Technology
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Google to digitise Iraq Museum archives: CEO
BAGHDAD (AFP) - US Internet giant Google will soon begin digitising artefacts and documents at Iraq's National Museum, its chief executive said on a visit to Baghdad on Tuesday.
November 24, 2009, 10:22 pm -
Stranded baby whales die
Two baby whales which were stranded along Western Australia's coastline have died.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 11:11 pm -
Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday.
November 24, 2009, 10:06 pm -
Sceptics seize on leaked climate emails
As the world's leaders prepare for the Copenhagen climate change meeting next month, a computer hacker has sparked a new round of the debate between sceptics and scientists warning about climate change.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 7:18 pm -
Microsoft, News Corp weigh Web pact: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has had talks with News Corp about a tie up, which would involve News Corp getting paid to take its news websites off Google Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
November 24, 2009, 6:07 pm -
Baby whales stranded on WA coast
The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) is working to rescue two baby whales stranded along Western Australia's coastline.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 2:29 pm -
Comfort food helps heal childhood wounds: researchers
Australian scientists have found that eating comfort food can help heal the hurts of childhood.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 12:50 pm -
Hong Kong man, three others jailed for spam scheme
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A Hong Kong resident and three other men, including the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to prison on Monday for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme, the Justice Department said.
November 24, 2009, 11:00 am -
Barnett's GMO changes
The State Government's media operations are facing their biggest shake up since the present structure was introduced 25 years ago.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 10:58 am -
Beauty is in the ear of feathered listener
Big birds may be the loudest, but their songs are unlikely to have the complexity of their more petite feathered friends, according to new research.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 10:24 am -
HP quarterly net profit up 14 percent
NEW YORK (AFP) - US computer giant Hewlett-Packard posted a 14 percent rise in quarterly net profit Monday as slumping personal computer sales were offset by a solid performance in its services division.
November 24, 2009, 10:08 am -
Big Bang machine achieves first particle collisions
ZURICH (Reuters) -- Scientists have smashed together proton beams for the first time in a 27-kilometre tunnel under the French-Swiss border in an initial step toward discovering how the universe came into existence, they said on Monday.
November 24, 2009, 9:16 am -
"Jail broken" iPhones hacked by new virus
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said.
November 24, 2009, 9:07 am -
AT&T offers pay by day, week, month data options
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc unveiled on Monday an offering that lets customers using its network for Web-surfing on laptop computers or netbooks avoid the obligation to sign a two-year contract with the operator.
November 24, 2009, 8:58 am -
Collider smashes its first atoms
Two circulating beams have produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three days after it was restarted, scientists say.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 8:10 am -
Google buying display advertising startup
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc said it is buying Silicon Valley display advertising technology startup Teracent, which expands its competition with display leader Yahoo Inc.
November 24, 2009, 7:26 am -
"Jail broken" iPhones vulnerable to new virus
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said.
November 24, 2009, 7:09 am -
Grizzlies, polar bears breeding because of climate change
An Australian biologist says climate change is speeding up the creation of new species through the merging of habitats.
ABC - November 24, 2009, 7:06 am -
Gartner forecasts 2.8 percent growth in PC sales in 2009
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Worldwide sales of personal computers, which had been forecast to decline this year, will instead post modest gains, Gartner research group said Monday.
November 24, 2009, 5:51 am -
Google buying display ad startup Teracent
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google is acquiring Web display advertising startup Teracent, the Internet giant announced on Monday.
November 24, 2009, 5:51 am
