+ Why young entrepreneurs leave home—"We've created crack for women," says 20-year-old entrepreneur Nikki Durkin of her online fashion startup 99dresses. The trouble is, Australian financ...

+ The evolution of marketing analytics—Marketing analytics companies are linking call data to web and mobile traffic to give a clearer picture than ever before of what your marketing dollar...

+ Paralysed woman uses mind to move robotic arm—A QUADRIPLEGIC woman has used her mind to control a robotic arm, taking a sip from a drink bottle unassisted for the first time in 15 years.

+ No need to get hysterical but networkers show side effects—Doctors have called for research into the links between social media and public health.

+ Science writer hopes Venus will inspire love of the universe—DAVA SOBEL plans to travel to an observatory high on a mountain in California to witness next month's rare celestial event - a transit of Venus.

+ Quit Facebook or be expelled, school says—A primary school principal is threatening to expel students aged under 13 who refuse to delete their Facebook accounts, in a bold bid to stamp out cyb...

+ Blizzard steps in after GAME customers 'left out in the cold'—Ailing video game retailer GAME says it won't be able to fulfill pre-orders for blockbuster title Diablo III or give refunds.

+ Apple fixes Siri bug that declared Nokia Lumia the best smartphone—Apple has leapt to repair an embarrassing bug that last week caused the personal assistant app Siri to declare that the Nokia Lumia 900 was the best s...

+ Kodak had secret nuclear reactor—Ailing imaging company Kodak had a secret nuclear reactor hidden in a US research facility for more than 30 years.

+ Body heat-powered computers a step closer—Scientists have paved the way for computers that run off of body heat or other waste heat from our surroundings.

+ Musical start-up pins hope on perfect pitch—Seven musicians and self-proclaimed nerds are holed up above a Balaclava coffee shop, preparing for what could be the most important five minutes of t...

+ The Facebook dilemma: how young is too young?—With a father famous for his embarrassing encounters with technology, it's little surprise Shane Warne's ex-wife is wary about letting their children ...

+ Apple strips '4G' claim from iPad marketing—Apple succumbs to court action and pressure from regulators in Australia and the UK and drops the “4G” label from marketing material concerning the sa...

+ 3D world takes shape—From rings to spare parts, the solid truth is most things can now be printed, writes Brad Howarth.

+ Like it or not, Facebook users can expect more ads—ITS GLOBAL user base is climbing inexorably towards 1 billion and next week, when it floats as a public company, Facebook is expected to be valued at ...

+ Data miners find there's gold in them thar files—There's another mining boom you may have missed. It too involves paying young people six-figure salaries in their first jobs, and exploring deeper for...

+ Data miners find there's gold in them thar files—THERE'S another mining boom you may have missed. It too involves paying young people six-figure salaries in their first jobs, and exploring deeper for...

+ Take a break from Lady Gaga and stay tuned to the traffic instead—ROAD safety experts say the huge number of people using headphones is partly to blame for rates of pedestrian deaths and injuries not following the do...

+ Apple co-founder Woz weighs in against tech giant on price discrimination—Apple co-founder Steve 'Woz' Wozniak has sided with Australian consumers on the contentious topic of price discrimination, saying we shouldn't have to...

+ Connect with care when travelling—Travel safely with your tech, for your own sake and everyone else's, writes Juha Saarinen.

+ Hands on: Samsung Galaxy S III—The Galaxy S III doesn't leave much room for improvement, save for the hardware design, but we thought we were going to be blown away, and we were lef...

+ You could be fired for 'liking' a Facebook page—Never mind what you write about on Facebook, simply clicking the 'like' button could cost you your job.

+ Robot bird perches on human hand—Researchers at the University of Illinois successfully duplicate the control mechanisms that allow birds to perform a soft landing, such as perching o...

+ Antivirus folks eye Apple cart—Computer security companies are introducing their products to Mac users after Flashback.

+ Angry, sad or happy - it's all in the eye of the beholder—A study of people's perceptions of computer-generated faces suggests that facial expressions may not be universal and that our culture strongly shapes...

