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Article | 15/05/2010 Shuttle Atlantis launches on its last mission

NASA's space shuttle Atlantis lifted off at 2:20 p.m. EDT today, heading out on the final mission of its 25-year career.

Article | 13/05/2010 SAP to buy Sybase for $US5.8B in all-cash deal

SAP has announced it will buy mobile and database vendor Sybase for roughly $5.8 billion.

Article | 14/04/2010 The 8 best iPad apps -- so far

1Password encrypts, stores and organizes your passwords and other private information, and automates logins for Web sites and other Internet services.

Article | 24/03/2010 NASA's Mars rover starts to think for itself

After seven years of working on the surface of Mars, NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has been upgraded to allow it to make some of its own decisions.

Article | 11/03/2010 Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks

Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security resear...

Article | 3/03/2010 NASA: Millions of tons of water discovered on moon

A NASA radar system onboard India's lunar orbiter has spotted evidence of water -- a lot of water -- on the moon's north pole.

Article | 28/01/2010 Is the iPad 'iBad for freedom'?

Defective by Design.org has <a href="http://www.defectivebydesign.org/ipad">slammed the iPad</a> just hours after its release, saying its "iBad for fr...

Article | 15/01/2010 Hackers used IE zero-day, not PDF, in China-Google attacks

Hackers exploited an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) browser to break into some of the firms targeted in a widespread at...

Article | 8/01/2010 Large-scale attacks exploit unpatched PDF bug

A week before Adobe is scheduled to patch a critical vulnerability in its popular PDF software, hackers are actively exploiting the bug with both targ...

Article | 24/12/2009 iMac firmware update fails to fix flickering problems

Owners of Apple's 27in iMac have reported that the firmware update released earlier this week has not solved their flickering display problems, accord...

Article | 10/12/2009 In Pictures: Realising Our Broadband Future summit

Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, opened the Realising Our Broadband Future conference in Sydney and was joined by a host of notable speakers.

Article | 20/11/2009 Reports: Computer glitch causes flight delays in U.S.

A computer system used by airline pilots to file flight plans in the U.S. was not working properly this morning, according to news reports by CNN and ...

Article | 14/11/2009 Top posts on the AFACT v iiNet case – Week 4

In the closing stages of the iiNet vs AFACT case at the Federal Court of Australia, online debate about the pros and cons of each side's arguments con...

Article | 21/10/2009 VicRoads reverses mobile GPS ban

The motoring authority of Victoria, VicRoads, has backed down on a plan to ban the use of mobile global positioning system (GPS) devices in cars.

Article | 15/10/2009 Telstra offers Mobile Foxtel on the iPhone

iPhone users will be the first to gain access to a new video streaming service running over Telstra’s NextG network.