TECHNOLOGY

E-Bay Australia will start charging its users double on some auction listings to push sellers away from second-hand auctions to list new items.

Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) on Thursday reported net revenues of $3.3 billion in the second quarter of 2011, up 28 percent from the second quarter of 2010.

Australia’s second mainland National Broadband Network (NBN) site has been switched on this morning, with residents in the Kiama Downs and Minnamurra, south of Sydney, set to experience superfast fibre broadband.

British police officials revealed on Wednesday the arrest of an 18-yea-old teenager that authorities tagged as the mouthpiece of a hacking group identified as responsible for breaching the security protocols of Sony Pictures and a host of other websites.

The latest report by Telstra, Mobile Innovation – The Next Frontier for Growth and Productivity for Insurers, launched in conjunction with the Financial Services Council, has identified new opportunities for the insurance industry to better use mobile phone technology in delivering services.

Owners and managers in Australia are warned of cyber security risks and are advised to take the necessary measure to protect their businesses from hacking.

Since 2009, Android supported three general screen size categories: small, medium, and large. But the introduction of tablet-specific Android Honeycomb in early 2011 brought support for the extra large screen size category and drove a wedge between Android phones and Android tablets.

Google has updated the alpha "Dev" build of Google Chrome to 14.0.835.2. This minor update is notable largely for the amendment of one of its multi-touch features to avoid a conflict with Mac OS X Lion, which released last week.

Anticipation in the consumer electronics world is soaring for the launch of Apple's iPhone 5, which is rumored to be hitting store shelves this fall. About 35 percent of consumers plan to purchase the latest iPhone upon its release, according to a survey by PriceGrabber, a part of online shopping site Experian.

According to reports, Netflix's third international market will likely be Europe, Asia, and/or Australia.

Mozilla announced on July 25 that it is planning to launch its own mobile operating system. Tentatively called "Boot to Gecko" or B2G, the OS is based from Mozilla's open-source "Gecko" layout engine that is already in use with other Mozilla apps like Firefox.

In his rambling, 1,500-page manifesto, Norwegian shooter Anders Behring Brejvik said he used the video games "Modern Warfare 2" and "World of Warcraft" as training methods.

Microsoft announced Tuesday the next version of the Windows Phone operating system, code-named Mango, has been delivered to manufacturers and carriers.

While at the start it was Google Plus that was highlighting Facebook's shortcomings, Facebook is now turning the tables around by providing a one-stop-shop (it's free) that would aid businesses take advantage of Facebook's mass user base.

Apple has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a keyless, glass-based keyboard that could be the future keyboard for all Mac devices.

Zynga Inc., the largest developer of games on Facebook, will offer a version of "CityVille" in China, the world's biggest Internet market.The free online game, named "Zynga City", will be offered through an alliance with Chinese internet service provider Tencent Holdings Ltd. The game will be launched in open beta on Tencent's Pengyou network in the next few days. The game will be later accessible on QZone, China's main social games platform. Tencent had about 101 mil...

Almost always, Apple never fails to please its loyal followers and tech watchers, the same way that it did last week when the Cupertino, California-based tech giant unveiled the upgraded MacBook Air that is juiced up by Intel’s Core i5 and i7 processors.

Users of the popular social media site Twitter know that "trending" topics, or popular topics that are being "tweeted" about often on the site, are typically accompanied by "hash tags" that help better categorize and popularize them.

The iPhone 5 will be out this fall, that is, if it will be launched simultaneously with the iOS 5.

Research In Motion Ltd., the maker of the BlackBerry smartphones, said it will terminate 2,000 jobs, or almost 11% of its workforce, amid losing market share to Apple Inc.'s iPhone and smartphones running on Google's Android operating system.

SanDisk Corp. has introduced SanDisk Ultra, a new line of solid-state drives for old laptops and desktop computers. SanDisk is marketing the new SSD's -- which it says is more cost effective than purchasing a new computer -- directly to retail consumers instead of PC makers.

Should Australia have tighter privacy laws to avoid a similar phone hacking scandal involving the media? Treading on press freedom and creating policies to protect individual privacy are delicate issues that government authorities and law makers are assessing amidst the phone hacking issue in the United Kingdom involving News Corp owned by Rupert Murdoch, serving as a test case for media organizations in the country.

Group buying in Australia is relatively new, being only introduced in 2010 but, it has become the fastest growing sector in the online retail market. In its initial year group buying websites in Australia have already generated 63 million dollars in sales, according to a study in telsyte.com.

After thoroughly capturing the smartphone and tablet markets, Apple may be setting its sights on television next. According to a report from Smarthouse, Apple is planning to launch a 55-inch OLED TV sometime in 2012.

An innovative, Australian-first electronic logbook system that is set to modernize and transform company tax reporting is about to launch into the Australian market.

Consumers are given better access to lower-priced internet service, according to Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy citing one of the key benefits of the National Broadband Network (NBN) network.

Google, don't cow before riffraff demanding that you allow Google Plusers to use pseudonyms or to be anonymous.

Mobile security issues are no longer the next big thing. The threats are here, and vulnerabilities could be present in your pocket right now.

Sony has announced the launch of its new Cyber-shot cameras. The Cyber-shot WX30 can shoot DSLR-style still photos and full HD video as well as 3D images