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Apple’s new app helped find lost iPhone.

iPhone 5 release may be behind the schedule as the tear-shaped design cause manufacturing issues.

Windows 8 development tablets are selling like hotcakes on eBay, going for as much as $2,700 apiece, even though they were designed for testing purposes only. The tablets are not supposed to go on the market until 2012.

A $200 million wind farm project that will generate 109.5 megawatts of power will soon be erected in Illinois.

Federal Court Justice Peter Jacobson ruled on Tuesday in favor of Metcash's and Pick n Pay's planned purchase of supermarket chain Franklins for $250 million because the transaction would not violate the country's anti-trust laws.

If anyone is most excited for the much-awaited launch of Apple’s iPhone 5, it should be none other than Samsung Electronics, which reportedly plans to block the sale of the smartphone on its own turf, South Korea.

The value of gold as an investment was further confirmed as mining executives in two separate gold fora forecast the precious metal's rise in price amid a weak global economy.

Moody's Investors Service classified on Monday the corporate debts of Australian companies as attractive risk. With the classification, the Aussie firms will not find it difficult to refinance their $23 billion debt over the next two years, Herald Sun reports.

The four-hour strike at Qantas which was supposed to start at 7 a.m. in many airports began 3:30 a.m. The early start was caused by the air carrier's alleged lockout of the 3,800 striking baggage handlers, ground staff and caterers.

GVK Group of India is set to close the funding requirements for its US $1.2 billion acquisition of Hancock Coal in Australia in the next few weeks.

Esprit has turned to the Chinese market to help increase its profitability and has embarked on a four-year investment program that will cost HK $18 billion.

Chinese automaker BYD Co. plans to sell as much as $939 million (6 billion yuan) worth of bonds as the company continues to seek ways to raise funds to keep operations alive and going.

China Southern stepped up an airline challenge to its closest rivals as it gears to introduce the Airbus A380 Aircraft superjumbos next month to service the Europe and North America routes.

The rally between two giant tech companies never stopped as Samsung filed a counter lawsuit against Apple under Australian ruling.

Apple Inc. got a ban of Samsung Electronics' Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Tab 7.7 in Germany, at a time when all device-makers were touting new gadgets at the IFA 2011. Apple also forced Samsung to pull the Samsung Galaxy S 2 off shelves in the Netherlands, and Samsung tablets in Australia.

There has been a lot of news leaks about the next iPhone that triggers the high expectations among fans and consumers on Apple’s soon-to-be-released product.

As rival telcos unveiled their new broadband pricing schemes, giant Telstra Corporation revealed on Monday new offerings that it hopes would continue to lure customers amidst the approaching roll out of the National Broadband Network (NBN).

Apple's iPhone 5 hasn't been released yet but Samsung is already planning to launch an aggressive legal campaign to ban the device in Korea.Insiders at the South Korean company told the Korea Times that the company plans to up its legal battle with Apple with the next generation of smartphones, starting with the much anticipated iPhone 5.

Qantas said more than 6,100 passengers will be affected on Tuesday by the Transport Workers Union's strike as the airline will be forced to cancel 28 flights and delay a further 27 flights by up to 35 minutes.

Facebook is joining forces with Twitter - does this spell doom for Google+? If the outcome depends on the numbers, Google+ could be dead. Facebook has more than 750 million active users and Twitter has 100 million, compared with only 20 million users and no signs of growth so far for Google's social network.

As major Australian retailers absorb the ongoing crunch in the sector, players also point the blame on rent fees that further sap away the measly margin, if any, they were able to make.

The Australian and International Pilots Association (AIPA), which has been focussing its protected industrial action on raising awareness of the Qantas management plan to offshore jobs, is today marking the two month anniversary of qantaspilots.com.au by thanking the 50,000 individual Australians who have visited the site since its launch in July, and the 22,000 who have signed the online petition to keep Qantas pilots in the cockpit.

Virgin Australia and Delta Air Lines announced on Monday a code sharing agreement on trans-Pacific flights beginning Nov. 6, 2011.

Samsung Electronics filed an appeal against a court ruling banning the sales of Galaxy tablet computers in Germany. In the latest news of the legal battle between the two smartphone technology giants, the South Korean company also accused Apple Inc. of patent infringement in Australia.

Unable to market in full swing its line of Galaxy tablet computers due to global legal disputes with giant tech firm Apple, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics asked Australian and German courts to invalidate an earlier ruling from a German court that prevents the consumer electronic maker to sell its new products internationally.

Samsung Electronics Co. filed a countersuit against Apple in Australia, while also appealing a German court ruling, intensifying a global legal dispute between the two tech companies.

The four-hour walk-out of about 3,800 baggage handlers, ground staff and caterers of Qantas is scheduled Tuesday, but a day ahead of the work stoppage, the air carrier canceled on Monday 28 flight and delayed 27 more by up to 35 minutes.

More confirmation of the weakness of Australia's retail industry came out on Monday as investment firm Premier reported a 49 per cent drop in profit for its retail businesses.

A McDonald's drive through in Sydney suffered its second robbery within a span of one week.