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Vacuuming: World's most boring game
CLAIRE PORTER Technology editor PEOPLE do their best to avoid vacuuming in the real world. So why would anyone want to play a video game about cleaning? Here's a look at some of the worst games around.
Yahoo buys app maker Bignoggins
YAHOO acquires app maker Bignoggins Productions for an undisclosed sum, part of its bid to make more compelling tablet and smartphone applications.
It's time to say goodbye to old-school Alta Vista
by Staff Writers IT'S a sad day for the internet. One of the world's first search engines is being sent to the digital scrapheap, because most people didn't realise that it still existed.
$25 million for an app that doesn't exist yet
by Staff Writers A TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD raises a record $25 million for his mobile payment app that hasn't even launched. How did he do it?
Australians love shopping online
Valerina Changarathil Business reporter AUSTRALIA could become the mecca for online businesses with more average online spending here than anywhere else in the world.
Big growth in Aussies shopping online
Business Reporter Valerina Changarathil AUSTRALIA could become the mecca for online businesses with more web stores opening and more online spending here than anywhere else in the world.
Apple banned from importing iPhone
Peter Svenssonap, Technology Writer APPLE banned from importing the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 after trade agency discovers it had violated a patent held by Samsung.
'The start-up is the new corporation'
By Claire Porter Technology editor SO you want to work for a start-up to avoid life in the corporate world? Newsflash, it's not much different except for the pay (less) and the hours, (longer).
More woes for PC sales in 2013
SALES of personal computers are set to plummet further, a new US survey reveals.
Eight cities that could rival Silicon Valley
By Natasha Guterres, Renegade Collective WATCH out California! These up and coming entrepreneurial hotspots are poised to take over the world, one great idea at a time.
Google Glass gets Aussie test run
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson GOOGLE'S internet-connected spectacles, Google Glass, are already being tested in Aussie workplaces where workers wear them while driving.
Apple denies tax-dodging 'gimmicks'
APPLE has denied using "gimmicks" to dodge taxes after a US Senate investigation found it used offshore loopholes to save billions in taxes.
Tumblrs threaten mutiny over sale
BLOGGERS are outraged that Tumblr will be sold to Yahoo! for $1.1 billion and are threatening to leave the service in droves.
A year after IPO do we now like Facebook?
IT WAS supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering. But few found much to 'like' about the Facebook float.
Yahoo! 'in talks to buy Tumblr'
YAHOO! has reportedly begun talks with blogging platform Tumblr about an acquisition or strategic alliance.
Facebook, Twitter jump on Google glasses
Glenn Chapman SOCIAL media giants Facebook and Twitter have taken steps to incorporate Google's new internet glasses into its platforms.
App Store hits 50 billion downloads
APPLE says its customers have downloaded more than 50 billon applications from its App Store since its launch in 2008.