analysis Coalition MPs this week are claiming NBN Co-targeted Labor electorates in Queensland as places to roll out the NBN, while neglecting neighbouring Liberal National electorates. But is that accurate? This morning Liberal MPs Paul Fletcher and Andrew Laming claimed that the Labor Government was rolling out the NBN in the Brisbane electorates of Labor MPs Kevin Rudd, Wayne Swan and Craig Emerson, but skipping a number of Liberal electorates in the area

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Full Spectrum: no pork in NBN plan

Australia Post's attempts to stop a competitor from trading under a name similar to its own have been temporarily foiled, with the court deciding that the competitor can continue to use its name until it decides whether the name misleads customers. (Australia post image by Les Haines , CC2.0 ) Last month Digital Post Australia decided to bring out a digital mail service that acts as a personal assistant, notifying users when bill payments are due and keeping digital documents together for secure access.

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Australia Post loses digital mail skirmish

In a new video, Google reveals plans for a futuristic ultra-connected augmented reality that displays nearly every Google product in a pair of glasses.

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Google's heads-up display glasses: pics

After months of leaks, Google has finally acknowledged that it's testing a prototype set of eyeglasses that can stream data to the wearer's eyes in real time. A video of this augmented-reality experiment was posted by Google on YouTube showing someone wearing the glasses as he made his way around a variety of Manhattan venues, receiving up-to-the-minute updates as information streamed into his glasses.

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Google tests augmented-reality glasses

Why did Google lose out in court this week? How should the CSIRO spend its hard-earned Wi-Fi royalty dollars? And why did the Defence Signals Directorate take so long to certify Apple's iOS platform?

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Certifying Google's Wi-Fi ads

Following the defacement of four government sites over the weekend, Kiama Municipal Council and Gold Coast City Council have had the sub domains for their library and annual reports defaced, respectively. They were still defaced this morning , leaving many wondering if they are taking their security seriously.

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More local govt sites defaced

The international consortium behind a plan to build the world's most powerful radio telescope has signalled further delays in deciding whether it should be hosted by South Africa or Australia. It was hoped that members of the SKA (Square Kilometre Array) Organisation would set a date for the eagerly awaited announcement during two meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday in the Netherlands.

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SKA decision delayed further

In its attempt to show that Samsung was discriminating against it when licensing 3G patents, Apple has managed to get a hold of some of the 3G patent licensing agreements Samsung has with other mobile phone vendors, but has complained that much of the crucial information, including royalty payments has been redacted from the agreements. As part of the patent dispute brought against Apple by Samsung in Australia claiming that many versions of Apple's iPhones infringe on its 3G patents, Apple is seeking to prove that Samsung previously licensed 3G patents to other vendors that it has not licensed to Apple.

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Apple upset at censored Samsung docs

commentary Yahoo management fires another 2000 people and promises to redeploy resources to its "most urgent priorities".

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Yahoo needs to air strategy, if it exists

As expected, Yahoo has announced that it will lay off a large number of its employees. The company said that it will begin notifying about 2000 employees of their " job elimination or phased transition "

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Yahoo to lay off 2000 workers