+ Right tune sets tone—Kick tinkling bells to the kerb and liven up your mobile's ring, writes Katie Cincotta.

+ Twitter downplays reports of 55,000 hacked accounts—Hackers purportedly affiliated with the hacktivist group Anonymous claimed this week to have accessed and published the details of about 55,000 Twitte...

+ Liberal candidate threatens Facebook users over satirical article—Liberal Party candidate in Tasmania threatens to contact the employers of Facebook users who 'liked' a satirical article posted about him online.

+ Google sparks war of the roses—The online florist Roses Only is suing a South Australian competitor, easyflowers.com.au, claiming it attempted to hijack customers by paying Google t...

+ Bionic British woman finishes marathon after 16 days—A paralysed British woman became the first person to complete a marathon in a bionic suit as she crossed the finishing line in London on Tuesday 16 da...

+ Pell's threat to sue Twitter highlights law's use-by date—A THREAT by Sydney's Catholic Archbishop Cardinal George Pell to sue Twitter for defamation over an offensive tweet by the Melbourne blogger Catherine...

+ Web snooping plan a step closer to reality—Any device connected to the internet such as a computer, smartphone or tablet could soon have its web history logged and retained for up to two years ...

+ MasterCard PayPass wallet: buy with one click or tap—MasterCard launches PayPass Wallet Services, a new global offering that makes it easier and faster for customers to make purchases in stores and onlin...

+ The next next big things—The startup scene is on fire, flooded with apps and services that are attracting users and backing from venture capitalists.

+ Bigger and brighter: why the moon was super-sized last night—If you caught a glimpse through the clouds over Melbourne and the moon looked bigger and brighter than normal last night, you weren't imagining it.

+ Radio revolution in bits and bytes—The latest advance in broadcasting, slowly winning over Australians, is about to get a push from a driving force.

+ Toss up: digital car radios—We compare two after-market digital car radios.

+ Young moguls in the making—Has the review of Australia's media landscape missed a crucial point? Julian Lee reports.

+ Samsung reignites smartphone wars with Galaxy S III—Samsung fires a pre-emptive strike ahead of the launch of the new iPhone with the release of the Galaxy S III - a high-end Android smartphone that fea...

+ Aussie YouTube star flamed for being BlackBerry 'puppet'—An Australian YouTube blogger has admitted he didn't tell the "whole truth" when he posted a video he shot last week giving publicity to a BlackBerry ...

+ $2.2m up for grabs as the garage sale trailblazers take over—IT MAY be the only garage sale where you can buy rare white-label Beatles records, a fairy floss maker and an apartment.

+ Jupiter's moons get Juice flowing—LONDON: Jupiter's icy moons will be the focus of Europe's next large science mission. The €1 billion ($1.27 billion) Juice mission will investigate th...

+ Old transport app back on schedule—Public Transport Victoria has bowed to public pressure and will bring back its old public transport iPhone app after a flood of complaints from users ...

+ Australia to miss out as billionaires shoot for the stars—Australia is cashing in on the resources boom on Earth but it's lagging behind in the race to the new mineral frontier ... space.

+ RIM chief: physical BlackBerry keyboards not going away—Research in Motion CEO Thorsten Heins moved to reassure the BlackBerry faithful that it was not killing off the physical keyboard as had been reported...

+ Scientists watch black hole feast on unlucky star—Scientists have witnessed the rare spectacle of a supermassive black hole devouring a star that had ventured too close - an event that occurs about on...

+ New BlackBerry teased but critics say it's almost 'too late' for RIM—BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has shown off advanced new features that will be available on new BlackBerry 10 smartphones - and a new prototype ...

+ Vision of future: experts close to turning bionic eye dream into reality—FIFTEEN years ago, the bid to create Australia's first bionic eye relied on university researchers pillaging old stereos for parts.

+ RIM behind 'Wake Up' protest at Sydney Apple store—BlackBerry maker RIM has owned up to being responsible for an extended protest outside Apple's Sydney CBD store last week after online sleuths traced ...

