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Facebook, Twitter face $17,000-a-day fines for cyber bullying posts

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Lia Timson 1:53 PM   Facebook, Twitter and other technology giants face fines of $17,000 a day if they do not take down cyber bullying material within 48 hours.

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Children's e-Safety Commissioner aims to clean up the net, yet again

Australia's proposed e-Safety Commissioner would crack down on cyber bullying.

Adam Turner 1:35 PM   Can Australia's cyber bully buster succeed where politicians have failed in the past?

Apple loses appeal to trademark 'app store' in Australia

Apple's bid to trademark the term "app store" in Australia has failed.

Ben Grubb 1:30 PM   In a blow to Apple, Australia's Federal Court rejects appeal by the tech giant to trademark the term "app store".

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NBN Co corporate chief 'misled the public' on MTM, says Conroy

"Why did you mislead the public?": Senator Stephen Conroy

Andrew Colley 9:11 AM   Former communications minister accuses NBN Co’s corporate affairs head of political bias in tweets she published over a controversial FTTP construction trial.

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Apple stock: gone in 60 seconds

About $47 billion of market value was wiped from Apple in 60 seconds, but it made back half the loss just as quickly.

Callie Bost 8:34 AM   Apple shares plunged almost 5 per cent during a 60-second swoon as the market opened yesterday, and with some lucky traders enjoying a rare payday.

Change of government in Victoria throws digital state up in the air

Former Victoria Minister for IT Gordon Rich-Phillips.

Sylvia Pennington   Will Victoria's next IT Minister have their own ideas on shaking up government procurement and taking the state's economy into the digital era?

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Children's e-Safety Commissioner aims to clean up the net, yet again

Adam Turner 1:35 PM   Can Australia's cyber bully buster succeed where politicians have failed in the past?

Imaging

Family slide night a thing of beauty

Sending a link to a Flickr album is the easiest way to share a photo collection.

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Users monitor consumption with menu monitor

Garry Barker   During its seven years of service, iStat Menus has been downloaded millions of times.

Astronomy

Astronomy can be life changing: Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith

Clare Colley   Wi-Fi, advanced medical imaging and algorithms to detect skin cancer all have one thing in common - they were all offshoots of astronomy, CSIRO astronomer Dr Lisa Harvey-Smith says.