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  • 11:23 pm May 22, 2012

    Google Goes Moog: Doodle Is Playable, Recordable Synthesizer

    In celebration of Robert Moog’s 78th birthday, Google has created an epic Google Doodle to honor the electronic music pioneer.

  • 11:23 pm May 22, 2012

    Many Maps of the Australian Twittersphere

    I spent most of last week at the Digital Humanities Australasia conference in Canberra (see my liveblog coverage), where I presented the latest iteration of our map of the Australian Twitter follower/followee network.

  • 6:54 am May 22, 2012

    9 Inventive Solar Eclipse Photos From Mashable Readers

    Over the weekend, an astounding astronomical phenominon occurred: an annular solar eclipse.

  • 5:34 am May 22, 2012

    Posted on May 21, 2012 from Twitterrific

    The #NBNTruck at CEBIT 2012 in Sydney.

  • 3:30 pm May 22, 2012

    Lean, green, music machine.

    Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs.

  • 1:40 pm May 21, 2012

    Daniel Merriweather

  • 8:48 am May 21, 2012

    MYNAME releases comeback music video teaser for “Hello & Goodbye”

    Share on TumblrRookie boy group has finally kicked off preparations for their comeback!The boys debuted with “” eight months ago, but are now ready to kick things up a notch with the teaser music video release of their newest track, ““.

  • 9:02 am May 20, 2012

    Katter regrets allowing homophobic ads

  • 7:51 am May 20, 2012

    That annoying moment when a package says "easy open" and you need scissors, a knife, a gun, and a lightsaber to open it.

    autocorrects @autocorrects
    Funny Tweets
  • 10:30 am May 19, 2012

    Katelyn has fracture to the left cheek bone and eye area. She will need facial surgery within the next few days.

    mj_payne @mj_payne
    Michelle Payne
  • 4:25 am May 19, 2012

    Judge Ordered Parents To Vaccinate Baby Despite Their Opposition

    NARRATION Watch as this baby gasps for air.

  • 8:45 am May 18, 2012

    Samsung Australia support site confirms Galaxy S III for Vodafone, Optus, and possibly a 4G version for Telstra

    Our own Matty Booth pointed out to me that on Samsung’s support site it lists versions of the Galaxy S III that are going to launch.

  • 10:09 am May 18, 2012

    Judge ordered parents to vaccinate newborn

    NARRATION Watch as this baby gasps for air.

  • 11:47 am May 18, 2012

    French Sex Toy Site Offers Free Vibrators to Diablo III Widows

    In case you missed it, Diablo III came out this week.

  • 4:16 am May 17, 2012

    The Text Prize

  • 7:03 am May 17, 2012

    ABC Message Board - Catalyst - Invisible Killers Live Forum - Messages

    Welcome to Catalyst’s “Outbreak” Special Edition online forum, opening here on Thursday May 17th 8:30pm and running until 9:30pm AEST.

  • 8:14 am May 16, 2012

    Canterbury Bulldogs coach Des Hasler shaves head to raise $100,000 for Camp Quality

    CANTERBURY coach Des Hasler has shaved his famous flowing locks to raise $100,000 for children's cancer charity Camp Quality.

  • 7:06 am May 16, 2012

    Aaron Sorkin Confirmed to Write Steve Jobs Biopic

    After winning an Oscar for writing a screenplay about Facebook, Aaron Sorkin is setting his sights on Apple.

  • 12:04 pm May 15, 2012

    Last year, we were all watching AYITM on the internet and now, it'll be on our television screens. They've have become so huge. I can't deal

    HStylesCentral @HStylesCentral
    was @zaynthellama
  • 9:26 am May 15, 2012

    Apple Releases Flashback Fix for OS X Leopard

    After issuing similar fixes for Lion and Snow Leopard in April, Apple has now released an Flashback removal security update for OS X Leopard.

  • 4:33 am May 15, 2012

    Smartphone Bot Case Study: The Google Smartphone Bot On Holiday In Australia

    While Google’s new smartphone bot has been announced, it does not appear to be widely deployed yet

  • 3:33 pm May 14, 2012

    Apple Poised To Keep The “Pro” In MacBook Pro, Says Rumor

  • 2:49 pm May 14, 2012

    New 15-Inch MacBook Pro Will Have Retina Display, Ultra-Thin Design [RUMOR]

    The new, 15 inch MacBook Pro will be a significant departure from the current design, with a retina display and an ultra-thin profile, 9to5Mac claims citing sources from Apple‘s supply chain.

  • 1:50 pm May 14, 2012

    MP wants second take on gene patent laws

    A federal Labor backbencher will put a private member's bill to the party's caucus that will effectively ban patents on all genetic material, including human genes.

  • 2:16 pm May 14, 2012

    Joel should just become an Australian citizen okay? Okay.

