WESTFIELD has temporarily pulled Find My Car from its iPhone app after a security analyst showed he could monitor all cars parked in its Bondi store

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/westfield-iphone-app-in-privacy-fiasco/story-e6frgakx-1226137939073

Sony has announced that it will put its brand new handheld game machine — the PlayStation Vita — on sale for the first time starting Dec. 17

http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/14/7765698-sony-will-launch-playstation-vita-in-japan-with-26-games

Game that's designed to promote the downsides of having phones

http://www.phonestory.org/

The game app — called "Phone Story" — was available in Apple's App Store for a few days before Apple yanked it

http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/14/7763714-apple-doesnt-want-you-to-play-this-smartphone-game

Optus trial will be the first in Australia that offers 4G services on spectrum previously used for analogue TV

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/optus-gears-to-roll-out-4g-network/story-e6frgakx-1226137823019

wikifashion.com by University of Queensland student

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/fashion/students-startup-weaves-a-web-that-keeps-growing-20110914-1k9hi.html

HTC's 3D smartphone launched

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/exec-tech/htc-3d-smartphone-goes-on-sale/story-e6frgazf-1226136595381

Windows 8 preview

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/windows-8-unveiled-in-detail-for-first-time-20110914-1k8bi.html

"Man-in-the-MailBox" attack

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/trade-secrets-exposed-by-stealthy-email-typo-attack-20110913-1k6n4.html

Who needs writers when an algorithm can do the job

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/who-needs-writers-when-an-algorithm-can-do-the-job-20110912-1k5y3.html

Minority Report coming to the Majority: how Microsoft's pushing Kinect for Windows SDK

http://apcmag.com/minority-report-coming-to-the-majority-how-microsofts-pushing-kinect-for-windows-sdk.htm

Harvey Norman is reviewing the sale of a device that allows users to circumvent copyright law and access overseas television

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/harvey-norman-mulls-next-move-after-questions-on-sale-of-mctivia/story-e6frg996-1226134301994

Windows 8 fast boot up is a hybrid of "cold" booting and hibernating

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/09/7688472-windows-8-boots-super-fast-says-microsoft

Hotmail, MSN outage sparks doubts about Microsoft cloud

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/09/7686427-hotmail-msn-outage-sparks-doubts-about-microsoft-cloud

Law suit forces Samsung to move from Android to Windows platform

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/world/apples-legal-war-opens-samsungs-windows-options/story-e6frg90o-1226132893165

End bill shock or face fine, telcos told

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/end-bill-shock-or-face-fine-telcos-told/story-e6frgakx-1226132622886

Firmware modders keep legal storm brewing

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/firmware-modders-keep-legal-storm-brewing-20110908-1jyrg.html

PACKAGING giant Visy will migrate about 5000 users to Google Apps, the internet giant's productivity suite, as it replaces Microsoft enterprise-wide

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/visy-joins-rush-to-reach-for-cloud-as-it-replaces-microsoft-enterprise-wide/story-e6frgakx-1226130077023

control our vacuum cleaners from hundreds of kilometres away via a smartphone app

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/exec-tech/heres-the-dirt-on-remote-vacuum-cleaners-doing-the-housework/story-e6frgazf-1226129899287

Self-confessed eyeborg Rob Spence's story is a real eye opener

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/self-confessed-cyborg-rob-spences-story-is-a-real-eye-opener/story-e6frea8l-1226126928877

A mobile phone communications system that doesn't need towers is being developed at Adelaide's Flinders Uni

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/mobile-phones-without-towers-coming-soon-20110901-1jmqr.html

Sony unveils $732 wearable 3D personal theatre

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/hometech/sony-unveils-732-wearable-3d-personal-theatre-20110901-1jmpe.html

World's first smart virtual store opens in Korea, caters to smartphone users

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/31/7532672-worlds-first-smart-virtual-store-opens-in-korea-caters-to-smartphone-users

VMware cuts the desktop umbilical cord

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/vmware-cuts-the-desktop-umbilical-cord/story-e6frgakx-1226125458156

