Technology
Hero treatment for 'BlackBerry's iPhone'
BLACKBERRY maker Research in Motion is expected to unveil its long anticipated competition for Apple's iPhone next week.
Forget Google - ask your Facebook friends
FACEBOOK launched a trial version today of a new service which allows members to pose questions to other users.
Illegal Nintendo games are illegal - court
London's High Court rules the R4 cartridge and other similar devices for the Nintendo DS are illegal.
Britain's oldest Twitter user dies aged 104
BRITAIN'S oldest Twitter user Ivy Bean, who regularly updated her 56,000 followers, died today aged 104.
Thursday, 29 July
Old Spice Guy to hit the silver screen
THE "Old Spice Guy" to become the man your actor could look like after signing up to star in a Hollywood film.
Meet the internet's Magnificent Seven
NEXT time the office geek says he broke the internet, tell him not to panic - seven people can fix it.
Court awards payout over Facebook post
MAN wins $17,000 after a friend posted porn on his page, saying: "You like kids and you are gay".
iPhones, iPads to be used in Ashes blitz
FOOTAGE of unruly spectators will be beamed straight to security staff in hi-tech assault on violence.
Wednesday, 28 July
Forget 2010, who'll win the next election?
GOOGLE asks schools around Australia to take part in "virtual" election for 15-to-17-year-olds.
Swede Larsson sells 1m Kindle books
SWEDEN'S Stieg Larsson is the first author to sell over one million books in Amazon's Kindle e-bookstore, the retailer says.
Chatroulette cracks down on perverts
CHATROULETTE wants users - and investors - to know that it won't host videos of dirty old men and sex acts.
Apple launches 'magic trackpad'
APPLE unveils the "Magic Trackpad", a touchpad which allows users to operate a desktop with finger gestures, instead of a mouse.
Tuesday, 27 July
Jailbroken - now iPhones are for porn, too
IPHONE owners will soon be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run apps that haven't been approved by Apple.
Defence turns its spotlight on Wikileaks
TASKFORCE to examine leaked war documents to find out if they jeopardise Australian operations.
Sony working to make Blu-ray obsolete
SONY has technology that will allow it to encode discs with up to 25 times more data then a standard Blu-ray disc.
Monkeys 'can't be trained to shoot people'
SOME good news for our Diggers in Afghanistan - you won't be fighting Taliban-trained monkeys.
Twelve must-reads in Wikileaks' war logs
OSAMA'S wife bonus, assassins and cover-ups - here's a quick guide to the Wikileaks furore.
Star Trek fans offer cave tours in Klingon
AN Australian tourist location will start offering tours in the fictional language of Klingon.
Facebook launches page for safety news
FACEBOOK today launched a page on its site devoted to staying safe on the internet.
Apple faces fine after web pricing mix-up
US computer giant Apple threatened with a fine if it does not act on price dispute.
First full face transplant patient revealed
SPANISH farmer "Oscar" discharged from hospital as he prepares to start a brand new life.
Monday, 26 July
Controversy is good, says Wikileaks boss
FORMER hacker encouraged by angry reaction to the release of secret Afghan war documents.
Critics have come out in droves to claim this amazing whale picture was Photoshopped. But is it so easy to spot a fake?
BP disaster - doctoring pics | Dolphins watch TV |
Pump up the volume
If it's good vibrations you are after these latest advances in sound may be the way to go.
Technology Pictures
Australian Museum Eureka Prize 2010
Some of the best entries in the 2010 New Scientist Australian Museum's Eureka Prize for Science Photography.
Nine ways augmented reality can help you
Whether it's for productive uses, or just to make work that little bit more bearable, augmented reality offers a stack of possibilities for ...
WISE - Shooting the sky
NASA's project to photograph the sky completes its first run, with the WISE telescope sending back images collated from more than 1.3 millio...
Great Lego Re-Inventions
Check out these re-inventions of common machinery. Built using Lego and ingenuity.
Stephen Hawking's aliens
See visions of aliens as imagined by the world's best brian - theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
World's Fastest Supercars
Forget your 110kmh speed limit - these super speedy road-huggers will crack that in 1st with your foot barely on the throttle
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Optus CIO joins QR National
QR National has bolstered its senior management ranks by poaching Optus technology head Lawrie Turner as it prepares to float later this year.
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