TECHNOLOGY

Samsung starts selling online its Android 2.1-powered Fascinate smartphone in the U.S. on Wednesday and the device will hit Verizon Wireless stores on Thursday.

The legislation of reforms to regulate the telecommunications sector should come first before the complete implementation of the National Broadband Network.

Google Inc. has offered to settle a class-action suit against its Google Buzz social networking service for $8.5 million.

NSW rail network operator RailCorp offers travelers at Sydney's Circular Quay station WiFi Internet access free of charge for a three month trial period.

Nextgen Networks announced that it had reached speeds of up to100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) integration between IP routing infrastructure and optic equipment over its fibre-optic network.

Markus Wagenseil, technical marketing manager for Panasonic, predicts that Direct LED TVs will soon be pushed out of living rooms by cheaper Edge LED and plasma screens.

Microsoft launches its first teaser video advertisement for the Windows Phone 7 operating system.

Independent MP Bob Katter praises Labor for the National Broadband Network (NBN) as the project again emerges as a factor in the selection of the next Australian government.

Google announces plans to launch a working subset of Google Wave. The open source subset, which will be called Wave in a Box, packages the software to allow organizations to host their own waves.

Internet service provider MyNetFone claims that it has been already offering one terabyte (TB) plans for several months as iiNet, Spin, Primus, TPG and Internode continues to receive publicity for their announcements of similar terabyte broadband offerings.

Google is looking to expand the reach of its Android smartphone operating system to more gadgets on the market, including some that do not have telephony capabilities.

After recalling 41,000 laptops worldwide due to a fire risk, Toshiba denies receiving any reports of overheating laptops in Australia.

Internode claims to be the first to introduce a "true" terabyte plan in spite of a number of plans from competing ISPs that offer a monthly data quota of a terabyte or more

IT consulting company and systems integrators Accenture, Cisco Systems and Sun Microsystems are still fighting whistleblowers' lawsuits in Arkansas, USA filed in 2004.

A ban against three Australian distributors of a Playstation 3 hack has been extended indefinitely through a Federal Court decision. The hack, which is called PS Jailbreak, allows users to run unauthorized and pirated games on the console.

A new beta version of Skype for Windows, which supports videoconferencing for up to 10 users, has been released. The new version, Skype 5.0 beta 2.0, follows the service's 5.0 beta 1 that was launched in May.

In celebration of Chrome's second anniversary, Google is releasing a new stable version of its Web browser. The new Chrome has a simpler user interface, the ability to synchronize extensions and an automatic form filler.

A new survey of businesses in the US and the UK shows that corporate users are shifting their loyalties from the Blackberry to rivals such as iPhones and Android devices.

Google has confirmed reports that the Texas Attorney General is investigating the company in connection with an anti-trust lawsuit by two firms claiming it manipulated search results to harm the complainants.

Sony introduces its new line of e-readers, which the company will launch in Australia next week. The company announced that the Reader Pocket Edition, its cheapest electronic book reader, has been improved with the addition of a touch-screen.

Google, denying a report from Ausdroid, the Australian Android community Web site, says that it has not lent its support to Australian developers for the submission of paid applications to the Android Market.

After the launch of the controversial PS Jailbreak that allows users to copy PlayStation 3 games, a second hack on the console has been released that is free and claims to violate no laws on software piracy

The National Broadband Network (NBN) primary player Telstra Corporation Limited (ASX: TLS) disclosed plans of selling its shares in SouFun Holdings

Electronics giant Hewlett-Packard and the world's second-largest memory chip maker Hynix are teaming up to mass produce memristors for portable devices and computers by 2013.

Peter Dalton, ANZ's group general manager for innovation, said that his company's banking app is more secure on the iPhone because of Apple's strict application screening process.

Apple launches a smaller and more affordable version of Apple TV as it attempts to expand its entertainment empire into the living room.

Computer maker Acer has launched five smartphone models based on Google's Android operating system for the Australian market.

Internet Explorer remained the leading web browser worldwide in August with 60.4 percent of the market using it, according to web researcher Net Applications.

Microsoft has released a fix-it that allows Windows operating system users to configure a tool that blocks remote attack via the dynamic-link library's vulnerability.