HP may resurrect its TouchPad as it weighs a spinoff of its personal computer arm

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/hp-may-resurrect-touchpad-tablet-as-more-are-manufactured-20110831-1jkqa.html

"Unplugged": A man's battle with World of Warcraft addiction

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/addiction-video-games-crowded-out-mans-real-life-20110830-1jj8z.html

iPhone hacker golden boy hired by Apple

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/iphone-hacker-golden-boy-hired-by-apple-20110830-1jj18.html

Chinese blog purge under party pressure

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/chinese-blog-purge-under-party-pressure/story-e6frg6so-1226123958483

An Australian duo who licensed their image editing software to Apple for installation on millions of Macs have struck gold again

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/aussie-mac-software-moguls-strike-gold--again-20110826-1jdnd.html

More students are graduating universities without setting foot on campus

http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/universities-spread-the-net-far-and-wide-20110826-1je4z.html

SketchUp’s helping hand to Shark and Ray Touch Tank

http://www.sketchup-ur-space.com/august11/SketchUp_helping_hand_to%20_shark_and_ray_touch_tank.html

Deck design using SketchUp

http://www.sketchup-ur-space.com/august11/Central_PA_Deck_Design_and_SketchUP_by_John_Clemons.html

Buyers swoop on Harvey Norman's discontinued HP TouchPad for $99

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/buyers-swoop-on-harvey-normans-discontinued-hp-touchpad/story-e6frgakx-1226119991630

As Apple, Microsoft, Google and others weigh up bids for lucrative patents, Kodak has begun searching for buyers

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/mobile-phone-battle-turns-to-kodak/story-e6frg6so-1226120291825

Stanley Kubrick, not Apple, designed the iPad, Samsung says in a bizarre patent defence

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/samsung-to-apple-kubrick-made-first-ipad-20110824-1j931.html

FAIR Work Australia has upheld the right of an employer to sack a worker over an expletive-filled Facebook rant against a manager

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/fair-work-upholds-sack-for-workers-facebook-diatribe/story-fn59niix-1226117011323

Ana White, a leading DIY woodworker, shares her process of translating carpentry trends into DIY wood furniture

http://sketchup4architect.com/news/how-to-make-plans-for-building-furniture-based-on-the-latest-furniture-trends.html?utm_source=Main+list&utm_campaign=e8bb5f1dd6-skpnews_17_August_2011&utm_medium=email

http://ana-white.com/anablog

WikiHouse: Build Your Own House in 24 Hours

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/198131/20110816/wikihouse-build-your-own-house-in-24-hours.htm

how Google helped track bomb hoax suspect

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/every-touch-leaves-a-trace-how-google-helped-track-bomb-hoax-suspect-20110817-1ixhp.html

Using an old camera, instead of a new app, to get that vintage look

http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/16/7389896-outside-the-frame-using-an-old-camera-instead-of-a-new-app-to-get-that-vintage-look

Google ditches Android App Inventor and Labs

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/266841,google-ditches-android-app-inventor.aspx

Google is paying $US12.5 billion ($11.9 billion) to buy Motorola, its biggest-ever deal, as protection against legal challenges from Apple and others

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/google-splashes-12-billion-on-motorola-20110816-1iv7j.html

If you use the mobile Google Maps application on a phone that has GPS, you're sending Google real-time traffic information

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/08/google-maps-mobile-users-send-traffic.html

BlueScope Steel is now providing architects and designers with the latest product renders to use in Google SketchUp 3D models

http://sketchup4architect.com/news/BlueScope-makes-products-available-in-Google-SketchUp.html?utm_source=Main+list&utm_campaign=b593218f67-skpnews_11_August_2011&utm_medium=email

www.SteelSelect.com

Google SketchUp Models Go Mobile And Get Real With Augmented Reality

http://limitlesscomputing.com/SightSpace

Why hackers write computer viruses

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44098887/ns/technology_and_science-security/

Why Plasma is better than LED TVs

http://gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/12/7357980-top-10-mistakes-made-when-buyng-an-hdtv

