Passengers heading in and out of Australia's international airports will be facing random screenings via new body scanners set to be deployed around the country from July, with the government insisting that passenger privacy and safety is at the top of the list when it comes to the new technology.

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Body scanners coming to airports in July

Apple has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its online store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies. The sale of the devices was briefly halted after Motorola Mobility enforced a ruling that it won against Ireland-based Apple Sales International from a court in Mannheim, Germany. The court had earlier ruled that Apple should not be using Motorola's mobile technology in the devices without a licence.

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Apple wins eleventh-hour bid to avoid ban

Facebook's IPO has been compared to Google as the next big opportunity to invest in a massive internet enterprise, but how much is hype and how much is realistic? One thousand dollars of Google shares from 2004 would be worth about $6000 today. Not bad, considering we've been through a period of economic turbulence.

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By the numbers: the Facebook prospectus

Google's Android operating system may soon receive the US Government's seal of security approval, according to a report from CNN . Citing a source close to the project, CNN says that developers in a government program are working on smartphones that run a customised version of the OS with security improvements

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With patent lawsuits between technology players like Apple, Samsung and Motorola all the rage nowadays, one term is popping up more frequently: "FRAND".

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What is FRAND?

With two billion people now online, we should probably start thinking about the kind of world we want to create. Enter the Society 5 project. "This is a collaborative discussion

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Society 5: our democratic digital future

Following controversy, Apple has made changes to the end user licence agreement that binds its iBooks Author software. iBooks Author (Credit: Apple) The legal agreement sparked ire following the software's introduction last month for its stipulation that books that were created with the free software would have to be made available only through Apple's iBookstore if authors intended to charge for them

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Telstra has rejected claims by its competitors that it is milking universal service obligation (USO) payments for extra cash. Under universal service obligation legislation, currently being reviewed by parliament, Telstra will keep its copper network in place for the 7 per cent of Australia not covered by the fibre roll-out of the National Broadband Network and will provide a minimum voice service as it has for years. For this, Telstra will be paid $50 million in the first two years, and $100 million each year after for a period of 20 years by the government.

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update Apple has slammed a hearing deal proposed by rival litigant Samsung today, saying that splitting the issue into three separate cases would confuse the case and evade the necessary "rigorous analysis" in the courtroom. (My trusty gavel image by Brian Turner , CC2.0 ) Samsung took Apple to court over patents that it has allegedly infringed upon in its iPhone models from the 3GS iPhone onwards. Samsung has been pushing for the case to be heard as quickly as possible, but Apple said in December that it would not be ready for a hearing on the case in March, saying that it needed more time for preparation.

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Samsung hearing plan draws Apple ire

Why is Facebook floating and is it a bad idea for mum and dad investors? Optus won the first round of TV Now, what happens now and how can you get away with petty internet crime? On this week's episode of Technolatte: Facebook finally files its multibillion-dollar IPO We talk about the ramifications of Optus' TV Now win against the football codes Why do companies like Trend Micro let small offenders get away with small crimes online

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