An article I wrote on the implications of Wikileaks' most controversial leak to date - of over 75 000 secret US military reports on the state of the War in Afghanistan - is up on Australian Policy Online.

Here's the link: http://www.apo.org.au/commentary/wikileaks-deadly-secrets

A concert to raise money for flood relief in Pakistan is being held at Federation Square.

The Concert for Pakistan will take place on Saturday October 2 at the BMW Edge from 2:30pm and will feature an eclectic blend of sub-continental music.

Tickets cost $37.50 and are available through website Sticky Tickets, although a limited number will also be available at the door. All the proceeds will be donated to Oxfam Australia.

Making Health Global, the website for the 63rd Annual UN DPI NGO Conference, has just gone online.

The 63rd Annual United Nations DPI NGO Conference is going to be held in Melbourne later this month, the third time that the conference has been held outside of New York.

The title of this year's event is 'Making Health Global - Achieve the Millennium Development Goals' and will focus on ways in which non-government organisations can assist in achieving the eight millennium development goals.

New York University Journalism Professor Jay Rosen was in Melbourne last week for a series of talks organised by the Walkley Foundation.

While he was here, Bill Birnbauer and I caught up with Rosen and interviewed him for the Melbourne Press Club. The ten minute interview can currently be found on the homepage of the Melbourne Press Club's website (if it has been moved, try this page).

I've covered what not to say during a live cross before, so consider this another lesson for budding television journalists.

Kevin Rudd has stepped down, paving the way for Julia Gillard to become Australia's first female Prime Minister.

We were having a News Hit drinks night at Melbourne Central when news of the spill came through last night and it came as a huge surprise.

Louie Nelson spotted several of these posters appearing around the corner of Swanston Street at just after 11pm yesterday. He didn't have anything to take a photo with, but, fortunately, News Hit Graphics Editor, Anirudh Asher, was on hand with his camera and took this photo:

I couldn't find any actual footage of the USA's Clint Dempsey's goal against English goalkeeper Robert Green from this morning's USA-England match, but this re-enactment should suffice.

Whoops.

It's the sort of mistake that no television journalist wants to make - dropping the F-bomb on national television. Perth ABC reporter Alisha O'Flaherty did just that during a live cross yesterday.

I guess it's a warning to journalists to always be careful whenever the camera/microphone is on.

Anyone who has a fondness for retro video games is guaranteed to like this short film.

Yes, that's a bit of a grand claim, but Patrick Dean's Pixel is that good - a really clever piece of digital filmmaking.

It asks a question that doesn't get asked often enough these days: what would happen if the space invaders from Space Invaders, Pac Man and Donkey Kong attacked New York?

I don't want to spoil it for you. Watch it for yourself below:

The iPad has been all over the news lately, having sold 300 000 units on its first day of release in the United States. With so many people desperately trying to get their hands on Apple's latest device, it's no surprise that this video showing a brand new iPad getting smashed by a baseball bat, entitled 'Brand new ipad getting smashed by a baseball bat', has provoked outrage on YouTube: