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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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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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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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NewsYouTube joins Facebook in the 1 billion users club
The internet’s obsession with cats has finally reached a tipping point. This week, YouTube announced that it has more than 1 billion unique...
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NewsApple leads consumer cloud storage wars
Apple is the leading consumer cloud storage provider, beating out Dropbox, Amazon, and Google according to a new survey. The survey of 2,300 consumers...
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NewsPiracy doesn’t hurt online music sales, according to EU study
Illegal music downloads have negligible impact on digital music sales, according to a study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre....
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NewsChrome OS update fixes security, video bugs
Google has updated its Chrome OS to plug some security holes and fix bugs affecting the operating system’s ability to play some video...
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NewsHashtags gunning for #globaldomination
If rumours are true, your Facebook friends’ errant hashtags – likely imported from Twitter—will soon stop annoying you and actually have...
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NewsGoogle beefs up Chrome OS IT controls
IT administrators now have more control over the usage of Chrome OS devices in their organisations, with new settings covering areas like web browsing,...
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NewsMicrosoft fined US$731 million by European Commission
Europe’s antitrust chief this week announced a €561 million (US$731 million) fine on Microsoft for its failure to include a browser choice...
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NewsCybercriminals using digitally signed Java exploits to trick users
Security researchers warn that cybercriminals have started using Java exploits signed with digital certificates to trick users into allowing the malicious...
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NewsFacebook unveils redesigned News Feed
Facebook is giving its billion users a completely new way to look at its site. The company today previewed a new version of its News Feed that cuts...
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NewsGerman online copyright bill delayed
New concerns about whether a controversial German online copyright bill is constitutional are likely to delay voting on the measure that would have...
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NewsMicrosoft reopens 128GB Surface Pro online orders in the US
Microsoft reopened online sales for the 128GB Surface Pro after nearly a week of stock outages over the weekend, telling buyers that the tablets would...
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NewsFacebook defends Graph Search’s privacy controls for teens
Facebook is working hard to assure users that Graph Search, its new search engine designed to uncover all sorts of information buried within...
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NewsFacebook says user data is safe amidst hack attack
Facebook said yesterday it had been the target of a sophisticated hacking attack but that it had no evidence any user data had been compromised. The...
