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Article | 7/09/2007 Analysts: Safari browser makes iPod Touch intriguing

Apple has made headlines in the past for introducing disruptive technologies, but Wednesday's announcement of the iPod Touch could be a real sleeper.

Article | 30/08/2007 Power Wi-Fi using the sun, says startup

A small US startup has announced technology for running Wi-Fi routers in remote places using only the power of the sun.

Article | 6/09/2007 Facebook to make listings public via search engines

Facebook is changing its social networking site to make the names and profiles of its members available to nonmembers and eventually accessible throug...

Article | 5/09/2007 Local telecoms market sluggish except for broadband

The Australian telecoms market will grow a paltry 2.8 percent in the 2008 financial year to $36.3 billion driven largely by broadband and data service...

Article | 5/09/2007 gotalk offers free VoIP-to-mobile calls

Gold Coast telco gotalk has launched it's offensive in the growing Australian VoIP market with the introduction of the $14.95 Aussie Pack, which accor...

Article | 5/09/2007 Custom-built botnet steals eBay accounts

Online auction site eBay has been targeted by identity thieves, who are wielding a botnet that uses brute force to uncover valid account log-in inform...

Article | 4/09/2007 Fring + myKP = free messaging and VOIP calls

Free WiFi internet provider myKP has partnered with Fring to provide free instant messaging and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls through WiFi...

Article | 3/09/2007 Free gift offers dupe users into giving personal data

The personal details of thousands of mostly U.S.-based PC users have been discovered stashed on a server located in France, another indication of use ...

Article | 4/09/2007 APEC debate finds a home on Facebook

Both pro and anti-APEC supporters are using the social networking phenomenon to garner support and fight for the political allegiances of Australia's ...

Article | 31/08/2007 Group: Banning Facebook, similar sites at work bad idea

U.S. companies trying to figure out how to deal with the proliferating use at work of social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Bebo may w...

Article | 29/08/2007 Facebook cracks down on developer spam

Three months after it opened its platform to outside developers, Facebook is taking steps to prevent some third-party applications from engaging in wh...

Article | 27/08/2007 Skype woos SMBs with new deal

Skype has launched a package for small businesses in Europe that bundles up the company's software with call credits and subscriptions for multiple us...

Article | 23/08/2007 Nokia offers Windows Live services on handsets

Microsoft has partnered with handset manufacturer Nokia to deliver some of its Windows Live services on wireless handsets in Europe and the Middle Eas...

Article | 22/08/2007 Worried companies block Facebook

The security backlash against Facebook has taken a new twist with a survey finding that large numbers of employees are now being blocked from accessin...

Article | 22/08/2007 VOICECON - Microsoft: Skype outage shows work to be done

A Microsoft executive on Tuesday addressed the recent Skype outage by comparing VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) to early automobiles in a horse-dr...

Article | 22/08/2007 Bebo adds Microsoft's IM to its social network

Bebo, operator of the Bebo social networking site, and Microsoft on Tuesday announced an agreement to offer the Windows Live Messenger instant messagi...

Article | 21/08/2007 iiNet zones in on Wi-Fi hotspot technology

iiNet has struck a deal with Tomizone Limited, a New Zealand-based company offering services that allows Wi-Fi routers to share Internet bandwidth.

Article | 21/08/2007 Skype users don't buy outage explanation

Ebay's explanation for last week's failure of its Skype communication service has left many users still wondering what caused the worst outage in Skyp...

Article | 20/08/2007 Skype: It's alive! Alive!

Skype announced late Friday that all users could now again log on to the voice-over-IP service, marking the end of an outage that affected millions an...

Article | 17/08/2007 Warning: 'Clpwn' cavorting on unguarded sites

A self-proclaimed hacker crew calling itself "clpwn" -- as in "clown" -- that's been bragging about how it's defaced sites such as CNN and Playboy Cas...