any English text to be converted into 100% phonetic text. The online toolbar developed in Australia allows virtually any web page containing English text to be instantly converted into The DD Code, making it 100% readable to anyone learning English. - September 14, 2008 - The DD Code
Club LaBourse is Consistent Achiever
Club LaBourse Has Regular Spot on Travellers Assistance Honour Role. - September 13, 2008 - Club LaBourse Oceania Pty Ltd
CMather.com Launches Domain Management with Built-in Domain Name Registration Service
A Melbourne-based web solution company is putting the internet back into the hands of the user. CMather.com has launched a new management system that allows its customers to search for and register their own domains, and renew expiring domains through the single system. Domain registration used to... - September 10, 2008 - CMather Web Development
HotelClub Travel Blog Releases Site Facelift with New Features
HotelClub Travel Blog, already known as a comprehensive location online for finding weird, wacky and wonderful travel news, has released a site facelift with a number of new features that will provide travel consumers with a wide range of benefits. - September 09, 2008 - HotelClub
World First as uTag Online Influence is Rewarded
uTag, An Australian startup, has created the world’s first easy-to-use system for rewarding people who send their online audience to other sites. - September 09, 2008 - uTag
An Expert in His Field, Stefan Kazakis Action Coach and Advantage Card Are Proud to Present "Business Rich"
Stefan Kazakis, neo-entrepreneur and noted business coach will this year launch his own additional website to further compliment his 'ActionCOACH' business. Kazakis will be presenting a number of 2-day 'BusinessRICH' boot camp workshops covering all key areas in growing a business for long term growth and creating a raving fan business that will bring more excitment to running a business. - September 08, 2008 - ActionCoach, Stefan Kazakis
World First: VoIP Telephony Integration with Salesforce.com, Automatic Call Logging: Trixbox Pro Unified Agent Edition from Fonality
trixbox Pro UAE is a performance booster for any call centre. No longer do the sales and service representatives have to manually log calls into the CRM system. Now, all inbound and outbound calls are automatically matched with the corresponding record in Salesforce.com, and call data is captured and logged. - September 06, 2008 - Fonality Australia
Controversial Children's Book Award Winner Blasts "Lazy, Sensationalist Journalism" on New Alternative News Site MyRightOfReply.com
Alternative news site MyRightOfReply.com recently posted a response from renowned children’s author Matt Ottley – winner of the Children's Book Council Of Australia Picture Book Of The Year - to media allegations that the book - Requiem for a Beast - should never have been shortlisted because of its violent images. - September 04, 2008 - Myrightofreply.com
Submission Author Welcomes the Brumby Governments $316 Million Investment in Skills Funding
SansGov welcomes the announcement by Premier Brumby for the implementation of a dedicated program aimed at increasing skills and training in the State of Victoria in order to address current and future workforce demands. The announcement, as the result of the Government’s Skills Reform Review... - September 03, 2008 - Sanseman Government
Christmas Hamper Specialist, Little Pixie Gifts, Attend the 2008 Business Achievers Awards
Little Pixie Gifts, Australia's quality supplier of Baby Gifts and Christmas Hampers, attended the formal Gala Awards night of the 2008 Quest Newspapers Business Achievers Awards. - August 30, 2008 - Little Pixie Gifts
Warner Brothers GossipGirl Cafe in Second Life Gets Meta Makeover on SLCN.TV
The official reveal of the new GossipGirl Cafe on the Warner Brothers sim in Second Life will air on SLCN.TV's Meta Makeover show this weekend as a prelude to the premiere of the new season of GossipGirl on The CW television network. The popular television series GossipGirl, produced by Warner... - August 29, 2008 - SLCN Press Room
New Directory Website Helps Equestrian Businesses Come First Past the Post
A new directory website launched today catering to the equestrian industry and all lovers of horses. - August 29, 2008 - Boost Group Limited
Who Says Property Auctions Have to be Cash?
