For women, size does matter - at least as far as televisions are concerned, says an Aussie businessman.

Ryan Emmett, who's an owner of a supply and installation company, said that when it comes to plasma televisions, women, and not men, always go for the bigger telly.

"I've been selling these for 51/2 years and every single time, when it comes to a choice between say a 50-inch (125cm)and a 60-inch (150cm), the wife will always go for the bigger screen, every single time," The Courier Mail quoted Emmett, as saying.

His company, Smart Fit Australia, of Toowong, supplies and fits cabling and products that turn homes into touch-screen-automated empires.

Melbourne, Feb 26 : Forget about diets, exercise and other weight-loss methods, for LAP band surgery is a cheaper way to fight obesity and diabetes, according to a new study.

The first of its kind Victorian study by Monash and Deakin universities has found that gastric banding can also provide more healthy years to highly obese patients, while saving the system thousands of dollars in ongoing costs.

The findings come in line with calls by doctors for weight-loss surgery to be subsidised.

Melbourne, Feb 26 : South Africa captain Graeme Smith has said that his team aims to follow its recent series win in Australia with a home triumph that will represent a "comprehensive beating" of the world champions.

Speaking on the eve of the first Test which starts at the Wanderers Stadium today, Smith said his players were "relaxed and focused" ahead of the most eagerly anticipated series in South Africa since the country returned to international cricket in 1991.

Melbourne, Feb 25 : Troy stars Eric Bana and Orlando Bloom were seen hanging out together at a custom motorcycles store in Sydney on February 24.

They met at Deus Ex Machina in Parramatta Rd, Camperdown, with Bloom riding there on his new customised road bike turned hill climber, the Deus SR400, which cost him
20,000 dollars, reports the Daily Telegraph.

For Bloom, it is the second bike he has bought from the Camperdown store, which is owned by Mambo founder Dare Jennings, his first bike having been bought last May.

Melbourne, Feb. 25 : The International Cricket Council and the MCC have commissioned a research by Cricket Australia, Griffith University and the Australian Institute of Sport into developing a device to detect chuckers.

Once in the pipeline, the device can measure degrees of flex in the bowling arm.

Crucially, the device will be small enough to sit comfortably on a bowler''s arm during delivery in a match, allowing accurate readings when he is straining every sinew.

Melbourne, Feb 25 : Generation X drivers are more likely than their Generation Y counterparts to talk on mobile phones when behind the wheel, according to a new survey.

In a study of New South Wales (NSW) drivers, 52 per cent of Gen Xers admitted using their phones while driving, whether using a handset or hands-free technology.

That figure compared to 37 per cent of Gen Ys, while just 24 per cent of those over 40 were guilty of chatting on their mobiles while driving.

The survey found, conducted by NRMA Insurance, found that men were also bigger offenders than women (36 per cent compared to 29 per cent).

A spokesman for NRMA Insurance, John Hallal, said that the survey figures were a concern.