Conroy intervenes in Greenfield stoush
Promises talks with commercial fibre builders.
Gillard should halt filter plan: Greens
THE Greens have urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to put the controversial ISP filtering plan on hold or risk affecting Labor's election chances.
Germany launches legal action against Facebook
A German data protection official said Wednesday he launched legal proceedings against Facebook, which he accused of illegally accessing and saving personal data of people who don't use the social networking site.
Google kept waiting for China licence decision
Google's application for renewal of its licence to operate in China, the world's largest Internet market, is still under review, a company spokeswoman and a government official said Wednesday.
Vodafone rejigs mobile broadband plans
Business mobile broadband users have had their options expanded following the announcement by Vodafone that it has increased its data quota and cut excess fees on its capped mobile broadband plans, adding four new postpaid and one new prepaid options.
Vodafone rejigs mobile broadband plans
Business mobile broadband users have had their options expanded following the announcement by Vodafone that it has increased its data quota and cut excess fees on its capped mobile broadband plans, adding four new postpaid and one new prepaid options.
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Star Wars creator fumes at real-life ‘lightsaber’
George Lucas is trying to stop a company from making a high-powered laser that bloggers around the world have dubbed "a real-life lightsaber".
Nokia shares fall to new low
SHARES in the world's leading mobile phone maker Nokia fell to a new low point for the year yesterday.
Solar plane to fly through night
The crew of a solar-powered aircraft have decided to take the pioneering step of flying through the night over Europe, aiming for a landing at a Swiss airbase after dawn.
A to Z of programming languages: Smalltalk-80
This week, we take a look at the pre-cursor to Objective-C and the foundation of much of modern programming today: Smalltalk-80. One of the men behind the language, Alan Kay, is credited not only with helping to develop the language, but also the invention of object-oriented programming as a concept, and even inventing a personal computer concept that has eerie similarities to the iPad.