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Article | 12/01/2011 CES 2011: Where tablet PCs and 3D TVs ruled

My pockets are stuffed full of business cards from people I do not remember meeting, my head is thumping like a flamenco dancer, there's margarita sal...

Article | 11/01/2011 Wikipedia celebrates a decade of edit wars, controversy and Internet dominance

Wikipedia and its users are planning more than 300 celebration events across six continents for the 10th anniversary of the free, online encyclopedia ...

Article | 12/01/2011 Optus: 25 years of satellite technology

Following the formation of AUSSAT by the Australian Government in 1981, a government owned company designed to own and operate the national satellite ...

Article | 14/12/2010 YouTube 2010 'top videos' list ruled by music

If YouTube started as a place for people to upload low-res videos, Google's global 2010 'most popular' video list shows just how fast the model is evo...

Article | 14/12/2010 Goodbye Internet, we hardly knew ye?

This end-of-year article is a looking forward one -- looking forward to a year in which the Internet will be under a multi-pronged attack that threate...

Article | 11/12/2010 Who’s using Twitter? Some surprising answers

Eight percent of online Americans may use Twitter, as the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported on Thursday. But does that mean your small bus...

Article | 11/12/2010 Something Wiki this way comes

It's been All WikiLeaks, All the Time here in Cringeville lately. And why not? As I noted last time out, this is the biggest thing to hit the WebberNe...

Article | 11/12/2010 Could Wikileaks scandal lead to new virtual currency?

It's not an exaggeration to say that the recent Wikileaks scandal has shaken the Internet to its core. Regardless of where you stand on the debate, va...

Article | 10/12/2010 Sydney rally backs WikiLeaks

Sydney supporters of WikiLeaks this afternoon rallied at Town Hall Square to demand the Australian government condemn Julian Assange's arrest.

Article | 9/12/2010 WikiLeaks: A case study in Web survivability

In recent weeks WikiLeaks has been targeted by denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, had its hosting service shutdown, been bounced off of Amazon hosting, ...

Article | 8/12/2010 Four technologies for faster broadband in 2011

A number of different technologies are being developed or improved to offer higher speeds for fixed and mobile broadband networks, as operators are pr...

Article | 6/12/2010 Best iPad apps for business

Here are some of the top iPad apps to help you in the workplace.

Article | 30/11/2010 Dell Streak vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab: Tablet showdown

The Dell Streak and the Samsung Galaxy Tab are two of the first tablet devices launched in Australia that are set to compete directly with Apple's iPa...

Article | 26/11/2010 Online shopping Web sites you need to check out!

With the holidays and Christmas just around the corner a lot of us are dreading the inevitable shopping madness. Surviving the long queues, screaming ...

Article | 22/11/2010 Best iPad apps for education

The potential of the iPad as an educational tool is slowly being unlocked, with the University of Adelaide handing out iPads to science students. Scho...

Article | 22/11/2010 Best iPad apps for kids

Our colleagues in the US have labelled the iPad the 'children's toy of the year'. There is no doubting the iPad's potential as a learning device, and ...

Article | 19/11/2010 BlackBerry PlayBook vs iPad: tablet showdown

Research in Motion (RIM), makers of BlackBerry smartphones, recently unveiled the "enterprise-ready" 7in touchscreen BlackBerry Playbook tablet, which...

Article | 15/11/2010 Best iPad games

The iPad has been described as a revolutionary device, and it offers a world of possibilities when it comes to games.

Article | 12/11/2010 What is the National Broadband Network? A glossary of NBN terms

The National Broadband Network will impact every Australian, linking every premises and changing the way we connect with the important things in our l...

Article | 5/11/2010 First Look: Facebook Single Sign-on

Facebook is getting serious about on-the-go social networking with a suite of new features announced during the Facebook Mobile event on Wednesday.