Dell to release seven-inch tablet
Amit Midha, Dell's Greater China President, said that his company is scheduled to launch a seven-inch tablet in the next few weeks and a 10-inch tablet in around 6-12 months.
Australian eBay users buy over a million items with a mobile phone
EBay research has revealed that Australians bought more than one million items on the Web site with the use of a mobile device this year. The findings reveal that in July, 87,000 Australians bought 222,000 items from the Website.
Smaller broadband companies score big in customer satisfaction
In a survey of Australian broadband Internet providers, smaller, entrepreneurial players have raced ahead and left industry giants such as Telstra and Optus behind. The study, which found Internode to be on top of customer satisfaction rankings, had 2,500 respondents to its Canstar poll.
Telstra outlined alternative without NBN
The nation's largest telecommunication company is prepared for operations without the National Broadband Network deal.
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Conroy continues fight for Internet filter
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy vowed to continue on with his proposals for a mandatory Internet filtering policy. Appearing on ABC's Q&A program, Conroy said that the ability of parents to look after their children have been compromised due to the popularity of iPhones and iPads.
Telstra launches M2M control center
Telstra released a new control center for the Next G mobile network that allows users to easily manage "machine to machine" mobile connections.
Telstra to maintain dividend
The country's largest telecommunications company assured its investors of the same dividend payment in the 2010 financial year.
New Hotmail security feature lets users regain stolen account
Microsoft has bolstered the security feature of its Hotmail service to allow stolen e-mail accounts to be regained by their owners.
OpenOffice developers break from Oracle, rename open-source software
Breakaway developers of OpenOffice.org announced Tuesday their group separate from Oracle and a new name for the open-source application suite.
Amazon introduces beta version of Kindle for the Web
Amazon.com introduced the beta version of "Kindle for the Web." The new beta version is bound to make it easier for customers to discover new books and authors by sampling Amazon Kindle books directly through web browsers with no need for installation or required downloading.
Fate of NBN legislation rests on unpredictable senator
Legislation in support of the National Broadband Network (NBN) may need support from an unpredictable minor party senator when it possibly reaches the Senate before the last week of October.
Facebook founder appears on Oprah
Reclusive Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show to provide a rare glimpse of his house and dispute suggestions that a recent $100 million endowment to a school is part of his company's efforts to counter the effects of an unflattering film.
Analyst predicts price drop for Nintendo Wii
Michael Pachter, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, said the due to weakening sales, the price of the Nintendo Wii may drop in the near future.
Kingston unveils USB 3.0 Flash drive
Kingston announced the release of its first USB 3.0 Flash drive, which the company claims to have a data transfer rate that is ten times faster than the current USB specification.
Research in Motion launches tablet PC
Research In Motion announced the release of a tablet PC that it hopes will compete against the Apple iPad due to its potential for media publishing, social networking and corporate purposes.
IBM acquires Blade Network to bolster data center business
International Business Machines (IBM) announced on Monday it has acquired California-based data switch maker Blade Network Technologies for an undisclosed amount.
Flexible display wins WSJ technology award for Taiwan’s ITRI
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has topped the 2010 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Award for its flexible and paper-thin display.
Global social networking sites get 945 million visitors in July
The number of unique visitors to the global social networking sites reached 945 million in July, 23 percent higher than the same month last year, according to market researcher comScore.
Asia-Pacific voice service revenues projected to drop
A research firm released a report predicting that voice services revenues generated in the Asia-Pacific will drop to US$176 billion in 2015. The current figure is $US182 billion.
Communications minister answers attacks on broadband
In spite of being criticized for his policies such as the proposed Internet filter, Australian communications minister Stephen Conroy has taken on the opposition since the re-election of the Labor administration.
Toshiba’s Philippines plant to assemble 1.8-inch HDDs
Toshiba Corp.'s subsidiary in the Philippines will expand operation at its plant in Laguna province to include the assembly of 1.8-inch perpendicular hard disk drives.
French court finds Google guilty of libel, appeal eyed
Google Inc. said Monday it will appeal a French court's ruling that it is guilty of libel because the search engine's Autocomplete function suggested defamatory words when the name of the plaintiff is searched.
Chip that made newspaper’s ad page ‘talk’ causes stir in India
India's two major newspapers made a page of their Tuesday issue talk using voice-activated chips startling readers and even drawing a bomb squad to discarded copies that emitted suspicious noise.
Law firm’s hacked website leaks UK porn downloaders, sharers onto Internet
A law firm's list of broadband subscribers suspected of illegally downloading and sharing adult videos online were leaked onto the Internet after the firm's website was hacked.
Android users complain over font size
Android users have complained over their handsets because the gadgets lack the function to increase font size. Consumers have been lodging complaints as far back as 2008, with many users consulting forums on how to increase the font sizes on popular devices from HTC and Motorola.
5 winners of Google contest to get $10 million prize
Google Inc. has chosen five organizations out of 150,000 contestants worldwide as winners of the $10 million prize for its Project 10^100 contest launched in 2008.
UN Designates Envoy For Alien Contact
The United Nations has prepared for the possibility of aliens arriving on Earth as it is set to designate a person to communicate with aliens in behalf of all mankind.
Dell announces release date for Streak tablet
Dell announces plans to make its Streak tablet device available starting October 1. With the device, which has a price of $649, the company beat rival Samsung in launching the first of a new line of non-Apple tablets in Australia.
Google releases Transparency Report
Google received 4,287 requests for user information from the US government during the first six months of 2010. During the same period, the company also received 1,000 such requests from the UK government.
U.S. death toll from mobile phone texting, calling at 16,000
U.S. researchers have counted 16,000 people who were killed in road accidents caused by distraction from calling or texting through mobile phones.
Japanese hacker blames Twitter attack to unheeded early warning
A Japanese hacker being pointed to as one of two instigators of the five-hour Twitter meltdown on Tuesday has blamed the incident to the micro-blogging site's failure to heed his earlier warning of an XSS vulnerability.
NSW looking into ban for prisoner profiles on Facebook
Facebook profiles of prisoners may be banned through possible legislation from the NSW government.
Spanish Court Junks TV channel’s Suit Against YouTube
A Spanish court junked Thursday a copyright infringement suit by a private TV channel against video-sharing site YouTube.
India stock exchange introduces mobile trading of securities
India's Bombay Stock Exchange has introduced securities trading via mobile devices to attract more investors to the country's oldest bourse.
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