+ 'Upset' Cher sells Adelaide key for nearly $100,000—US singer Cher is "upset" and trying to get to the bottom of why a key to the city of Adelaide she was given in 1990 ended up on eBay, selling for nea...

+ Just one more game—They’re time-sucking, relationship-busting, mind-crushing – and hyper-addictive. Sam Anderson on the power and allure of digital games.

+ Parliament probes technology price gouge—Apple and Microsoft will be among technology companies asked to explain to Parliament why Australians pay much more for music and game downloads from ...

+ Broadband hope for island life—THE federal government's high speed broadband network could help stem the exodus of young people from struggling island communities, Australia's first...

+ At last, real help with the chores—The futuristic dream of a home filled with web-connected appliances looks set to be realised this year.

+ Toss up: internet subscription music services—Subscription music services put massive music libraries at your fingertips, letting you listen to millions of tracks streamed from the internet.

+ Rise of online teaching—THE phenomenal success of a ''crazy idea'' by a Stanford University professor, Sebastian Thrun, to open free online enrolments in his artificial intel...

+ Telstra pulls out of porn market after customer backlash—Telstra has bowed to pressure from anti-pornography campaigners and removed soft-core porn content previously available to download via its BigPond se...

+ YouTube launches movie rental service in Australia—Web giant Google has joined Apple and others like Sony, Microsoft and Telstra in offering thousands of on-demand movies for online rental in Australia...

+ Hollywood hackers: how the silver screen gets it wrong—Video game graphics, silly buzzwords and even two people typing frantically on the same keyboard at once – Hollywood has often had a bit of fun when i...

+ Tupac's performance was no hologram—The 'hologram' that allowed murdered rapper Tupac Shakur to steal the show at the Coachella music festival was a mere theatre trick that has existed f...

+ Telco customer service reviewed—You hear horror stories about telco customer service all the time. They're brought up around the water cooler, posted as irate status updates, and gru...

+ Sydney scientist helps design tiny super computer—It is a flat layer of 300 atoms hovering in space but it has the potential to perform calculations that would now require a supercomputer larger than ...

+ Why your wi-fi is never safe—With almost 50 per cent of Australia's internet subscribers using mobile or wireless broadband, serious concerns are being raised about the security o...

+ Geeks use computer power to cure cancer—Technology enthusiasts are using the power of their computers to join the fight to cure diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.Technolog...

+ Woman in divorce row loses job fight—A WOMAN who used Australian Federal Police databases to dig up dirt on her former husband during a bitter divorce has lost a claim for unfair dismissa...

+ Sky of the beholder—The invention of binoculars brought the cosmos a little closer with convenience.

+ Google's Drive to dominate your digital life—Google is hoping to build the world's largest digital filing cabinet in the latest attempt to deepen people's dependence on its services.

+ An error message with a twist—Encountering an error page while surfing the web is undoubtedly frustrating, but increasingly companies are designing witty 404 error pages that can s...

+ Eye in the sky releases breathtaking images—The creators of the GeoEye-1 satellite have released a set of stunning images that show how our planet has changed in the four years since its launch.

+ Save hundreds off your mobile phone bill—The best value for money lies with small mobile carriers, writes Jenneth Orantia.

+ New thinking on pill-popping—The latest generation of drugs is revolutionising the concept of tuning in and turning on, writes Deb Smith.

+ Anger as 'Cher' tries to sell Adelaide key on eBay—Officials in Adelaide voice their disappointment at revelations that US singer Cher had apparently put her key to the city up for sale on eBay.

+ Oops! Email misfire sacks all 1300 staff—Aviva, Britain's second- biggest insurer by market value, said the company's investment unit mistakenly sent an email dismissing its entire staff befo...

+ Google execs and James Cameron to mine asteroids—Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and billionaire co-founder Larry Page team up with Avatar director James Cameron to explore space and mine aste...

