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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.
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.](/web/20141203145606im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/z/v/u/v/1/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11z8l3.png/1417576356852.jpg)
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
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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
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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.
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.](/web/20141203145606im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/y/v/8/c/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11yv0m.png/1417559032654.jpg)
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
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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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NASA prepares to test Orion, the spaceship that could take US to Mars
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Christian Davenport 12:39 PM A first test flight of the Orion spacecraft on Thursday morning will be a huge step towards a NASA human space-flight program.
Scientists discover malaria's Achilles heel
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Natasha Boddy Scientists have discovered an Achilles heel for malaria.
The father of DNA is selling his Nobel prize because everyone thinks he’s racist
![Controversial ... James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, has not backed down from racist comments he made in 2007.](/web/20141203145606im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/y/1/g/e/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11y14p.png/1417503437152.jpg)
Rachel Feltman James Watson has a reserve of $2.5 million and will become the first living recipient of the prestigious award to sell a Nobel prize.
Blogs & Columns
Gadgets on the Go
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?
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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.