Web Watch

Vote Webbies
Net users can now turn their attention to the 7th Annual Webby Awards, presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. The nominations have just been posted, and there's a People's Choice award in each category, so register to vote. The winners will be announced on June 5. This year, there will be two events, with IADAS announcing the 1st Annual Webby Business Awards. Nominations are open in 14 categories, and the deadline has been extended to May 30. The winners will be announced in autumn. The aim is to honour sites that "excel at achieving fundamental business goals". www.webbyawards.com/main/
www.webbyawards.com/main/businessawards/

Sars
The World Health Organisation has for the first time warned people about travelling to Hong Kong and Guangdong in China, though Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) has spread beyond those areas. The UK's Department of Health, the US government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the WHO all have comprehensive sites, as does the Department of Health in Hong Kong. Yahoo UK is also tracking the story. www.doh.gov.uk/sars/
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/
www.who.int/csr/sars/en/
www.info.gov.hk/dh/ap.htm
http://uk.fc.yahoo.com/p/pneumonia.html

Book ends Phil Jupitus loves Winnie-the-Pooh. True. The BBC's Great Britons series was such a huge success, it is having another go with a new series, The Big Read. You vote for your best-loved book on the website or by calling 09011 110 820. This will lead to a list of the Top 100 books, which will be reduced to a Top 10, and you will be able to vote for your number one. Or for a relaxing read, you could always drop in on David Freeman's site, Relax With A Book. Freeman has been interviewing authors for The Book Show on Sky News. There are more than 600 interviews in Real Player and Windows Media formats.
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/
www.relaxwithabook.com

First and best
Many children will be surprised to hear that Optimus Prime is serving with the US forces in the Middle East. Optimus Prime is, in this case, the legal name of a military fireman from Ohio, a Transformers fanatic since 1984. He has a car with an Autobot numberplate, a website about transformers and has been interviewed by Bot Collector. All he needs now is a female transformer fan who will change her name to Elita-1. "I will marry you on the spot," he says. http://optimusprime.robobase.com
http://www.botcollector.com/ComShowCase2.htm

Movie time
He said he would be back. This time, Arnie has to take on a Terminatrix. You can download the trailer from the official Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines website (Flash required). Another sequel is also due this summer, but it will not arouse anything like as much excitement - Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. For smaller downloads, the results of the 10 Second Films competition have been announced, with the first prize going to Walking Haiku. www.terminator3.com
www.tombraidermovie.com
www.tensecondfilms.com

2B from 13b
On his Baker Street blog, Brian Millar "microgloats" that he has won a D&AD design award for his Powerpoint Shakespeare - a version of Hamlet executed in Microsoft Powerpoint. It was April 1, but it certainly deserves one. It was produced for the B3ta website which is running an interview with Graham Rawle of Lost Consonants fame. www.baker-street.net
http://baker-street.net/hamlet (Powerpoint file)
www.dandad.org
www.b3ta.com
www.b3ta.com/interview/grahamrawle/

New & noted

· The portal to US government sites has a new design and a new address:
www.gpoaccess.gov

· The Unicorn Tapestries:
www.metmuseum.org/explore/Unicorn/unicorn_splash.htm

· 50 years of DNA:
www.dna50.org

· Iraq's antiquities:
www2.h-net. msu.edu/~museum/iraq.html

· Is it real or is it graphics?
www.fakeorfoto.com

Six of the best: War news

Al-Jazeera

http://english.aljazeera.net

Iraq

www.uruklink.net/mofa/epage.htm

Cyberjournalinks
www.cyberjournalist.net/features/iraqcoverage.html