+ The death of email has been greatly exaggerated—Just because email is commonplace doesn't mean we know how to use it properly and productively.

+ Fast network takes its time—The rollout is taking place in stages. The implementation is an extremely complex exercise in logistics, writes Nick Galvin.

+ Confessions of a tweeter—It began as a way to make friends laugh, but then Larry Carlat was hooked.

+ Ex-lover punished for Facebook revenge—People can now be held accountable for their actions on social media.

+ Could this virus cure cancer?—Australian scientists are leading a global charge to combat one of the world's worst killers with a surprising secret weapon - the common cold.

+ Hollywood studios sunk in internet piracy wars—An Australian-based internet company yesterday beat dozens of Hollywood studios that were trying to stop internet piracy in the first copyright case t...

+ Social media blurs the lines between home, office—POLITICS has been redefined by it; wars have been organised with it; movies have been made about it.

+ Hollywood loses final appeal in piracy case—A damaging blow has been dealt to the giants of the film industry in the High Court today after it decided to dismiss their copyright infringement app...

+ Is this the world's most downloaded man?—Danish Jesper Bruun is the world's most downloaded model in stock photography - at least, according to Brazilian photographer Fernando Martins.

+ Aussie start-up in $1.5m funding win just two months after launch—An Aussie start-up launched recently as an online errands and chores marketplace has been granted $1.5 million in funding.

+ Five technologies to look for in your next smartphone—Which features do you really need in a smartphone and which ones can you do without?

+ Starlight express; nebula's babies just grow up so quickly—LIFE can be tough for child stars; there's always a newer, younger, brighter one vying for the spotlight.

+ How much Klout you have is in the tweets—THE opposition spokesman on communications, Malcolm Turnbull, said it's ''very flattering to be in such distinguished company''.

+ Apollo 16 mission far from humdrum—MOST of us know the speed of light, but few of us ever consider the speed of time. Obvious it might be, but the speed of time is one second, per secon...

+ Web freedom faces greatest threat ever: Google founder—Threats range from governments trying to control citizens to the rise of Facebook and Apple-style "walled gardens", says tech billionaire.

+ Ridiculously Photogenic Puppy bounds in to take web viral crown—Move over Ridiculously Photogenic Guy, there's a Ridiculously Photogenic Puppy that's bounding your way to take the meme crown.

+ Apple's 'revolutionary' new product is ... a yacht?—World-famous French designer Philippe Starck told a French radio station that he's working on a "revolutionary" secret Apple project that will surface...

+ The next Edison, or scoundrel?—TO HIS friends and supporters, the secretive Australian inventor and entrepreneur Kia Silverbrook is a genius, possibly the most prolific patent holde...

+ Child porn found in game consoles—Police are increasingly seizing gaming consoles from child pornography suspects, as the devices evolve into all-purpose data hubs connected to the int...

+ Student reaches for the moon in out-of-this-world project—IMAGINE if you could harness the sun's energy to power the moon.

+ All the marketing that's fit to post—Corporations are creating their own content, bypassing traditional media, writes Julian Lee.

+ Email snooping IT admins like 'Dracula in charge of the blood bank'—About 40 per cent of IT administrators go snooping through emails of employees, particularly those of high-level executives, claims the chief executiv...

+ Samsung ends Nokia's 14-year reign as king of mobiles—Samsung Electronics has ended Nokia's 14-year leadership of the global mobile phone market, outselling the struggling Finnish handset maker for the fi...

+ Risks of putting digital life in cloud—Don't let a cloud burst leave your data all washed up, writes David Braue.

+ Rubber chicken feast for ridgy-digital gurus—TO THE digital gaming industry and fans, ''Hex'' and ''Bajo'' are as Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton are to moviegoers.

+ Tech support of a different kind comes in a time of need—A couple of days after a fighter jet crashed into her home and levelled it last Friday, Devin Smith, still stupefied and reeling from the experience, ...

+ Bill shock: how you can save thousands—Mobile phone customers hit by "bill shock" have about a 95 per cent chance of successfully recovering the majority of their excess charges.

