TECHNOLOGY

Google Maps will start charging heavy users starting January 2012.

Australian start-up tech firm Lexxe announced on Thursday the launch of its third-generation Internet search engine which uses Semantic Key Search to yield specific target information based on application of natural language search technology.

Apple Inc. has confirmed battery life problems with the new iPhone 4S as well as mobile devices updated with the iOS 5 mobile operating system.

Toyota will make health care robots available in the market by 2013. The mechanical assistants would be capable of lifting disabled patients out of bed and helping them walk.

The Australian legal advisor of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called on the Federal Government to help him get a fair trial in Sweden following the British High Court's decision to extradite him to the Scandinavian country to face rape charges.

Hackers may have exploited an unknown bug in Microsoft's Windows operating system to infect computers with the Duqu virus.

Back in 2010, Bill Gates had to make a decision that could change the direction of Microsoft. He had been called in to decide the fate of a new tablet computer called the Courier that users could control with a finger or pen. Gates decided to kill the Courier and the rest is history.

Unthink, the social network that markets itself as the complete opposite of such tyrannical sites like Facebook and Google Plus, has already reached 100,000 members in its first weeks of operation.

Google's Street View will not be showing just streets and roads but the inside of selected business establishments as well.

The ongoing legal battle between Samsung Electronics and Apple for a larger share of the Australian techie market escalated further on Tuesday after the South Korean firm sought a look into Apple's deals with major Australian telcos.

Robot technology have come a long way but this is even more evident in the recent developments in robotics. First, there's the robot that can scale walls and then a team from Boston Dynamics demonstrates what could be the first Army robot. If you're scared of the Terminator and the dystopian future it shows then be very afraid of these batch of robots scientists are developing around the world.

Social networking giant Facebook is known to run the wrath of its users every now and then. While there's no denying that most Internet users are now, for better or for worse, completely hooked onto Facebook, one cannot ignore the fact that these regular glitches and unwanted modifications usually leave most Facebook users grumbling and disgruntled.

Barnes and Noble sent out invites to media for an event on Nov. 7 that many believe will be the launching of a new Nook Color Tablet.

Nokia and Microsoft is giving 25,000 free Lumia 800 smartphones to developers who will write apps for the Windows Phone platforms.

A Facebook blog entry disclosed that every day 600,000 log-ins and passwords are compromised.

The Queensland government will fit GPS trackers initially to 67 convicted pedophiles starting next year so their whereabouts can be monitored 24/7.

For those who missed the buying frenzy when Hewlett Packard slashed the TouchPad's prices to $99 there is still a chance to get the hugely discounted tablet at Best Buy.

Millions have already purchased Apple Inc.'s fifth generation handset, the iPhone 4S. While didn't have any design changes from the previous model, the improved processor and camera, as well as a built-in digital assistant, Siri, have impressed many. Apple has been known to provide amazing and revolutionary computing devices. But it doesn't mean that a product as meticulously designed like the iPhone 4S won't be free of any issues.

Google has released three new features for their Google+ service. The new features are described by the company in their blog as "popular posts, eye-catching analytics, photo fun." It is indeed a welcome addition to the ever growing social site as it made it more connected to each member and more fun. Google+ has also entered into Google Apps enabling organizations and business use its social network architecture.

Taiwanese phone manufacturer HTC will now offer its Android users 5Gb of free cloud storage thru file hosting service Dropbox. HTC announced this new partnership on its Facebook page.

Nokia launched its flagship smartphone, Nokia Lumia 800. There are some things that you must know about this device.

It seems like you can't read about tech news without running across news about one company suing another for patent infringement. Just this week, Apple was granted a patent for the slide to unlock feature which is also a feature in most smartphones. What this means is that Apple can now sue other phone and tablet manufacturers for using the slide to unlock feature and we can reasonably expect a new spate of patent infringement cases from this development in addition to all the lawsuits flying...

Sony Corp, struggling with a loss-making television business, is in negotiations to pull out of its LCD joint venture with South Korea's Samsung Electronics in a bid to cut costs, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.

Australians visit an average of 2,772 Web pages months, according to Nielsen Online Ratings, which recently got the Interactive Advertising Bureau's (IAB) endorsement as preferred measure of counting Internet Activities in the country.

Everything you need to know about the four flagship smartphones, specs, features and pics

The distinction between online retailers and bricks-and-mortar stores is slowly being erased due to the falling rates of rentals in Australia.

The 52nd annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show in Florida is showcasing a prototype of a personal submarine that can repeatedly take up to three people for a trip down into the deepest part of the Earth, the Mariana Trench.

U.S. authorities gave green light this week for the $143-million F-22 Raptors to resume flight training missions despite ongoing investigation on the combat plane’s alleged mid-flight glitches that leave its pilots gasping for air during flights.

Facebook protects majority of its 800 million active users from spams using a massive defense network called Facebook Immune System (FIS). But a researcher said users may lose their personal information to bots posing as friends.