Law limiting teacher-student online contact draws ire

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44130772/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

Another blow to retailers: virtual dressing rooms

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/another-blow-to-retailers-virtual-dressing-rooms-20110809-1ijxa.html

Angry Birds publisher backs Adelaide iPhone game developer

http://www.tia.asn.au/news/media-activity/angry-birds-publisher-backs-adelaide-game-developer

Telstra's 4G 149.4 megabits in controlled conditions

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/telecommunications/telstra-4g-to-launch-end-august/story-fn4iyzsr-1226110783300

iPhone 5 Rumours Roundup

http://www.blognotes.in/expected-apple-iphone-5-specifications-and-features/

Thousands hit by licence disqualification bungle

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-05/licence-error-demerit-transport/2826408/?site=adelaide§ion=news

60% of teenagers describing themselves as "highly addicted" to their devices

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/aug/04/facebook-twitter-iphone-blackberry-addiction-ofcom

Internet game lets players build real-estate empire

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/property/internet-game-lets-players-build-real-estate-empire/story-fn9656lz-1226107739607

Internet's $50bn GDP boost 'on par with' iron ore exports and retail

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/internets-50bn-gdp-boost-on-par-with-iron-ore-exports-retail/story-e6frg6nf-1226107002490

Robots threaten China's manufacturing workers

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/world/robots-threaten-chinas-workers/story-e6frg90o-1226106476518

High End CPU's - Intel vs AMD benchmarks

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

Optus mini mobile station gets you talking through walls

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/optus-mini-mobile-station-gets-you-talking-through-walls/story-e6frgakx-1226106234133

Ultimate gaming laptop

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/a-portable-mack-truck-for-demanding-games/story-e6frgakx-1226106229657

Tax office recoups millions through data modelling

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/government/tax-office-recoups-millions-through-data-modelling/story-fn4htb9o-1226106222966

Apple blocks Samsung's tablet from entering Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/apple-blocks-rivals-tablet-from-entering-australia-20110801-1i8ih.html

Macquarie Uni computerised cranes to retrieve books from a massive underground warehouse

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/fullmetal-dust-jackets-and-wifi-in-unis-spaceage-library-20110801-1i88g.html

Bicycle of the future shifts gears via brain waves and iPhone app

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/bicycle-of-the-future-shifts-gears-via-brain-waves-20110801-1i71s.html

China tries to spy on public WiFi users

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/china-tries-to-spy-on-public-wifi-users/story-e6frgakx-1226104339741

The transparent battery: is an invisible iPhone next?

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/the-transparent-battery-is-an-invisible-iphone-next-20110729-1i3is.html

Google Latitude helped to track down stolen iPhone

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/the-idiot-who-bought-a-stolen-iphone-and-the-10day-chase-to-track-it-down-20110728-1i1r7.html

Beware the new smartphone virus

http://www.watoday.com.au/technology/security/beware-the-new-smartphone-virus-20110729-1i47n.html?from=smh_ft

Optus TV ignites row over copyright

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/optus-tv-app-raises-boundary-quarrel/story-fn91v9q3-1226102337757

Apple's Lion O/S review

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/blogs/gadgets-on-the-go/lion-adventures--mission-control-20110725-1hvzc.html

6 Keys to Understanding Modern CSS-based Layouts

http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/six_keys_to_understanding_css_layouts/

Google SketchUp used to help autistic children

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705375964/Technology-being-used-to-build-bridges-with-autistic-children.html

Inner-city Students Innovate and Create at GreenFab

http://www.livescience.com/15047-city-students-innovate-create-greenfab.html

SIGGRAPH 2011 Announces Computer Animation Festival Winners

http://sketchup4architect.com/news/SIGGRAPH-2011-announces-computer-animation-festival-winners.html?utm_source=Main+list&utm_campaign=7ef618e52b-skpnews_15_July_2011&utm_medium=email

OpenPCR Shows How Design And Manufacturing Are Changing

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/07/openpcr-shows-how-the-world-is-changing.php