+ Keen eyes watch hot dot—Astronomers will monitor this year’s transit of Venus with a view to finding life on other planets. It will be the last time they can do so, writes Ro...

+ Hacking case's body of evidence—Pictures of a scantily clad woman taken in an outer-Melbourne suburb have led to the arrest of a man who allegedly hacked law enforcement and governme...

+ Pedal with the mettle—A pushbike and basic gear is all this legendary fashion snapper uses.

+ Glitches rain on the hit parade—iTunes Match puts music in Apple's cloud but the forecast looks patchy.

+ $1 billion pivot to mobiles from PCs—At a time when the mobile startup Instagram can command $1 billion in a sale to Facebook, some startups are asking: who needs the web?

+ 'Text from Hillary': Clinton embraces web parody—Texts From Hillary, a hot new Tumblr featuring a sunglasses-clad, all business Hillary Clinton checking her mobile on a military plane, got a guest su...

+ Watching 'Martha': 50,000 affected by security camera privacy breach—Thousands of people all over the world could be watching "Martha" get ready for bed right now. But Martha isn't an entertainer. She's an elderly woman...

+ 'Got away thanks bro': fugitive Travis updates Facebook on the run—26-year-old fugitive Travis Nicolaysen has evaded US authorities since last week but he's still had time to update his Facebook page.

+ From Perth to Panama: the man who sold his life on eBay—In July 2008, Perth man Ian Usher made international headlines when he decided to sell his entire life on eBay. Four years later, WAtoday tracked him ...

+ Matrix magic makes veterinary surgery less intimidating—THE ''patient'' has no head and no limbs, but her belly is creepily realistic to the touch, thanks to the special effects company that also created th...

+ Three contenders ... online movie rentals—Hiring a movie without getting off the couch is the holy grail of home entertainment.

+ US plan to hack into games consoles—The console of your PlayStation, Xbox or Wii is set to be the next frontier of intelligence gathering, writes Michael Peck, gaming editor at Foreign P...

+ Google's grand plan—The behemoth search company no longer dabbles randomly in exotic ideas. Now, it's all business.

+ Time to reclaim your privacy, says philosopher—GOOGLE, Yahoo, Facebook and other commercial organisations that mine data on people's private activities should be required to regularly ''send us a r...

+ The message couldn't be any clearer—It may not be a terribly romantic notion, but text messages are forever.

+ No argument against God, just another view about origins of the cosmos—LAWRENCE KRAUSS is not coming to Australia to argue that God does not exist.

+ Back to the blackboard on link to cyber bullies—PSYCHOLOGISTS and educators need to go back to the drawing board on cyber-bullying and admit they have little clear insight into what is driving the e...

+ Bitter pill for DVDs as tablets take over—ANOTHER nail is about to be driven into the coffin of the DVD rental store.

+ Anti-virus can't keep up with threat onslaught—Anti-virus software makers are losing the battle to protect consumers against today's computer security threats, writes Liam Tung.

+ NBN labelled a waste to set Labor back years—IT MAY be popular now, but Labor's $36 billion national broadband network is shaping up to be a financial disaster that will set Labor's image back de...

+ App time, then nap time for happy little technomites—AT AGE three, Lili Viall is an avid iPad app user. She has 20-minute ''app time'' sessions on her mother's iPad, which she likes to think is hers.

+ App time, then nap time for happy little technomites—AT AGE three, Lili Diall is an avid iPad app user. She has 20-minute ''app time'' sessions on her mother's iPad, which she likes to think is hers.

+ 'Grey imports': hundreds of dollars to be saved—It's astonishing how much money you can save by purchasing gadgets through "grey import" reseller, writes Jenneth Orantia.

+ 'Stalker' app pulled after 'tool for rapists' outcry—An iPhone app that essentially allowed users to stalk women nearby using location-based social networking service Foursquare has been pulled from the ...

