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Jan 25 2012
10:58am		I'm Not Lovin' It: McDonald's Twitter campaign backfires
Lovin' It they were not.... more
Jan 25 2012
3:00am		Telstra opens 4G era for smartphones, but Bondi's off line
SMARTPHONES have just become a whole lot faster potentially. Advantages can run from loading web pages five times more quickly than with the fastest 3G phones to using Facebook and email simultaneously and having video chats with less disruption.... more
Jan 25 2012
3:00am		Sun storm could affect GPS signals
WASHINGTON: Fast on the heels of a solar storm that delivered a glancing blow over the weekend - triggering bright auroras in Canada and Scandinavia - the sun has released an even more energetic blast of radiation and charged plasma that could disrup... more
Jan 24 2012
1:36pm		Aussie tech startup BugHerd strikes gold, raising $500k
An Australian technology startup that aims to make reporting of website faults easier and more visual for non tech-savvy people today announced an investment of $500,000 from Melbourne-based venture capital firm Starfish Ventures.... more
Jan 23 2012
11:28am		Technology: what's next for the extinction list?
With the digital world making the Kodak moment a distant memory, what else is on the brink of technological extinction?... more
Jan 23 2012
3:00am		Megaupload closure hits legitimate users
THE operation to arrest the founder of the online file-sharing service Megaupload and close down the website has left users worldwide in limbo and prompted warnings that consumers should not rely on "cloud" storage for their data.... more
Jan 22 2012
9:29am		The dark side of the net
The anonymity of cyberspace brings out the worst in most people.... more
Jan 22 2012
12:01am		Who is Kim Dotcom?
The arrest of Kim Dotcom, the man allegedly behind the Megaupload file sharing site, is not his first encounter with the law.... more
Jan 21 2012
3:00am		Facing up to tyranny: how a girl and her blog helped change the world
The blogger known as the Tunisian Girl cuts a diminutive figure amid chaos.... more
Jan 20 2012
2:51pm		Grindr exposed
A popular "meat-market" smartphone app that spawned a sexual revolution in Australia's gay community has been compromised by a Sydney hacker, potentially exposing intimate personal chats, explicit photos and private information of users.... more
Jan 20 2012
8:49am		McAfee software bug could turn customers' PCs into spam servers
Anti-virus software maker McAfee warned that a flaw in one of its products could make customers' PCs vulnerable to attacks in which hackers used their computers to distribute spam.... more
Jan 20 2012
6:48am		New light on nebulas
If God had an eye, it would probably look like this: the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth.... more
Jan 19 2012
1:37pm		Brisbane social network wins $3.2m funding
A first name isn't the only thing Mark Cracknell has in common with Mark Zuckerberg.... more
Jan 19 2012
11:15am		Aussie Facebook boss to depart
Facebook's Australia and New Zealand chief is set to leave company, according to a statement issued by the social networking site.... more
Jan 19 2012
3:00am		Encounters of the third kind? Not even close
While there might be life on other worlds, we have had no extraterrestrial visits.... more
Jan 19 2012
3:00am		Australia joins race to defend space
AUSTRALIA has announced it is backing a European Union push for a new international code of conduct for behaviour in space, following a rise in space junk and the clandestine development of satellite-destroying weapons.... more
Jan 19 2012
3:00am		Investigations soar, but regulator is powerless to act
THE number of investigations into illegal gambling websites has ballooned in the past five years, yet no charges have been laid against a site administrator.... more
Jan 18 2012
1:51pm		Smartphones set to punch out cafe coupon cards
The millions of cafe loyalty cards used by Aussies each month - which if stacked flat on top of one another would extend some 2.5 times the height of Sydney Tower - are looming for extinction.... more
Jan 18 2012
11:48am		Advice from a convicted file sharer: give up and go to US
THE convicted NSW file sharer Hew Griffiths is watching events in Britain with a sense of foreboding. A judge has ruled that a 23-year old British student who built a site for sharing TV programs can be extradited to the US to face trial and possibly up to 10 years in jail.... more
Jan 18 2012
3:00am		Easy access triggers explosion in online gambling - study
POKER machines may be in the spotlight but academics warn online gambling could become a significant public health problem if action is not taken to protect vulnerable users.... more

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