Securing your wireless network. How to stay safe online

http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/

Memory lapses becoming the norm as Google steps in to fill the gaps

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/memory-lapses-becoming-the-norm-as-google-steps-in-to-fill-the-gaps-20110715-1hgp6.html

SBS website exposing users to malware: Google

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/sbs-website-exposing-users-to-malware-google-20110718-1hksf.html

How to protect your password from hackers

http://www.moneyville.ca/blog/post/1022671--how-to-protect-your-password-from-hackers

Where to get e-books for free

http://digitallife.today.com/_news/2011/07/08/7044633-where-to-get-e-books-for-free

Computer chess champ 'a Crafty cheat' copy

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/computer-chess-champ-a-crafty-cheat/story-e6frgakx-1226092661854

What to look for in a GPS navigator

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/cartech/what-to-look-for-in-a-gps-navigator-20110711-1h9nm.html

How cybercrime hijacks your computer

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/how-cybercrime-hijacks-your-computer-20110709-1h7se.html

Scientists make chocolate goodies with 3D printer

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/scientists-make-chocolate-goodies-with-3d-printer-20110708-1h5k0.html

Hackers expose flaw in Apple iPad, iPhone software

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/hackers-expose-flaw-in-apple-ipad-iphone-software-20110707-1h3e1.html

Facebook unveils Skype video calls in challenge to Google

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-unveils-skype-video-calls-in-challenge-to-google-20110707-1h3ad.html

The apps that eat your mobile data

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/the-apps-that-eat-your-mobile-data-20110706-1h1a7.html

CHINA'S monopoly over rare-earth metals could be challenged by the discovery of massive deposits high-tech minerals in mud on the Pacific floor

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/eurscientists-find-rare-earths-in-ocean-floor-sci-rare-earths/story-e6frg8y6-1226086964011

Top 8 smartphones in first half of 2011

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/dial-s-for-smartphone-20110701-1gu48.html

Facebook hires iPhone, PS3 hacker 'Geohot'

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/facebook-hires-iphone-ps3-hacker-geohot-20110630-1groh.html

The magic of 3D images at a fraction of the risk

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/the-magic-of-3d-images-at-a-fraction-of-the-risk-20110630-1gt3c.html

Justin Timberlake group buys Myspace from News Corp for $35M, down from $580M six years ago

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/world/justin-timberlake-group-buys-myspace-from-news-corp/story-e6frg90o-1226084692121

What is 3D printing? A beginner’s guide to the desktop factory

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/what-is-3d-printing-a-beginners-guide-to-the-desktop-factory/

Australian students rank second in digital skills - OECD report

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/australian-students-rank-second-in-digital-skills-oecd-report/story-e6frea73-1226084047067

Google launches Facebook rival 'Google+'

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/google-launches-facebook-rival-google-20110629-1gppc.html

Mythbusters will be converted into an interactive digital book by Adelaide company

Popular science entertainment TV program Mythbusters will be converted into an interactive digital book under an exclusive deal for Blackberry Playbook users by an Adelaide company.

The PlayBook, which is available in the US and touted as the world's first professional grade tablet, is likely to be launched in Australia within days.

Local digital media developer and TIA member Enabled Solutions is working on the PlayBook application with the program's Australian creator and producer, Beyond Television Productions.

Beyond Television, which developed the program originally for the US Discovery Channel, owns distribution rights worldwide for its broadcast across channels, except in the US and Canada.

The digital book of the popular series is tipped to be on the most exciting developments in the applications space.

Source: The Advertiser 23 June 2011.

Bitcoin: Virtual money gets hacked and heisted

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/22/6917264-bitcoin-virtual-money-gets-hacked-and-heisted

iPhone 5 coming September: sources

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/iphone/iphone-5-coming-september-sources-20110623-1gg4f.html

Microsoft SkyDrive drops Silverlight, adopts HTML5

http://www.i-programmer.info/news/81-web-general/2640-skydrive-drops-silverlight.html

20 June 2011 may go down in history as the day the internet fundamentally changed forever

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/a-new-online-gold-rush-or-blatant-cash-grab-20110622-1geea.html