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FeaturesTen tech patents that should have been rejected
Welcome to the wacky world of tech patents – a place where you’ll find not just the crazy-sounding ideas that inhabit any category of patents...
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NewsAustralians are complacent about security, says PayPal
Australians are becoming complacent with personal information they use online, according to new research from PayPal Australia in support of National...
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Blogs 1Why some websites are much slower than others
John asked why one web page “comes up right away, while another takes quite a long time to load”. You can’t set a clock by your...
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NewsFacebook Home on iPhone? Not a chance, say experts
Maybe ‘Facebook Pup Tent,’ jokes one, but Apple would never surrender its UI There is no way, absolutely no way, that Apple will surrender...
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App GuideSleipnir 4 for Mac
The web browser market has become a bit predictable. Leading players Apple, Google and Firefox have made increased speed and performance their top...
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BlogsBrowser engine forking isn’t the end of the world
If you’re a fan of web standards and compatibility, two announcements from last week probably have you clutching your cascading style sheets in...
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App GuideLastPass for Mac
These days, it’s hard for me to imagine life without password-management software. Good “password hygiene” is essential to protect my online...
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NewsLG adds PayPal integration to smart TVs
Soon, you won’t have to reach for the credit card when buying digital content in your living room. LG is adding PayPal integration to its latest...
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BlogsThe sync conundrum: Rethinking Apple’s cloud services
In just a few short weeks, iCloud turns two years old and there is much cause for celebration. Introduced at the 2011 Worldwide Developer Conference...
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NewsiOS ignored as Facebook reveals ‘Home’ software for Android phones
Facebook’s new mobile OS, which gives Android phones quick access to Facebook services and aims to further boost use of the social network on...
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NewsMozilla, Samsung collaborating on the browser of the future
Mozilla can see the future of web browsing, and it lies in multi-core computing. Today’s quad-core processors will be quaint compared to the...
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BlogsApril Fools’ Day 2013: A roundup of the best tech gags
In what has become an annual web tradition, the internet has once again used April 1 as an excuse to go completely insane with pranks, hijinks,...
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NewsDDoS attack against Spamhaus was reportedly the largest in history
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack of unprecedented scale that targeted an international spam-fighting organisation last week ended up...
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BlogsIs Education the cartel that technology will break next?
Imagine if the streaming music app Pandora was the education system. How would that change things? The obligatory history lesson: It happened to the...
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NewsSpotify plans to become an on-demand TV network
Spotify: free music streamer, procrastination enabler, and soundtrack to household chores around the world may soon become much much more. The service...
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Reviews 2Netgear D6300 Wi-Fi Router
The Netgear D6300 is one of the first in a new wave of routers we’ll be seeing over the next year. As well as support for 802.11 a, b, g and n,...
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ReviewsBillion BiPAC 7800NXL
Billion is not the most well-known brand to Mac users but it’s been producing interesting routers for some time. The BiPAC 7800NXL packs in most...
