New South Wales police are staging a re-enactment of the fatal shooting of a truck driver in Sydney using state-of-the-art laser forensic technology.

The latest career venture of id Software co-founder John Romero appears to have hit a snag. Word has seeped out from multiple sources that his new MMO development studio Slipgate Ironworks has terminated over 50 employees, and the that the future of the San Francisco-based developer and its single, unnamed online gaming project are in doubt.
In a telling sign of Romero's current level of star power, the official Slipgate Ironworks site doesn't even refer to him by name...

The Federal Government says it is willing to extend Parliament into December to allow the Opposition more time to debate the emissions trading legislation.