Technology
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Speedy broadband connection for Gungahlin
Canberra telco TransACT has rolled-out a new fibre optic gateway delivering super-fast broadband to around 16,000 homes in the city's north.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 9:23 am -
EReaders, price war weigh on Barnes, Borders
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. booksellers Barnes & Noble Inc and Borders Group Inc will pay a price for coming late to market with electronic book readers, analysts said.
November 25, 2009, 9:50 am -
Microsoft names new financial chief
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday its Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell will leave the company at the end of the year, as he looks to "expand his career beyond being a CFO".
November 25, 2009, 9:27 am -
Privately held Facebook sets up dual-class stock
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook has established a dual-class stock structure to ensure voting control by existing owners, but has no plans to become a public company, it said on Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 8:27 am -
Climate changing faster than expected: scientists
It has been two years since the landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report gave its most recent assessment on the state of the planet's changing climate.
ABC - November 25, 2009, 7:42 am -
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 in Baghdad on Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 6:40 am -
Filmed concerts come to iTunes in Live Nation deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple iTunes on Tuesday began featuring downloads of live concerts by about 20 artists who are promoted by Live Nation.
November 25, 2009, 4:26 am -
Google to put ancient Iraq museum collection online
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Google is putting thousands of images of ancient artifacts at Iraq's National Museum online, the Web search leader said on Tuesday, part of a U.S. bid to entice foreign firms to invest in Iraq.
November 25, 2009, 2:55 am -
Google explains racist, anti-Semitic search results
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Google is running advertisements to explain the appearance of racist and anti-Semitic material in search results, including a picture which depicts US First Lady Michelle Obama as a monkey.
November 25, 2009, 2:19 am -
Darwin debate rages on 150 years after "Origin"
PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Even 150 years after it first appeared in print, Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" still fuels clashes between scientists convinced of its truth and critics who reject its view of life without a creator.
November 25, 2009, 1:50 am -
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
