From the SMH, comes news that some Australians have been involved in a bobsleigh accident. They are attempting to qualify for February’s Winter Olympics, had been given the go ahead to start their practice run at the Winter Olympics site when disaster struck at the ninth turn. The pair’s sled hit German Raimund Bethge who was standing on the track leaving the German with two broken legs and trauma to the head although he escaped concussion.

From The Inquirer comes news that Microsoft has held its weirdest press conference ever. They held it in an Irish bar on St Andrew’s Day – using the event as a wake celebrating the death of Exchange Server 5.5. And in XBOX 360 news comes advice that you can use an external HDD with a USB interface to bypass some of the limits that Microsoft have added to the XBOX.