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Sunday, March 8, 2015

Tech Giants Scramble to Fix ‘Freak’

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Way back in the latter end of the last century - the 1990s, when Netscape browser was all the rage and - SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encrypti...

CIA overhaul to boost cyber capability and security amid growing threat of digital attacks

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The CIA plans to radically overhaul operations, ramping up its capability to deal with cyber threats while boosting integration between d...
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Child Bride, 12, Miscarried After 'Marrying' 27-year-old Man

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A 12-year-old girl married in an Islamic ceremony to a 27-year-old man in New South Wales miscarried after becoming pregnant, court doc...
Monday, February 2, 2015

Roald Dahl's Heartfelt Vaccination Plea Resurfaces Amid Current Measles Outbreak

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In 1988, beloved British author Roald Dahl wrote some of his most poignant, instructive words. In an open letter, the writer known for...
Sunday, February 1, 2015

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe Becomes African Union Chairman

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One of Africa's most divisive figures, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, has taken over the chairmanship of the African Union, ca...
Saturday, January 3, 2015

Google's Gmail Killed in China

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China-tech watchers are saying China has all but blocked the last remaining ways for people to access Gmail, Google's email service. ...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

Microsoft's NEW CEO Tells Women Not to Ask For a Pay Raise

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There's a reason Microsoft left such a huge chasm between CEO's - remember the hijinks of Steve B? and congratulations to new CEO...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

REBLOG! McDonald's Breached Advertising Code, Giving Free Fries Vouchers to Children

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A recent study by the University of South Australia concluded that our children are less fit than we were at the same age, has our fast...
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Thursday, May 8, 2014

Snailmail, Woman Receives Letter 45 Years After it was Posted

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A letter has mysteriously arrived in the mailbox of a Canadian woman 45 years after it was sent by her younger sister. The missive,...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

New Study Finds Half Aussie Teens Avoid Alcohol

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A rising number of Australian teenagers are choosing not to drink alcohol, abstaining completely from the social drug, new research shows...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Is The Australian Sports Party a Topless Joke?

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The Australian Sports Party should apologise for a Facebook photo featuring a topless woman jogging, a women's rights group says. ...
Sunday, March 16, 2014

Asteroid To Shave Passed Earth

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An asteroid the size of a football field is about to make a close pass by Earth but is not expected to hit or cause any damage. Coined 2014...

Anti-vaccine Group Forced to Change Name

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We've been following the Australian Vaccination Networks -AVN - belligerence since mid 2013, when the anti-vaccination group was ordere...
Monday, March 3, 2014

...and the most tweeted pic goes to?

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A selfie of host Ellen DeGeneres with stars including Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper taken during Hollywood's ann...
Friday, February 28, 2014

New Aussie Weekend Newspaper Hits the Stands

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A crisp new weekend newspaper has hit the stands in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne this morning, hoping to prove that print media can thr...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Facebook Snags Mobile Messaging Service WhatsApp

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The socialnetworking site that is Facebook has announced it's buying mobile messaging service WhatsApp in a deal worth an $US19 billion...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Internet is a "Gift from God" According to the Pope

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Pope Francis says the internet is "a gift from God" and called on Catholics to "boldly become citizens of the digital worl...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Facebook Compared to a Disease

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Facebook has been called lots of things since it rise to stardom in 2006. According to 2 US researchers however, the social network is most...

Gates Predicts No Poor Nations by 2035

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Bill Gates has made the overtly bold prediction that there "will be almost no poor countries left by 2035". In the sixth annual...
Saturday, January 18, 2014

China Arrests Scholar Ilham Tohti

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A prominent scholar has been arrested in China just weeks after criticising the government in an interview with Australia's ABC, Il...
Monday, December 23, 2013

Million Dollar Picasso Sold in Charity Raffle for $150

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A million-dollar drawing by Pablo Picasso was snapped up on Wednesday by a 25 year-old American art lover at a online charity raffle for ...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Kings Cross Brothel Owner Jennifer Weatherstone Given Light Sentence Over Child Prostitution

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A Sydney brothel owner who prostituted a 14-year-old girl has been given a suspended jail sentence and a good behaviour bond. Jennifer We...
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

How Far Can Facebook Advertising Go? Would Google Put Up With These Tactics!?

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Facebook has become a social media behemoth with an insane reach, more than a billion users around the planet, with the majority logging ...
Monday, December 2, 2013

Paul Walker Killed in Car Accident

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Actor Paul Walker, best known for his hit roles in The Fast and The Furious movie franchise, has been killed in a fiery car crash in Cali...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Marvel's Latest Superneat, SUPERHERO, Kamala Khan

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Our love for female superheroes is well documented - Abbey Chase - there's something surreally sublime, a female fitted out in a f...
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