    CourtneyBTC @CourtneyBTC
    Boo Bear
  • 2:49 pm May 14, 2012

    Foreign aid and moral vision

    CommentIn influential 1972 article entitled "Famine, Affluence, and Morality, " Peter Singer provided a compelling utilitarian basis for the morality of foreign aid:"if it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing…

  • 5:31 am May 14, 2012

    Expert wants three-concussion limit for young footballers

    "Jeffrey's one of the more astute, I think, and well balanced in terms of what needs to be done, " Parkin said.

  • 11:51 pm May 13, 2012

    Doctors for the Family’s hidden religious agenda

    The internet is all a twitter tonight with news that 150 Australian doctors, operating under the moniker Doctors for the Family [Senate submission 229], oppose same-sex marriage on the basis that it would be detrimental, both to children and community…

  • 4:49 pm May 13, 2012

    Grandstand Digital

  • 3:13 am May 14, 2012

    To Save Mothers, Let's Lower 5 Basic Risks

    Eighty percent of all maternal deaths globally can be attributed to five basic risks.

  • 3:12 pm May 12, 2012

    iOS 6 Codenamed ‘Sundance’, Availability Of Siri APIs To Developers, iTunes 11 And More Details Emerge

    The build up to WWDC always sees a plethora of rumors and conjecture, and the 2012 event is no different.

  • 1:29 pm May 11, 2012

    US Bank Offers Check Deposits Via iPhone

    Getting a step closer to completely paperless banking, some customers of USAA will be able to deposit checks using their iPhones.

  • 12:18 pm May 11, 2012

    America, the Deep South, Where Homosexuality is a 'choice', Yet Obesity is a genetic condition.

    sickipediabot @sickipediabot
    sickipediabot
  • 4:17 am May 11, 2012

    So Kyle Sandilands is in hospital after a "health scare"... I wonder if we have time to introduce a law mandating involuntary euthanasia ?

    Can_do_Campbell @Can_do_Campbell
    Not Campbell Newman
  • 5:36 am May 10, 2012

    ‘Wolfenstein 3D’ Released as Free Web Browser Game

    Expect work productivity to drop today.

  • 12:14 pm May 8, 2012

    Disabled, aged to benefit from healthy $19.8m federal budget injection

    S health services received a major shot in the arm in the 2012 federal budget, with $19.8 billion invested up to 2020, including a new focus on dental health, bowel cancer and treating and looking after our elderly.

  • 1:40 pm May 8, 2012

    #youtubejanoskians !!! For all those who have never seen or heard of the janoskians before, look them us up on YouTube!!!!!

    luke_brooks @luke_brooks
    Luke Brooks
  • 6:31 am May 8, 2012

    Facebook Australia users get donor feature

    Australian Facebook users can link to organ donor registries and share their donor status with friends under a new feature introduced on the social networking site.

  • 11:36 am May 7, 2012

    “@LukeCatoggio: don't care about supercoach sorry pal

    DustinMartin4 @DustinMartin4
    Dustin Martin
  • 12:19 pm May 7, 2012

    4G faster than the NBN? I don’t think so

    blog Today’s dose of National Broadband Network related FUD comes from the West Australian newspaper, which has done some testing of Telstra’s 4G mobile broadband network in Perth and come to the conclusion that “Wireless 4G leaves NBN in its wake”.

  • 3:22 pm May 6, 2012

    The supermoon rises, bigger and brighter - in pictures

    Once a-year cosmic event lights up the night sky as the full moon passes at its closest to the Earth, making it 14% larger and 30% brighter than usual

  • 4:33 am May 6, 2012

    HitSports.Net .::The Source of Live Streaming

    New Page 1Live: Football: AFC Champions League Fox Sports 1 HD Starts: Wed 4 Apr, 8:25 pm.

  • 9:42 am May 5, 2012

    Razor gang targets natural therapies subsidy

  • 10:53 pm May 3, 2012

    ‘The Elder Scrolls Online’ Is Coming

    The Elder Scrolls franchise, lauded for its expansive single player campaigns and rich fantasy worlds, will jump into online gaming in 2013.

  • 11:59 pm May 3, 2012

    Samsung unwraps latest Galaxy rival to iPhone

    Samsung Electronics unveiled a new top of-the-range Galaxy smartphone in London on Thursday, updating the most direct rival to Apple's iPhone with a larger touch screen and more powerful processor.

  • 12:45 pm May 3, 2012

    Help spread the word

  • 9:55 am May 3, 2012

    Wacky cat pics are web hit

    sorry, poring — over the snaps of users’ pets with silly captions describing them.

  • 9:24 am May 3, 2012

    Google Australia: ~$1bn in revenue, $74k in tax

    news Search giant Google has revealed it expects to pay just $74,000 in corporate income tax for the 2011 calendar year in Australia, off claimed local revenues of $201 million, despite the fact that industry estimates have continually pegged the search…

  • 4:36 am May 3, 2012

    Budget allocations

    The 2012 budget papers show that the government has made a deliberate decision to slam the door on Victoria's bike riders.

