GOLD COAST, Australia, Dec. 4 -- A man in the Australian town of Lismore says a snake more than 3 feet long was living inside a computer printer and caused the device to malfunction.
Denis Matthews said the snake was found inside a Friends of the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens printer, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported in its Thursday edition.
"When I used a long pointer to encourage the snake to move, it reluctantly came out through the front, under the monitor screen and round the back of the computer case,'' Matthews said.
Matthews was able to remove the snake from the printer used by the group, for which his wife Marie serves as publicity officer, but the creature appears to have found its way back.
Melbourne, Dec. 4 : Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that he has no plans to reduce his ODI appearances to prolong his Test career.
He said he wanted to play as much international cricket as he could, and enjoyed the challenge of leading Australia through their transitional phase following the exodus of retirees.
Melbourne, Dec 4 : Going out to do some shopping for the New Year? Well, then make sure that your ‘buy-list’ includes the colour yellow, for a leading source has predicted that the cheerful and sunny shade is the influential colour of 2009.
Pantone, which provides colour standards to design industries, has specifically cited "mimosa" as its top shade of the New Year.
“Mimosa” is a vibrant shade of yellow illustrated by the flowers of some mimosa trees as well as the brunch-favourite cocktail.
Generally, Pantone is hoping that people would adopt many tones of optimistic yellow.
Sydney - Car sales slumped 22 per cent in November as Australians postponed purchases for fear of losing their jobs in a recession, figures released Thursday showed.
Sydney - Car sales slumped 22 per cent in November as Australians postponed purchases for fear of losing their jobs in a recession, figures released Thursday showed.
Around 20,000 fewer vehicles were sold last month than in November 2007. It was the fifth consecutive monthly drop.
Melbourne, Dec 4 : In an attempt to clean up its content, YouTube has announced that it is cracking down on "sexually suggestive" videos.
On its blog, the popular video-sharing website, said it would be enforcing a "stricter standard for mature content" and "tightening the standard for what is considered ''sexually suggestive.''"
YouTube, the Google-owned website, has already banned users to post pornographic content on the website.
"Videos with sexually suggestive (but not prohibited) content will be age-restricted, which means they''ll be available only to viewers who are 18 or older," News. com. au quoted YouTube as saying.
Melbourne, Dec. 4 : Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has said that he has no plans to reduce his ODI appearances to prolong his Test career.
Sydney - Car sales slumped 22 per cent in November as Australians postponed purchases for fear of losing their jobs in a recession, figures released Thursday showed.