+ China moves to silence free flow of net debate—GUANGZHOU: China's tough new censorship drive against social media, seeking to rein in uncharacteristically public discussion of Beijing's internal po...

+ Speaking of useful apps, this one's a genuine life-changer—John Mavrothalassitis used to communicate using pictures and one or two words. But over the past 18 months, the seven-year-old, who has autism, has st...

+ Google in the gun as cyber hate victims fight back—Consumer complaint websites set up to name and shame become hotbed for hate attacks.

+ See, no evil in outwitting the TV networks—Overseas TV can be watched in ways that don't involve piracy, as Danny Gorog explains.

+ Attack on WikiLeaks mounts as cables are withheld—THE Australian government has renewed its attacks on WikiLeaks, condemning the transparency group for ''reckless, irresponsible and potentially danger...

+ Apple CEO visits Foxconn's iPhone plant in China—Apple's Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Grou...

+ Ten thousand Australians face web blackout—Ten thousand Australian internet users are among four million worldwide who face a total internet blackout from July 9 thanks to a malicious piece of ...

+ NSW schools may lift social networking ban—THE ban on students accessing social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter at school could be relaxed as the NSW Education Department reviews ...

+ Possible life on 100 planets, study says—THE Milky Way is home to tens of billions of rocky planets - including about 100 nearby - that could potentially harbour life, a new study has conclud...

+ Apple offers refund for misled iPad '4G' buyers—Apple Australia has agreed to post signs wherever the new iPad is sold clarifying that the device does not work on Australian 4G networks.

+ Chinese 'Twitter' helps Baillieu reach voters—Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews have embraced the Chinese-language Weibo, a Twitter-like service, in a bid to conn...

+ Popularity of mobile jamming in Australia revealed by regulator—A Sydney company so concerned of people eavesdropping on its board meetings that it installed an illegal mobile phone jamming device is one of four bu...

+ Pinterest bans pro-anorexia content to little effect—Just one month after Tumblr banned content that "actively promotes or glorifies self-injury or self-harm," Pinterest has updated its terms of service ...

+ Regulator puts bite on Apple with court application over iPad claims—AUSTRALIA'S competition watchdog is taking on the world's biggest company, Apple, saying it is misleading consumers over its new iPad.

+ Australia Post bid to control your digital life—First it was the birthday and Christmas cards that started disappearing from your letterbox and turning up electronically in your inbox. Now Australia...

+ Mobile phone jammers a danger to the public—Mobile phone jammers put every one of us at risk, writes Mark Loney of communications regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority

+ Police to cruise streets for unsecured Wi-Fi—The Queensland Police fraud squad will be the first in Australia to go on "wardriving" missions to help residents protect their wireless internet netw...

+ Hunter Valley goes dark after vandals cut cable—Telstra believes vandals are to blame for cutting a cable in the Hunter Valley in the early hours of yesterday morning which disconnected for about 10...

+ New digital technology used like fingerprints—STATE and federal police will begin using sophisticated image-matching software to tag and track child pornographic images in an attempt to reduce the...

+ 'Tasteless': backlash over Kony campaigner's meltdown—The public meltdown of one of the Invisible Children co-founders has seen discussion shift from #Kony2012 to #Bony2012.

+ China puts brakes on web mobilisation—BEIJING: Hundreds of millions of Chinese face being silenced on the country's social networks after the government brought in rules to track people ac...

+ Aussie inventor settles with Microsoft in patent dispute—Ric Richardson, the Australian "man in a van" who has been fighting Microsoft in an eight-year legal battle has settled with the software giant out of...

+ Former Microsoft employee launches 'fixing Windows 8' site—In case you hadn't heard, Microsoft is launching a new version of Windows this year. Windows 8 is a radical departure from previous versions of the so...

+ Goldman Sachs parodies hit internet—A blistering op-ed about Goldman Sachs in The New York Times has prompted the typical internet reaction to a cri de coeur: Twitter chatter, link-dropp...

+ Five ways to control your privacy on Google—Like it or not, your relationship with Google is becoming a lot more intimate.

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