Britney Spears has become the latest celebrity to open an account on the Twitter micro-blogging service, although it remains unlikely the pop icon is the one updating her profile.
Intel could not have signalled its target for the next five years any more clearly than it did at last week's Intel Developer Forum. It wants to make gains in mobile phones, where competition is stiffer.
The technology industry needs to promote itself as a diverse and creative workplace if it wants to attract more women to its ranks, according to speakers at the FITT (Females in Information Technology and Telecommunications) trends lunch in Sydney this week.
A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lit a 60-watt light bulb from a power source two metres away and with no physical connections between the source and the appliance.
World Wide Web father Tim Berners-Lee told politicians on Thursday that it's critical to shield his seminal innovation from control by a single company or country.
Do you ever get the urge to be naughty, especially if you are never found out? Do you ever fancy committing a crime and not have to worry about having your name splashed all over the papers?
Celebrity comes with its perks free alcohol, better-looking partners, lots of holiday time and disadvantages constant media intrusions, being forced to appear in films with Eddie Murphy for the long-term good of your career, and having to do mindless radio interviews with angry men who've been awake since 4am.
Convincing people of the importance of regular backups and a proper data management plan is a bit like persuading them of the necessity of regular visits to the dentist no-one bothers until they wake up in the morning screaming with pain. But if you can't persuade them with pain, sex often works a treat.
Defhead.com chooses music acts, invite them to play at an inner-city Sydney venue and Webcast the show live to their Web site visitors. Here is some behind-the-scenes footage of the night as well as an interview with the lead singer of Something With Numbers.
Lately there has been a bunch of musicians who have risen to rapid fame via the Internet. Are they self-styled artists, or a PR-created crock?
Let's get serious in the search for a new Telstra CEO. It's time to put Mario, Dr Claw, Sydney Lawrence and George Bush on the list.
Consumers now are getting more for less of their money when they buy security software.
Hewlett-Packard has formally demanded that Sun Microsystems and its president, Jonathan Schwartz, stop publishing what it calls "misleading and factually incorrect statements" about HP's commitment to its version of Unix -- but Sun is standing firm.
commentary Has Sun really released a "Windows-killer" with its Java Desktop and Enterprise systems?
It's the next big Linux controversy: Who should be liable if customers wind up using software that was created from misappropriated intellectual property?
Merle Singer of Dimension Data and Kerrie Nelson, principle of the Giant Steps school, talk about their involvement with the IT Fund for Kids.
Spritely performance and an attractive case design makes the Asus ideal for home office tasks in an IKEA-obsessed age.
We like some aspects of this ultracompact, feature-laden player, but it's just so darned expensive.
Apple Computer said Monday that 1 million copies of its iTunes software for Windows have been downloaded since its introduction on Thursday.
Apple ventures into new territory with its music service. But can it make the balance sheet sing?
Google Chrome OS demonstration
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Malcolm Turnbull's ghost twitterer
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Surf the Net like it's 1991 with Gopher
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