TECHNOLOGY

Comparison Web site WhistleOut backed the Labor government's claim that Australians would benefit from using the National Broadband Network (NBN) than current ADSL 2+ and line rental plans.

One option that businesses, particularly small enterprises that could not afford to experiment by moving everything to a cloud computing service provider and then shift to another solution is to give the service first a trial.

Holograms. Perhaps the Holy Grail in every geek's fantasy is having his own functioning holodeck ala Star Trek. Now Microsoft is about to fulfill that fantasy with their new research project the 3D 'HoloDesk' and better yet there's video proof of concept. Yes, we're about to enter science fiction.

Analysis of the top content categories in Australia showed that Portals reached 96.1 percent of the total Australian online population age 6 and older accessing the Internet from a home or work location, ranking as the top category by penetration.

Police have evidence to charge two Bendigo brothers who set up a Facebook page that rates teen's sexual encounters.

There is a fake iOS 5 untethered jailbreak that is going around.

Google released its updated Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS this week and what an update it is. Android 4.0 is bigger and better than its previous version and could rival the iPhone's iOS 5 in terms of new innovative functions. With such futuristic features like unlocking your phone just by looking at it, the Android 4.0 OS is a giant leap forward for Android phones.

Rarely does Apple Inc. fail to live up to expectations. When it didn't unveil the iPhone 5 at a developers' conference in June, the rumor mill on a fifth generation iPhone being released in the following months spread like wildfire. The effect -- Apple reported underwhelming results for its most recent quarter, as many postponed phone purchases in anticipation of an iPhone 5.

It seems that Apple’s iPhone 4S find its match with Samsung’s Nexus Prime.

With Apple and Android going full steam ahead with their new flagship smartphones, Microsoft is hoping its new Nokia Windows Phones would turn the smartphone market to Microsoft and Nokia's favor.

No, Brink of Destruction is not a game. Australian developers are closing shops and are in danger of extinction. At least that is what looks like for KMM Brisbane that closed shop last Friday while some have thrived like Halfbrick Studios, makers of Fruit Ninja.

Samsung may supply the A6 chip for Apple’s iPhone 5 despite multiple court battles.

Apple released the iPhone 4s last week and while consumers have been very receptive to the new iPhone, with 4 million units sold over the weekend, there are already rumblings about the next generation iPhone 5.

With Steve Jobs's death sparking more interest in Apple products and services, there is a growing interest among techies and companies in Apple's looming iCloud service.

Sony Network Entertainment’s Music Unlimited cloud-based, streaming digital music service is now available for the Android-based Sony Tablet worldwide.

Victoria train riders may soon be able to send emails or surf the Web while on their way to work or home. The state government is considering installing wi-fi transmitters and improving communications on regional trains, according to Public Transport Minister Terry Mulder.

Research in Motion (RIM) has unveiled a new mobile operating system that hopes to bring app developers to the fold of BlackBerry smartphones and tablets.

Contrary to swirling speculations, Apple brushed aside its on ongoing legal tiff with Samsung Electronics and employed the South Korean firm’s technology in powering the new iPhone 4S.

The battle for smartphone supremacy has gotten increasingly tough of late with such giants like Apple and Samsung competing to get the most of the mobile phone market. Apple's iPhone 4s, released last week and already setting sales records, has overtaken its Android competitors and is now the reigning champion. But that doesn't mean that Apple can rest easy as a new batch of Android smartphones is coming to the market.

The Gingerbread-powered Droid Razr is the iPhone 4S's newest challenger and Motorola says Apple and non-Apple fans should take notice of its latest innovation as it may be the smartphone they are looking for.

Microchip analyst Chipworks has confirmed that the A5 processor of the iPhone 4S is made by Samsung, Apple Inc.'s supplier-turned-legal adversary.

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Sony finally confirmed that its next generation handheld the PlayStation Vita will be coming to gamers in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Australia on February 22, 2012.

Apple may release an iPad mini next year.

Hewlett Packard has released an update to its HP TouchPad tablet proving that there's some life left in the now outmoded tablet line.

Unlike the iPhone 5, whose arrival date is still unknown, Android Ice Cream Sandwich is here. There was no letting on, no cryptic messages. Google and Samsung has sent their message perfectly clear in their event in Hong Kong: Everybody gets an Ice Cream Sandwich.

Dell Inc. will be a company to provide services and solutions to businesses.

The next big change in technology could just be right around the corner. The applications of the touchscreen have yet to be explored but scientists are already looking at the next step in touchscreen technology: a device that could make any surface into an interactive touchscreen.

Will children soon have hoverboards like Marty McFly in "Back to the Future?" In an amazing mating of science fiction and reality, a student from Tel Aviv University's Superconductivity Group School of Physics and Astronomy showed off a puck hovering in mid-air through the phenomenon known in physics as quantum levitation.