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Apple

Steve Jobs defied convention, and perhaps law

James B. Stewart That's the provocative question being debated in antitrust circles in the wake of revelations that Jobs was the driving force in a conspiracy to prevent competitors from poaching employees.

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Science

ANU lays new element 117 on the periodic table

Clare Colley Science students everywhere could soon be memorising the name of a new element on the periodic table.

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Science

Bionic eye gives hope to blind

Bridie Smith A prototype bionic eye is shaping up as a breakthrough for blind patients.

Science

Australian scientist regrows monkey's heart with stem cells

Nicky Phillips An Australian scientist has led the first team in the world to regrow part of the heart of a living animal with heart disease using stem cells.

Apps

Uber snubs ride sharing app ban

Ben Grubb Uber to offer ride-sharing despite NSW ban.

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Mobiles

Vodafone issues are 'in the past'

Ben Grubb Vodafone says there is "no way" its network problems of 2010 will be repeated.

Spam

Happy 20th birthday, spam

Mahesh Sharma Spam makes up 64% of all emails. It all started with two immigration lawyers 20 years ago.

Web

Warrants extend to overseas emails

Joseph Ax ISPs must turn over international emails sought by US government warrants.

Space

Beta Pictoris a far off planet in a spin

Scientists have for the first time measured the rotation of a planet in another solar system.

Science

Cloning technique may help diabetes

Nicky Phillips Diabetes therapy may lie in extracting stem cells from cloned embryos.

Security

Gov urged to take security seriously

Ben Grubb Opposition calls on government to take Aussie security seriously.

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Science

3D-printed cast helps heal bones

Lucy Kinder A 3D-printed cast could heal broken bones up top 40 per cent faster.

Blogs & Columns

Gadgets on the Go

Quickflix coming to Chromecast and Apple TV

Adam Turner Aussie subscription video service Quickflix aims to run on Google and Apple's streaming media players by the end of the year.

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Screenplay

Infamous Second Son: Powerful

The lively Second Son clearly has ambitions to be more serious than the PlayStation 3 Infamous games.

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Imaging

Traveller's best friend is an iPad or iPhone

Garry Barker I have always admired Phileas Fogg, that fictional chap created in 1873 who won a wager of £20,000 by toddling around the world in 80 days.

MacMan

Filters up for partial solar eclipse on April 29

Perry Vlahos The eclipse begins about 4pm. Mid-eclipse, when more than half the sun will be obscured, is at 5.07pm. The sun sets while still eclipsed at 5.37pm.