TECHNOLOGY

Australia's information technology workers (iWorkers) are squeezing work during downtime - in the bedroom, family gatherings, during commutes and even on vacation, according to the second annual Consumerisation of IT study, conducted for Unisys by International Data Corp. (IDC).

IT workers seem to be on call 24-7 these days, as individuals send work emails on gadgets like smartphones and tablets without regard for holidays and even quiet prayer time. General manager for IT outsourcing Lee Ward said employers have yet to realize the implications of heavy use of ubiquitous internet and mobile technology.

Facebook is facing another lawsuit and in Northern Ireland this time as a father sued the globally popular social networking site for its lack of security measures that reportedly allowed the man’s young daughter to display her racy images on the website.

With iPhone 5 news and rumors fast building momentum for its eventual release (soon!), isn't it time you begin seaching for the right accessory to go with the highly anticipated smartphone from Apple?

Yahoo Inc. has confirmed that it has fired CEO Carol Bartz and has named Tim Morse, Yahoo's chief financial officer as interim CEO. Several senior Yahoo executives were also named to the newly formed executive leadership council while the company searches for a permanent CEO.

Popular retail stores are telling distributors and wholesalers to stop selling products online if they have the same in their stores, claims eBay. Responding to draft recommendations released by the Productivity Commission last month, eBay managing director (Australia and New Zealand) Deborah Sharkey alleged on Monday that certain unidentified Australian retailers had taken an anti-competitive approach to block the availability of products at online sites.

The Obesity Policy Coalition says the new mobile app called Traffic Light Food Tracker will enable users to work around the food industry's hesitation in supporting traffic light labelling. Obesity Policy Coalition spokeswoman Jane Martin says the system has been shown to improve people's eating habits.

The Dutch government reported on Monday that a hacking attack on a Dutch Web security firm in July led to the issuance of fraudulent certificates for major Web sites, including that of the Central Intelligence Agency and Twitter.

Sony announced Monday that its first two Sony Tablet devices is already available for pre-sale and will be available in shelves.With so many tablets being launched in the market today, I thought about listing reasons why I should be buying tablets from the Japanese Electronics giant instead of the Apple's iPad and the tablet imitations (if you believe Apple's claims in its lawsuits), and later do some little research to verify if my first impressions were correct.

Construction of the telecommunication infrastructures required in the full roll out of the National Broadband Network (NBN) is now in full swing, with NBN Co. announcing on Tuesday that initial works are set to commence on Geraldton, Western Australia on October

If the federal government's succeeds in blocking the $39 billion AT&T merger with T-Mobile the biggest winner could be Overland Park-based Sprint Nextel Group.

NASA is set to change the way cargoes are transported by air. Soon, there will be airships. In terms of gas emissions, NASA's airships could be the most eco-friendly freight carrier.

Google and Facebook have urged people to sign up using only their real names while those who use aliases are banned. Although internet analysts see only commercial goals, such as users-advertisers matching, as a reason behind this move, dissuading the use of aliases might prove some good points to consider.

Ever since Google introduced Google+ to us a few months back we have seen a rapid acceleration in features both on Facebook and Google+, particularly on the personal front, whilst business pages and groups are being left behind.

Samsung was forced to pull out the Galaxy Tab 7.7 from the world's largest consumer electronics show after a court in Germany promptly granted Apple's request for an injunction. This was the same court that gave a ban of the sale and promotion of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in 26 of the 27 European Union member countries, although the ruling was scaled back only to Germany on jurisdictional issues.

The decision of Telstra bosses to give themselves huge pay rises is an insult to staff battling uncertainty and pay rises that don’t keep up with inflation, the Communication Workers Union said today.

A 55-year-old grandmother from Perth was conned online and lost almost $100,000 just when she thought she could take another chance at love and romance. Commerce Minister Simon O'Brien said scam-related phone queries to Consumer Protection had doubled in the past year to about 900 calls per month, noting that in the last financial year the reported financial loss to victims had been over $5million.

Australia's employers have opted to advertise online rather than on newspapers, according to the latest survey conducted by ANZ Bank, which showed a a monthly and annual decline indicative of a persistent sluggish economic growth.

When the US federal government begins to unlawfully rip away Americans' freedom to purchase the light bulbs of their choice beginning on January 1, 2012, the only available choices will be poisonous compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs, which are loaded with toxic mercury, or expensive light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs, which a recent CNET article explains will cost roughly $15 a piece for the 60-watt variety -- and that is on the inexpensive end of the spectrum.

Ever since Google introduced Google+ to us a few months back, we have seen a rapid acceleration in features both on Facebook and Google+, particularly on the personal front, whilst business pages and groups are being left behind.

Police officers confirmed on Friday that they had helped Apple search for a "lost item" in a San Francisco residence but did not find anything.

NASA has launched a new interactive Web-based tool that lets the public travel through space and time.

According to various sources, online retailer Amazon.com is selling its own tablet brand -- a 7-inch tablet at first -- that would have an entry-level price of $250. Sure it's more expensive than the $99 HP TouchPad, but the TouchPad sale is only temporary as it HP is only getting rid of remaining inventory.

Still H-P CEO Leo Apotheker's decisions, which some say border on the impulsive and the decisive, are raising more questions than answers.

Three of the most innovative apps for mobile phones are now available in the market.

At this year's IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics and home appliances show, Samsung CEO Choi Gee Sung said Samsung would never acquire webOS. Korea-based Samsung already has the Bada mobile OS, which is popular in China and other parts of Asia, and it's relying on Google's assurances that it remains committed to Android partners. Motorola also has a deep portfolio of patents that can be used for Google's counterstrike against Apple and others.

Hitachi, Sony, Toshiba merge their LCD businesses and with200 billion yem funding from Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) aims to develop next generation technologies

IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics and home appliances show, could be host to a device that would topple Apple's iPad.

You can find out anything in the internet these days. A single click in Google and you can have all your reference materials. However what about those times when you're not connected to the Internet? What will you do if the Wi-Fi fails during Quiz Night at your favorite pub? Here are some of the best free reference apps for your iPad or iPhone.