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<i>Chris Rattue:</i> A severe case of yellow card madness
Rugby is stark raving bonkers to send blokes off in test matches for innocuous incidents, writes Chris Rattue.

Refugee star lights up world stage
British-born rapper M.I.A. is the most provocative pop artist of her generation. She talks to Miranda Sawyer about being banned by YouTube and why passion and pop are inseparable.

How a Google mix-up on YouTube left PM's real message
Some of the translations of Prime Minister John Key's video diary messages are less than perfect.

Motorsport: USF1 team barred forever
The USF1 Formula One team has been fined and barred from ever competing in F1 for not taking part in the 2010 world championship.

Budget? Nah, give us Pac-Man, say Kiwis
New Zealanders were more interested in playing Pac-Man than the Budget last month.

Between the basslines
What began as an after-work hobby has turned into a surprise career change as Mt Eden Dubstep prepare to take their music to the world.

<i>Mark Irving: </i>Getting a laugh in advertising
There's some pretty dire stuff out there but every so often an ad comes along that's a true rib-tickler

Battle of the Gleeks: SuBo vs J-Lo
Susan Boyle continues to ruffle feathers - now she and Jennifer Lopez are set to be Hollywood's latest grudge enemies.

Words that make me cringe - 'make it viral!'
Three words that make me cringe: "Make it viral"...

Kids beware - the web never forgets
Things used to be in the past, but now they're not. They're on YouTube (motto: "Broadcast Yourself") and Vimeo and Facebook and Idiotvids.

10 songs about money
I was inspired on the way to kindy this morning when the Monty Python 'Money song' came on the radio, to search out 10 songs about money.

iPad: Manual not included
The iPad doesn't come with instructions - and it's not the only gadget to do so. Are we losing our curiosity about how technology works?

UK election gaffe: Brown calls voter a bigot
Britain's beleagured Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made a big gaffe in the lead-up to the election.

Millions watch shiny new iPads smashed to bits
They took it out into the shopping mall's car park, where they summarily executed it with a baseball bat - the poor little thing didn't stand a chance.