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Article | 10/09/2010 10 ways to keep your children safe online

Cyberspace can expose kids and teens to many dangerous situations. Parents should be aware of these risks and learn ways to keep their children safe.

Article | 6/08/2010 Google Wave flops: What Google service will go next?

Let's pause for a moment of silence to remember Google Wave, a service that has gone off to greener pastures. Google confirmed the news late yesterday...

Article | 4/08/2010 Updated: $50 unbundled ADSL2+ plans compared

We've scoured the details of broadband plans offered by Australia's most popular ISPs to see what $50 can get you if you're after a basic, unbundled A...

Article | 4/08/2010 What would it take to unseat Conroy?

It's safe to say that Senator Stephen Conroy, the federal communications minister, has upset a lot of people in the IT community with his push for man...

Article | 4/08/2010 Twitter Tips: 5 Ways to Find Relevant Followers

Twitter has more than 100 million users, which means you're bound to encounter a lot of noise. You'll find brands hawking their products or services, ...

Article | 3/08/2010 Lab Notes: The Inside Scoop on Browser Speed Testing

If you're a regular PCWorld reader, you may have noticed the Browser Blowout story we posted last week. In it, I looked at various aspects of the majo...

Article | 3/08/2010 10 cool things you can do with Google Earth

Google Earth offers a tonne of great features to play with. We run through the 10 coolest.

Article | 29/07/2010 Best ways to follow the 2010 federal election online

Politicians, pundits and plebs have more ways to follow the lead-up to and aftermath of the federal election through social media and other online ser...

Article | 26/07/2010 Visual tour: Visiting the Googleplex

I recently visited the "Googleplex," Google's expansive headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., for an interview, and took the chance to snap a few pic...

Article | 26/07/2010 Four ways IPv6 will save the Internet

The world is almost out of IP addresses--or at least it's almost out of the IPv4 addresses that IT admins and users are most familiar with. Fortunatel...

Article | 23/07/2010 Jetpacks, androids, and the future that never came

From Jules Verne to Stanley Kubrick and beyond, writers and artists have imagined what the future would be like. Their visions range from the comicall...

Article | 17/07/2010 Old Spice Guy: Top 5 YouTube Video Picks

People just can't get enough of Old Spice Guy's YouTube responses to tweets from everyday users, celebrities, magazines and even Old Spice Guy's alter...

Article | 13/07/2010 Google and Zynga: 5 burning questions

Popular social games like Farmville, Mafia Wars and Fishville may soon be available to Google users, if recent rumors turn out to be accurate. Google...

Article | 12/07/2010 SLIDESHOW: The strangest sights in Google Earth

In the olden days, the ancients recognized Seven Wonders of the World; but thanks to Google Earth, you can now spot thousands of "I wonder what it is"...

Article | 12/07/2010 Opinion: Conroy's temporary filter all Australia needs

On Friday, three of Australia's largest internet service providers simultaneously announced they would filter some internet content from ever reaching...

Article | 9/07/2010 Ten reasons why Australia needs an Internet filter

The proposed Internet filter pushed by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has been a source of controversy in Australia. Today it was revealed tha...

Article | 9/07/2010 First look: Firefox 4 Beta 1 shines on HTML5

While it's impossible to sum up the thousands of enhancements and bug fixes both big and small, the Firefox 4 beta version brings the browser that muc...

Article | 6/07/2010 Who really runs Facebook?

Quick: Who's the CEO of Facebook?

Article | 5/07/2010 Australian prepaid mobile broadband roundup

Shopping for mobile broadband can be an arduous task; with so many plans, pricing and data offers, it can quickly become confusing.

Article | 3/07/2010 Goodbye Kin, Sidekick and 'social phones'

If there's any correlation between the recently killed Kin and discontinued T-Mobile Sidekick -- aside from Microsoft having a hand in both discontinu...