Kim Dotcom to live off just $46,700 a month

Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom, was allowed bail in the North Shore court in Auckland. Picture: AFP Source: AFP A NEW Zealand court has allowed Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom $46,700 a month in living expenses as he awaits a US bid to extradite him on on-line piracy charges. The German national reportedly applied for $171,240 a month to cover his costs when he was freed on bail last month, including funds to pay for luxuries such as a butler and nannies. ...

Submited at Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 at 7:00 am by jessica

Yahoo! accuses Facebook of patent infringement

Yahoo! has filed a lawsuit against social networking website Facebook. Picture: Supplied Source: AFP YAHOO! has filed a lawsuit against Facebook yesterday, accusing the social networking giant of patent infringement. Yahoo!, in the suit filed in US District Court for the Northern District of California, accused Facebook of infringing on 10 of its patents. “For much of the technology upon which Facebook is based Yahoo! got there first and was therefore allowed patents by the United States Patent Office to ...

Submited at Monday, March 12th, 2012 at 11:00 pm by jessica

Telstra finalises $11 billion NBN deal

Telstra CEO David Thodey has been praised for the lucrative NBN deal. Source: News Limited TELSTRA will participate in the rollout of the national broadband network (NBN) after finalising its $11 billion agreement with the federal government and NBN Co. “Today, we have concluded nearly three years of intense and complex negotiations, with multiple parties, and we are very pleased we have delivered this positive outcome for our customers, employees and shareholders,” Telstra chief executive David Thodey stated in a ...

Submited at Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 at 11:00 pm by Gillan

Kenyan villagers embrace Twitter

Chief Kaiuki uses Twitter regularly to contact his Kenyan village. Picture: Twitter Source: news.com.au WHEN the chief in a western Kenyan village received an urgent call that thugs were invading a school teacher’s home, he sent a message on Twitter. Within minutes residents in this village of stone houses gathered outside the home, and the thugs fled. The tweet from Chief Francis Kariuki was only his latest attempt to improve village life by using the micro-blogging site Twitter.

Submited at Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 at 10:00 pm by chuck

Valentine warning bells, not wedding bells

People should be wary of viruses in e-cards this Valentine’s Day. Source: The Courier-Mail HOPELESS romantics looking to catch the love bug this Valentine’s Day could end up infected with nothing more than a computer virus. E-cards from secret admirers often turn out to be spam from on-line scam artists, the NSW Department of Fair Trading has warned. Minister for Fair Trading Anthony Roberts states people should think with their heads, not their hearts, when making Valentine’s Day buys and ...

Submited at Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 11:00 pm by Alina

How the on-line world paid its respects to Kim Jong Il

Kim Jong Il – funnier in real life/death? Picture: Paramount Source: Supplied WARNING – this collection contains at least one Il/death gag. So let’s get it out of the way early:  There was the usual flood of first-to-the-punch Tweets, ranging from the Return of the Jedi theme (insert dead bad guy here): Of course, you have hit the huge time if your death’s been animated:  And more so if you were a key part of 30 Rock’s season-ending storyline:  (For ...

Submited at Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 at 7:00 am by admin

Comet defies death, brushes up to sun

A NASA handout image, taken December 15, 2011, shows the Comet Lovejoy leaving the sun’s corona which is several million degrees. Astronomers had tracked 2000 other sun-grazing comets make the same suicidal trip. None had ever survived. Picture: AP Source: AP A SMALL comet has survived what astronomers figured would be a sure death when it danced uncomfortably close to the broiling sun. Comet Lovejoy was only discovered a couple of weeks ago. It was supposed to melt as it ...

Submited at Friday, December 16th, 2011 at 10:00 pm by madison

Schoolies send up council in YouTube hit

City Council Anthem as performed by schoolies. Source: Supplied A new perspective of life as a Brisbane City Council road worker is going gang-busters. The YouTube clip City Council Anthem – Every Day I’m Shovelling is going viral after the video was uploaded on November 28. The Brisbane City Council send-up has been viewed more than 53,000 times in less than a week, and shows dancing workers wearing council clothing, hard hats and one worker even sporting a mullet. Deputy ...

Submited at Monday, December 5th, 2011 at 10:00 pm by ethan

Trustno1: The 25 worst web passwords

Dragons – cool in films and fantasy books, not so cool in your password field. Picture: Dragonheart / Universal Pictures Source: Supplied If you are reading these words at your work station and thinking they had make great passwords for your computer, contact IT and tell them to take away your computer. Because you are a security threat to the company that employs you. SplashData has drawn up a list of the worst 25 passwords from the millions of stolen ...

Submited at Monday, November 21st, 2011 at 1:00 am by jessica

Rocker who wanted to ‘cut off Steve Jobs’ balls’

Pete Townshend states Apple is like a digital vampire. Picture: AP Source: AP PETE Townshend states Apple is bleeding musicians “like a digital vampire” and has called on the tech giant to do more to support artists. The Who guitarist compared Apple to the banking industry, and admitted he had wanted to cut Steve Jobs’s balls off, The Guardian reports. In a speech to the radio industry, Townshend said: “Is there really any good reason why, just because iTunes exists ...

Submited at Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 at 2:00 pm by jessica