Almost 200 Victorian households will be invited to take part in the state’s first electric car trial as part of a plan to slash the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Increasing the upload limit had been the “number one requested feature” by contributors to the YouTube site.
Smartphone popularity is leading to hip-pocket pain with some users receiving huge bills from internet downloads.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has said he will look into the idea of appointing an online ombudsman after Facebook tribute pages were defaced with pornography.
Australians are hoarding old mobile phones up to 12 years old. Recycling could be a better answer.
A national telephone warning system designed to send emergency bushfire alerts could be expanded to warn of mass shootings and major police incidents.
Qantas says it is aiming to halve check-in times for customers at CityFlyer ports with new technology to be rolled out across Australia.
Australians will be able to buy digital books over the counter at bookstores from next year using new technology designed for Australian book publishers.
Applications that take advantage of phones’ GPS and compass features and access to high-speed wireless networks to mash up super-local web content will become increasingly common.
The pilot production of the first Australian-built hybrid car began yesterday with the push of an oversized Power button in Altona, Melbourne.
The agreement does not allow YouTube to show complete episodes of television shows or movies, only excerpts, what a statement from Time Warner and YouTube described as “high-quality, short-form content”.
A 20-year-old Adelaide man has been charged with infecting 3,000 computers worldwide with viruses designed to capture banking details.
Optus today said it would launch a new satellite from French Guiana on August 22 and that its customer base was being boosted by iPhone and other smartphone subscriptions.
The giant social platform gets two key features: Real-time search and the Everyone filter. The company also announced plans to buy social media aggregator FriendFeed.
With Facebook’s popularity comes a whole new language of mangled words that hard-core fans and critics alike use to describe, honour and frankly mock their latest addiction.
Australia’s largest supermarket chain Woolworths has announced plans to enter the telecommunications market, offering a no-frills mobile phone service.
New Telstra boss David Thodey has stressed how much the telco prizes Foxtel amid rumours the Seven Network may launch a full takeover bid for Consolidated Media Group.
Australians are finding it harder to escape work thanks to BlackBerrys, mobile phones and laptops, but it has made us more efficient, a study has shown.
SmartGate, the self-processing option for travellers, is now available at Sydney International Airport.
Problems with Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s internet banking website are due to a high level of traffic, some of which may be malicious, the bank said today.
