Rape charges dropped after deleted messages recovered from iPhone
Deleted but decoded text messages undermined a schoolgirl's claims against a northern beaches businessman, writes Joel Gibson.
$400m cable to double internet capacity out of Australia
BEN GRUBB 2:59pm Two companies will invest an estimated $US400 million ($AU447) in a new 13,600 kilometre submarine telecommunications cable that they say will double internet capacity out of Australia and further reduce its cost to consumers.
Google's student election ignores reality: McKay
Botnet mastermind who infected 12m PCs nabbed : FBI
Bare cheek: Chatroulette cracks down on saucy antisocial networkers
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iPhone 4 Australian launch guide
ASHER MOSES The iPhone 4's launch in Australia is just days away and Apple and its carrier partners have today announced their pricing plans and launch event details.
US target practice: the $57m Aussie fall guys
ASHER MOSES Three Sydney university PhD students who developed Terminator-style robots will soon see their technology trialled by US Marines sharpshooters in a $57 million coup.
New iPhone app could prove a nightmare for home vendors
BEN GRUBB A new app for the iPhone 3GS, that allows the user to locate nearby property development proposals just by pointing their mobile at a home, is likely to send shudders through potential vendors and landlords.
Internet addresses set to run dry
ASHER MOSES In less than a year, the world will run out of internet addresses and inaction by internet providers could lead to broken applications and more expensive net connections, experts warn.
Web snoop blackout
BEN GRUBB The government has censored 90 per cent of a secret document outlining its controversial plans to snoop on Australians' web surfing.
MySpace plans relaunch
ASHER MOSES Australian traffic to MySpace has tanked by almost 50 per cent in the past year as its owner, News Corp, announces plans to relaunch the site to target a younger audience.
Telstra blunder
BEN GRUBB In an embarrasing blunder, Telstra this morning directed its Twitter followers to a Facebook page entitled "Telstra is pathetic".
Fine print with periodic payments
DAVID FLYNN Unlike the old mono LaserJets, equipment is now paid for on contract, writes David Flynn.
Facebook feud
A Facebook feud between two women who claimed to love the same prison inmate led to a high-speed chase and a crash that critically injured one of the rivals, killed her friend and left the second rival facing murder charges.
Blogs
Untangling the Web
Want eternal life? It could be possible in the Internet of Things
GORDON FARRER The explosion of information in the Internet of Things, combined with a revolution in "smart" objects, is changing how humans relate to machines.
Gadgets on the go
Telstra T-Box: TiVo wannabe
ADAM TURNER
The T-Box is a reasonable media player, but sadly it falls short as a Personal Video Recorder.
As I said in my other T-Box posts, Telstra’s new gadget is basically a high definition ...
Screen Play
Cheap thrills
JASON HILL 7:37am The success of Sony’s range of Minis bite-sized games is challenging the widely-held perception that the handheld PSP is a stagnant format.
The Geek
Here's an election truth: the internet and government hate each other
JOHN BIRMINGHAM Here’s a gross oversimplification for you, but it is election time so I’m gonna do it anyway. The interwebs do not like governments. The functional core of government is control, an unpalatable Hobbesian truth that, the constraining of our natural inclinations to do as we damn well please. The interwebs on the other hand are all about autonomy and extending the reach and range and power of the billions of little meatsacks whose activities online effectively create the webs in a self reinforcing feedback loop.
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