TECHNOLOGY

Not long ago, mobile phones were used mainly for calling and texting. Now, however, research suggests that handsets are replacing computers as the preferred method for accessing the Internet.

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suggests that mobile wireless broadband is the fastest growing Internet access technology. The survey, which involved more than 300 Internet service providers (ISP), shows that mobile broadband penetration grew to 3.5 million users in June.

Starting in October, Telstra will offer NBN Co services to the project's trial sites in Tasmania. The move indicates that the telecommunications company aims to move into the NBN environment.

A study finds that Internet usage in Australia continues to grow as the wireless Internet connections continue to increase over the last year.

Symantec has done away with financial requirements for service provider partners that are looking to join the company's ExSP Licensing Program.

Coalition Communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull has brought attention towards research from the UN that calls for a competitive and market-based approach for high-speed broadband development.

"Status jacking,'' which involves the theft of login information so that hackers can post malicious messages on the profile of users, is the latest security problem that threatens social networking Web sites.

Australia's Future Fund expanded its portfolio by investing in U.S. hedge funds and developed markets in the 2009 – 2010 financial year.

The chief of the Interpol has admitted that his Facebook identity was stolen and used to obtain information on fugitives the agency is hunting across the globe.

Apple Inc. has confirmed that it has acquired the facial recognition firm Polar Rose based in Malmo, Sweden.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group doesn't want Yahoo Inc. CEO Carol Bartz to be part of its board as she had suggested.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) proposal for telecommunications giant Telstra Corporation Limited (ASX: TLS) to lower its price will send ripples.

Supporters and users of sites hosting pirated movies and music launched a denial-of-service (DOS) attack against the websites of the film and music industry temporarily knocking the latter's sites offline.

A Trojan virus targeting Android-run mobile phones is on the loose and is secretly sending $6 text messages without the knowledge of the infected device's user.

Subscription television provider Foxtel announced that it would launch a series of new channels later this year. The launch is said to include a dedicated 3D offering.

Peak consumer groups have put forth a joint complaint with the communications watchdog over mobile phone companies that charge a per-minute rate for calls to free numbers and the cost of local calls on landlines.

Sony has officially released its much-awaited motion control device for the Playstation 3, the Playstation Move. The magic-wand-like device will costs $99 users without the accompanying Playstation Eye.

According to several news reports, Sanjay Jha, co-CEO of Motorola, said in an investor conference earlier this week that Motorola is planning to jump into the tablet market.

Apple is believed to have developed a new iPad application that lets users download a selection of electronic newspapers.

Internode's video gaming wing, Games.on.net, announced that it has acquired the exclusive rights to host Call of Duty: Black Ops servers in the country

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has given a strong endorsement to the National Broadband Network in spite of urging Labor to provide hard data on the economic benefits of the infrastructure project

Taiwanese computer and electronics products manufacturer Compal Electronics Inc. has denied reports that it plans to put up a notebook plant in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province of China.

Thailand's Administrative Court ordered Thursday the government to stop the bidding of 3G communication service scheduled next week.

The latest telepresence communications software and tablet is out in the market, according to enterprise communications systems provider Ayaya Inc.

HTC launched two Android mobile phones in an effort to secure its standing as a top competitor against Apple's iPhone.

The National Broadband Network has been met with a clamor for transparency over its budget as stage one of the rollout for the project saw 90 percent of funds being used to connect just half of the houses in the covered areas.

Australian police have carried out piracy raids nationwide as it launches the largest coordinated attack on blackmarket operators in the country's history. On Tuesday morning, twenty-one homes and businesses in Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney were searched.

IT innovator YouWeb Incubator's new startup company iSwifter launched Thursday a new application that streams Adobe Flash games to tablet PCs and mobile phones.

The Philippines' science and technology agency announced on Wednesday that it is developing a low-cost tablet PC to replace textbooks used by schoolchildren.