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Do Cyclists Prefer Bikes To Sex?

9:30PM Today | Jamie Condliffe

In a recent survey carried out by Bicycling magazine, 50 per cent of men and 58 per cent of women said that, if they had to choose between bikes or sex… they’d choose the bikes. Man, their sex lives must be bad. [Bicycling; Image: Martin Pettitt] More »


Online

Average Aussie Broadband Speed Is 348KBps

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12:45PM September 26, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Those hanging out for the NBN might find the latest results of a global study of broadband speeds sobering reading. Australia doesn’t rank in the top five, but even high-speed countries like South Korea aren’t that blazingly fast either. More »


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Most Women Won’t Marry An Unemployed Man

1:24PM June 23, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Men, take some advice from ForbesWoman and YourTango.com. If you want to find Mrs. Right, don’t bother looking until you have a job. More »


Mobile

Stuff You Already Knew: Mobile Users Are Getting Ruder

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3:35PM March 1, 2011 | Daniel Long

A recent Intel survey of 2000 people has found that more than 75% of people believe poor mobile phone etiquette is contributing to the surge in less than polite behaviours. Potentially more worrisome is that 90% of people said they witnessed poor mobile behaviour such as texting while driving. Idiots…. More »


Science

Bitter Drinks Make Us More Judgemental

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10:21AM February 28, 2011 | Daniel Long

In what could be the strangest research study you’ll read today, volunteers at the City University of New York were each given surveys to test their ‘moral compass’ in a variety of odd questions, including that old humdinger: sleeping with your second cousin. More »


News

Reader Survey Winner!

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10:15AM October 13, 2010 | Seamus Byrne

Thanks to everyone who completed our reader survey. Whether you did it out of the goodness of your heart, or you did it because you wanted to win that sweet Sony BRAVIA NX700 and Cyber-shot TX5 combo deal, we appreciate you taking the time. Either way you were in the running for the prize draw… so who won? More »


News

Reader Survey: WIN $3648 TV And Camera Package

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9:30AM September 20, 2010 | Seamus Byrne

Long-time readers might remember our last survey. It’s a time when we find out a little bit more about who is reading, so we can do a better job of (a) serving you and (b) getting the right advertisers involved so we can KEEP serving you! For a few minutes of your time, Sony is kindly offering up a 46-inch BRAVIA NX700 LCD TV along with a Cyber-shot TX5 to one very lucky Allure Media Network reader. More »


Mobile

iPhone Users Eat Chicken, Android Users Eat Pork

2:40PM September 2, 2010 | Casey Chan

In a silly survey conducted by Coupons.com, they’ve discovered some ridiculous “revelations” about iPhone users and Android users. By analysing both platform’s coupon usage, they’ve determined that iPhone users are “feminine-smelling, chicken-eating, entertainment-reading fish owners.” As for Android users: More »


News

Who Did Win That BRAVIA Z Series LCD TV?

11:36AM January 30, 2009 | Kym Weathersten

Without further ado, congrats to Lyn, Paul, Matt, Dan, Georgina and Chris, whose extraordinary abilities to fill out a survey have landed them either a BRAVIA LCD TV (onya Chris) or $100 voucher to their choice of retailer.

Of course, we all know the real reason you so generously gave your time to complete our site surveys had absolutely nothing to do with the $4k prize pool and everything to do with helping us grow our precious little blog. So for that, we thank you.

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News

Last Chance To Win That Bravia Z Series LCD TV

3:12PM January 13, 2009 | Kym Weathersten

You’ve only got three days left to complete our survey for your chance to win a Bravia Z Series LCD TV. That’s plenty of time to answer all those brilliantly worded questions. So get going. You know the drill; simply click through to the survey, tell us about yourself and voila! The TV could be all yours.

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