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A western New York man suing over claims he owns 84 per cent of Facebook has a copy of a $US3000 cashier's cheque that may support his contract claim against the company and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg.

Kicking off the storage revolution almost 60 years ago, IBM introduced the first computer disk storage system in 1956. This system was capable of storing up to five megabytes of data. The evolution of the storage industry means that today, we can store masses and masses of information on miniature devices, and terabytes of data on enterprise storage systems. The following slideshow documents the top 10 storage milestones since the creation of the first computer disk storage system in 1956 - and provides insight to how far storage has come since then. 

CARSALES.COM has increased full-year profit by 41 per cent, as Australians increasingly turn to the internet when looking to buy and sell cars.

The rise and rise of tech gadgets means most of us have more "stuff" than ever before, but these very gadgets are allowing a new breed of digital minimalists to get rid of most of what they own.

INDIA has sent a formal notice to mobile operators ordering them to ensure security agencies can monitor BlackBerry messages by the end of the month.

Just a few short years ago, all a PC needed for protection was a basic antivirus program to guard against any malware that arrived via an e-mail attachment, embedded in a shareware application or piggy-backed on a floppy disk.

The independent MP Rob Oakeshott - who would be crucial in determining the next government in a hung parliament - has launched a phone app that allows people to track his exact location.

JERUSALEM: A former Israeli soldier who posted on Facebook controversial photographs of herself posing with blindfolded Palestinian prisoners has said she did nothing wrong.

This week, Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, [[artnid:357077|announced the ALP’s plan|new]] to link the future health of Australians with the National Broadband Network (NBN) by using its speed and connectivity to facilitate online consultations between patients and doctors via videoconferencing.