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The secret swinging world of web browsers
GOOGLE'S polite clap for Internet Explorer is the latest example of chumminess in the browser wars.
Would you fly on a see-through jumbo jet?
EXTRAORDINARY design would allow passengers to look down on cities and landscapes thousands of feet below.
Halo: Reach takes $213 million in one day
IT'S not quite Modern Warfare 2,
but the new Halo title racked up
more than $200m on its first day.
'Light-speed computers in only five years'
BRITISH scientists say a new type of silicon chip that works on light instead of electricity could pave the way for the first ultra-fast quantum computer within five years.
Friday, 17 September
Robots a step closer to replacing humans
JAPANESE researchers unveil a robot they hope will complement human workers in years to come.
Saturday, 18 September
What your mobile phone says about you
ONE brand's owners love entertaining, some hate taking risks and others crave fast food.
Friday, 17 September
People power spurs Colbert to stage rally
US comedians Jon Stewart and and Stephen Colbert to stage competing rallies in Washington DC.
Oakley to launch prescription 3D eyewear
EYEWEAR giant plans to launch
world's first range of prescription
glasses for watching 3D movies.
Telstra fixes four-day email blackout
A FOUR-day email outage for Telstra customers across Australia has finally ended after Bigpond fixed its server problems.
Thursday, 16 September
Telstra fixes email outage after four days
A FOUR-DAY email outage for Telstra customers has finally ended after Bigpond fixed its server problems.
Garden gets fed by Facebook messages
"MEET Eater" garden only gets
watered when people say hi to
it on its Facebook wall.
The browser's dead, long live the browser
MICROSOFT hopes to change
the way most of the world surfs
the web with Internet Explorer 9.
Wednesday, 15 September
Google engineer sacked for online spying
WEB giant confirms worker fired
for privacy breaches after claims
he spied on underage teenagers.
Twitter tweaks site to show video and pics
TWITTER today took the wraps
off a major website redesign to
embrace videos and photos.
Broadband Bonanza
Fierce competition by internet providers means good times for broadband and smartphone users
Ads in games can boost sales for business
BRAND advertisements within video games can boost real-life sales, says a study by the Nielsen Company.
Pedestrians get a lucky brake from Volvo
CAR-maker reveals new technology which enables vehicle to brake if drivers fail to see people on road.
Tuesday, 14 September
Turnbull to 'demolish' broadband network
COMMUNICATIONS policy is about to become a battle of the heavyweights with Malcolm Turnbull appointed to take on Stephen Conroy.
YouTube toys with allowing live streaming
VIDEO website currently trialling letting users post live chats and other events on their channels.
Proof! Mobile conversations are annoying
IT'S not just you. Overhearing other people's phone conversations is annoying. And now there's proof.
Capturing greenhouse gas with sponges
AUSSIE scientists are working to develop "molecular sponges" that they hope will soak up carbon gases and help in the fight to contain greenhouse gas pollution.
It's official, odd rock is actually a meteorite
AN ODD-looking rock found in a dirt paddock on an outback western Queensland property is officially a meteorite.
Microsoft's latest version of Internet Explorer, unveiled today, is set to radically change the way most people surf the web.
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Get the big picture
Get the big picture with the latest projectors that offer an authentic home-cinema experience
Slim pickings
Mobile geeks don't need to choose between laptops that are stocky or slow - a new generation is slim and slick.
iPhone accessories
Apple's new iPhone4 is finally in Australian hands and its accessories have never been so important.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 9
TAKE a look through some of the features of Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9.
Faces of Animania 2010
WE go up close with the colourful cosplayers and anime fanatics at Australia's largest anime, gaming and pop culture convention.
James Dyson Award Finalists
Check out some of the finalists for this year's James Dyson Awards for design engineering
Electrolux Design Lab 2010
The latest crop of kitchen concept gadgets from the Electrolux Design Lab competition
Apple unveils new iPod Touch
Apple's range of iPods changed shape, colour and size today as the company's CEO Steve Jobs revealed the company's biggest makeover of its n...
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SouFun IPO to bring $US433m: Telstra
TELSTRA today said it expects to gross about $US433 million from the IPO of Chinese advertising website SouFun.
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