Tony Wiles of GeeWizAuctions.com, Australia’s online real estate auction website, claims flexible ideas are needed in the current real estate market. Rules governing the online auction site have been changed to allow conditional bids instead of restricting bids to cash only. This creates a... - August 29, 2008 - Geewizauctions.com Pty Ltd
Red Wrappings Online Gift Store Offers Free Delivery for Father’s Day on 7 September
Australia celebrates Father’s Day on September 7, so for those living thousands of miles away, this is the time they can let their Dad know how truly special he is. Red Wrappings has made it easy for anyone living outside of Australia to remember family back home in Australia. - August 28, 2008 - Red Wrappings
Sikhcess™ Launches 'Packages of Love' Campaign in Australia
Sikhcess volunteers in Australia are joining together for a common mission to help others – uniting to collect materials to assemble basic needs hygiene packages to distribute to the homeless across the continent of Australia. - August 22, 2008 - Sikhcess
Several Leading Australian Pregnancy Vitamins Lack Vital Nutrients
An independent review conducted by a panel of respected Australian Naturopaths has revealed that some of Australia’s leading prenatal and pregnancy vitamin supplements lack essential nutrients that are vital to mother and developing baby. - August 22, 2008 - Healthy Comparisons
Speculative Realms Plan an Online Book Launch Party That Will Last for More Than 24 Hours
Writers from three major continents have joined forces to publish a speculative fiction anthology. Edited by Sasha Beattie and co-ordinated by Karen Lee Field, the anthology’s publication will be celebrated with a 24-hour+ online book launch party on 1 September 2008. Free copies of the book will be given away at the party. - August 21, 2008 - Speculative Realms
MailingLists.com.au Launches to US Market
Australian Businesses Now Have Instant Access to Affordable Mailing Lists in the USA. - August 21, 2008 - Australian Business Mailing Lists Online
Online Marketing Workshop for Tourism - Australia
UntangleMyWeb.com arms small and medium tourism businnes with the skills and knowledge to become self sufficient in online marketing. - August 17, 2008 - Untanglemyweb.com
Flashkicker Flash Preloader Software Launched
Triple W Communications has recently launched Flashkicker Flash Preloader Software, a new, affordable and easy-to-use tool that creates Flash preloaders and adds them to existing SWF files. Flashkicker preloaders show website visitors the progress of loading larger Flash movies or animations to ensure the visitor doesn’t get impatient. The trial version of Flashkicker can be downloaded for free from the Flashkicker.com website, and the registered version is available for just $29.95. - August 16, 2008 - Triple W Communications Pty Ltd
Manly Nursing Home Announces Move
Manly Nursing Home proprietor, Francis W Cook, has announced that Manly Nursing Home will be closed this year and replaced by a new 82 bed, state of the art Extra Service aged care facility in King St Manly - “Windsong at Manly” in November 2008. - August 14, 2008 - Cook Care Group
Apell Creates Eclectic Electronic Music with Neil Young, George Harrison and George W Bush
Sounding like the groovier half of Amon Tobin sampling George Clinton with a jazzy electric bass, Reconstituted is the new album from the Australian independent artist Apell and features a drum n bass version of Neil Young’s "Don’t Let it Bring You Down" and a downtempo reworking of George Harrison’s overlooked gem "Long, Long, Long." - August 13, 2008 - Apell
Learning Organizations Get Help from Revised Best Practice Tool
Businesses aspiring to become a “Learning Organization” received a needed boost this week. Management consulting firm Business Performance P/L announced the release of the third edition of their comprehensive guide and assessment tools for measuring and improving an organization’s training capability. - August 13, 2008 - Business Performance Pty Ltd
Adelaide Company the First to Revolutionize the Prevention of Boat Corrosion
Company Reaches Milestones in Marine Industry - Find out why SeaBis is the first in the prevention of marine electrolysis corrosion. The manufacturers of SeaBis, today announced that they are the first company to develop a series of Do-it-yourself Electrolysis Corrosion Prevention Systems for boats and vessels and Electrolysis Corrosion Prevention maintenance system for marinas that detects, eliminates and prevents electrolysis corrosion. - August 12, 2008 - Gateway Aust Marketing Pty Ltd
Writers Worldwide Join Forces to Publish Speculative Fiction Anthology
Writers from three major continents have joined forces to publish a speculative fiction anthology. Edited by Sasha Beattie and co-ordinated by Karen Lee Field, the anthology brings together thirteen original stories for adults who enjoy fantasy, science fiction and horror. - August 11, 2008 - Speculative Realms
Meet Maxys CLIVE - the "Mini-Me" - Bringing Internet Video Out of the Box
A joint venture by two Sydney companies, internet marketing specialists maxys.com.au and award winning corporate video production company Ridge FilmsRidge Films, will allow website owners to feature a walking, talking “mini-me” host on their site to capture the attention of web surfers. - August 09, 2008 - Max Media and Entertainment
Australian Pacific Touring Honours Club LaBourse
Club LaBourse Wins Top 10 Agency Award at Recent Product Launch - August 09, 2008 - Club LaBourse Oceania Pty Ltd
Signmanager Named Finalist in 2008 Telstra Business Awards
Signmanager, known as a market leader in the Global Brand Implementation industry, has been named as a Victorian state finalist in this year’s Telstra Business Awards. The country’s most prestigious awards recognise achievements of excellence and highlight Australia’s outstanding... - August 09, 2008 - Signmanager Ltd