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Last updated: June 05, 2010

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Facebook urged to ban teen tributes

Facebook

STOPPING under-18s from setting up memorial pages would prevent cyber-vandalism, say police.

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Google promise holds up for privacy boss

Google Street View

NO need to ban Street View cars as Google's keeping them off the road, privacy boss says.

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Man charged for Facebook tribute hack

facebook

"YOU are not anonymous online," police warn after man charged for defacing schoolboy tribute page.

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Aussie man spots cosmic crash first, twice

Jupiter

FOR the second time, an amateur astronomer in Canberra has been the first to report a Jupiter collision.

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Thursday, 3 June

Retweet this! Style guide now social savvy

Quill

THE way you read news is set to change as journalism bible folds to social media phenomenon.

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What's George W Bush up to on Facebook?

George W. Bush

WANT to know what the former US president is up to? Check Facebook.

Ifitwasmyhome.com puts oil in perspective

www.ifitwasmyhome.com

FINDING it hard to picture just how massive the BP oil disaster is? Try putting it on top of your house.

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Saturday, 5 June

Aussie design to revolutionise iconic cab

unicab

A TEAM of Australian designers is in line to revolutionise New York City's iconic taxi service.

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Friday, 4 June

Aussie battler's ultimate rush to beat Poms

Supersonic cars

TWO cartons of beer helps Aussie take on million-pound might of Poms in land-speed race.

Sony collars kitty Twitter market

Cat@Log

SONY attempts to tap lucrative cat-micro-blog market with collar that lets felines express feelings.

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Thursday, 3 June

US Navy brings down drone with raygun

LaWS raygun

THE US Navy has a raygun - and it's a big one.

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Paedos beware - we know you're not a kid

Paedophile

BRITISH scientists are developing a tool to snare paedophiles posing as children online.

Beware, Big Brother is watching you

Face recognition

GOVERNMENT quietly compiling a mathematical map of almost every adult's face for police.

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We're not information thieves - Wikileaks

Wikileaks

THE tide may have turned just a little against everyone's favourite whistleblower website.

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Wednesday, 2 June

Suicide factory is 'actually pretty nice'

Steve Jobs D8

DEATH-plagued plant that makes Apple parts "no sweatshop", has swimming pools, says Steve Jobs.

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Cars need a software patch for dodgy fuel

Ford logo

HAVE you tried rebooting it? Car owners in China told to take their vehicles in for software update.

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Microsoft and Google get into security spat

Microsoft

IT started with a report Google had dumped Windows. Now it's turned into something of a schoolyard fight.

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Hoverboard unveiled at art exhibition

Back to the Future

FRENCH artist unveils working design to put dorky "where's my hoverboard" laments to bed.

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Tuesday, 1 June

Woman hit by car says it's Google's fault

Google Maps

WOMAN sues Google for giving her walking directions that, she says, led her to get hit by a car.

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30,000 kill profile on Quit Facebook Day

Facebook

ABOUT 0.008 per cent of users removed their account on Quit Facebook Day, organisers say.

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Monday, 31 May

The pleasure of faking it on Twitter

Twitter search

ON Twitter, it's essential to know when someone's faking.

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Architect's vision

An architect known for dreaming up wild visions of how humans will one day inhabit the Earth without killing it reveals his take on the future of air travel / Vincent Callebaut

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The top 5 great, cheap shooters

Switched on

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson checks out five of the latest affordable DSLR shooters.

Good to be bad in Red Dead Redemption

Red Dead Redemption

WHENEVER given the option in a game, I invariably bend toward the darkness, writes Erik Brudvig.

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ModNation Racers promises limitless content

Modnation racers

RACING game fans can create their own karts, characters and courses and share them online.

Monster Hunter a 'compelling gaming experience'

Monster Hunter Tri.

SLAY dragons and collect loot. What more could you want from a new Wii game, asks Patrick Kolan

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