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Haneef has been released after charges against him were dropped: The media circus farce isn’t over yet though, as Kevin Andrews tries hard to back pedal on the visa revocation decision.

Exactly.

To quote: “In conclusion, what is at play is a radical restructuring of the recognition of indigenous rights and interests in land. This is the beginnings of a revolution in Australian law and a breaking of the consensus established through the Woodward land inquiries, the Whitlam/Fraser land rights legislation, the Mabo and Wik decisions and the Native Title Act. It cannot be under-estimated.” John Howard never gives up on anything. ...

Saw this on Friday, but wasn’t sure if it was new - Google Maps has just added a feature I’ve always wanted - the ability to drag and drop in waypoints, diverting the route. This rocks with a capital R. See demo vid here. Can you say “Road Trip Mapping”? =D

I know, I know, the iPhone is all over the web this week. But here’s something to bust the bubble - interesting to consider that Apple missed these oh-so-common features when doing user-eval (I can only imagine they did - surely Jobs wasn’t the only evaluator, right?). Indeed, it seems like the iPhone was going to be the ever-hyped Video Touchscreen iPod (6G) with Phone, rather than primarily a phone. Ed: updated for 2008/iPhone 3G. ...