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Snowden mulls Iceland asylum bid

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:10:40 GMT

ICELAND said it has held informal talks with an intermediary of US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden who reportedly wants to seek asylum there.

An open letter to The IT Guy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:00 GMT

IF we can achieve peace in Northern Ireland then there's no reason even help desk staff and stressed-out technophobes can't learn to get along, right? Right?

Facebook goes down, everyone freaks out

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:41:00 GMT

UPDATE: Facebook apologises for outage and says that it was caused by an internal network issue. Apology accepted, Facebook. Just don't do it again.

Why it sucks to work for Facebook

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:36:00 GMT

FACEY employees don't know how good they have it. Too much freedom, food and having to be yourself are common complaints.

Flamin' mongrels trash great Aussie film

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:13:00 GMT

ONE of our most beloved pop culture icons has lost its Australian accent. Our distinctive ocker voice has been ditched from Mad Max.

World Cup site hacked by protesters

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:58:00 GMT

THE official website for the World Cup has been hacked by protesters, who replaced the site with video of a violent police response to a protest.

'Spying thwarted Wall St attack'

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:07:23 GMT

THE US government's sweeping surveillance programs foiled a terror plot against the New York Stock Exchange, officials say.

I'm staying put in embassy: Assange

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:38:00 GMT

JULIAN Assange won't leave the Ecuadorean embassy in London even if Sweden drops its investigation into sexual assault allegations.

Tweet to feature in Aussie dictionary

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:32:00 GMT

IN a further sign technology is changing the way we speak, term "tweet" has entered the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time.

'Mopes, losers': Cop's online scoldings

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:29:00 GMT

IF you're up to no good in his part of town, you can expect more than a fine: You're in for a Facebook scolding from this police chief.

Robocoach to help hook dates

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:19:00 GMT

FIND YOURSELF always fumbling for the perfect pick-up line? Do your introductions rapidly become awkward silences? There's an app for that.

Google's war on child abuse images

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:41:00 GMT

GOOGLE has announced it will increase funding and technology to help remove child abuse images from the internet and find offenders.

Is Facebook adding video to Instagram?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:35:00 GMT

A MYSTERIOUS Facebook event set for Thursday has sparked buzz that they could be adding video to Instagram picture-sharing service.

Whistleblower Snowden in live web Q&A

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:00:15 GMT

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has defended his disclosure of top-secret US spying programs in an online chat with The Guardian, vowing "truth is coming".

Swan launches new smartphone app

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:45:43 GMT

TREASURER Wayne Swan says he's moving with the times by launching a new smartphone app.

China builds world's fastest supercomputer

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:07:45 GMT

CHINA has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost twice as fast as the previous US holder and underlining the country's rise as a technology powerhouse.

Apple details government data requests

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:07:35 GMT

APPLE says it received between 4000 and 5000 requests from US law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.

UK spies 'hacked foreign diplomats'

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:12:03 GMT

AN EAVESDROPPING agency repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and emails when the UK hosted international conferences, according to media.

‘Offline beer’ stops drinkers using their phones

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:35:00 GMT

EVERYONE has that friend who can’t stop checking their phone at dinner. Well now a bar has a solution. A beer glass that forces you to put the phone down.

Feminist Taylor Swift takes Twitter by storm

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:31:00 GMT

TWITTER user gains overnight fame by tweaking the lyrics from Taylor Swift songs to make hilarious points about gender equality.

Charge your phone in your pocket

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:14:00 GMT

NOW all you have to do to charge your phone is pop it in your pocket and dance. And scientists say it could be the future of clothing.

HK residents don't want Snowden extradited

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:47:18 GMT

A POLL has found half of Hong Kongers don't want the city's government to extradite former US spy Edward Snowden.

Google: balloons will boost web access

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:18:58 GMT

GOOGLE will send balloons to the edge of space with the aim of bringing internet to the two-thirds of the global population without web access.

Google X unveils net balloon plan

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:24:00 GMT

GOOGLE X research lab has unveiled a plan to provide internet access to the 4.7b people who currently can't via huge balloons circling the globe.

10 of the weirdest social networks on the web

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 01:05:00 GMT

FROM vampire freaks to moustache fans, it wouldn't be the internet if there wasn't a social network for it. We check out 10 of the weirdest and most wonderful social networks on the web.