  • 8:37 am May 2, 2012

    Pinterest and Flickr Make Photo Attribution Easier

    Flickr announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with social networking site Pinterest to make sure images posted from the popular photo sharing site are always properly attributed.

  • 7:37 am May 2, 2012

    How much is general health affected by oral health?

    Bad oral health can have a significant negative impact on people’s quality of life.

  • 7:02 am May 2, 2012

    AWESOME - West Wing Reunion Spoof. there's no Rob Lowe. Epic Sadface)

    Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Joshua Malina, Melissa Fitzgerald and William Duffy reprise their West Wing roles walking and talking their way into the Oval Office.

  • 3:42 am May 1, 2012

    Dental care 'disgrace' back under the spotlight

    "That five year period is an incredible time to wait, and for many people they end up in emergency departments in hospital because they have a whole range of other health complications."Ms Bennett says the situation is "untenable" and infection from dental…

  • 4:00 pm May 1, 2012

    Microsoft eyes tablet lift via Barnes & Noble deal

    As part of the move, there will be a Nook application included in the new Windows 8, which is scheduled to have a release preview in early June.

  • 3:15 am May 1, 2012

    Australian Price Gouging Inquiry Targets Apple, Microsoft And Others

  • 7:52 am May 1, 2012

    Worst of the worst: Photos of Australia’s copper network

    On Playfield St, East Victoria Park, Western Australia.

  • 5:50 pm Apr 30, 2012

    Microsoft buys Nook stake, B&N shares soar

    Microsoft Corp will invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble Inc's Nook e reader, gaining a foothold in the fast-growing e-books market as the bookseller gets more firepower to compete against Amazon.com's Kindle and Apple Inc's iPad.

  • 5:44 am Apr 30, 2012

    Interest in Pinterest Reaches a Fever Pitch [INFOGRAPHIC]

    Could Pinterest be the silver bullet for retailers on social media?

  • 2:06 pm Apr 28, 2012

    Here's the Raines-Selwood incident as things got heated in the last term: [YouTube video] #afllionscats

    AFL @AFL
    AFL
  • 4:32 pm Apr 27, 2012

    The Glorious League Freak - Covering Rugby League World Wide -

    The Football Federation Of Australia (Soccer) has announced today that they will start up a Western Sydney based A League team.

  • 6:34 am Apr 27, 2012

    It’s Super Saturday at JB Hi-Fi tomorrow. 20% off DVD & Blu-Ray Movies, CD & DVD Music & loads more

  • 6:06 am Apr 27, 2012

    Dropbox adds automated photo uploading from PCs and Macs, new Photos page

    While the week has been dominated by cloud storage news in the wake of Google Drive’s launch, Dropbox has dropped in with its second new feature of the week: automated photo uploading from its PC and Mac clients and a new Photos page.

  • 5:46 am Apr 27, 2012

    Cancer-hit Chopper Read may have weeks to live

    "Looks like the big C has finally bitten.

  • 1:14 pm Apr 26, 2012

    So is "I can change your mind about vaccinations" on next week?

    GrogsGamut @GrogsGamut
    Greg Jericho
  • 6:42 am Apr 26, 2012

    You were wondering why CS6 is more expensive in Australia. We asked Adobe:

    Desktopmagazine @Desktopmagazine
    Desktop Magazine
  • 7:24 am Apr 26, 2012

    Optus Launches Its 4G Network -

    giz_au @giz_au
    Gizmodo Australia
  • 5:38 am Apr 26, 2012

    Researchers claim quantum computer breakthrough @abcnews | Awesome work guys, technology just jumped a century ahead.

    sortius @sortius
    sortius
  • 5:38 am Apr 26, 2012

    Technology News: Tupac's performance was no hologram

    smh @smh
    smh.com.au
  • 4:46 am Apr 26, 2012

    7 more minutes until our DORADORA MV is released on YouTube! DORADORA PV リリース5分まえです!

    Kevinwoo91 @Kevinwoo91
    Kevin ★ 유키스 케빈 ★ ケビン
  • 5:36 am Apr 25, 2012

    Google executives and film director James Cameron back plan to mine asteroids for precious minerals and water

    abcnews @abcnews
    ABC News
  • 5:36 am Apr 25, 2012

    Twitter discovery of the day @PicturelessPins. It's Pinterest without the hassle of pictures. Hilarious.

    lucethoughts @lucethoughts
    Lucy Carter
  • 1:08 am Apr 25, 2012

    Introducing Google Drive—a place where you can create, share, collaborate & keep all of your stuff:

    google @google
    A Googler
  • 7:28 am Apr 24, 2012

    My blog post on Leanne Edelsten and Clive James story "A Current Affair’s dirty new low"

    meadea @meadea
    amanda meade
  • 1:05 am Apr 24, 2012

    Sometimes I like to think of patents as cats. If you look at it that way, Zuckerberg is really a tragic figure. 1000+ cats? That's insane.

    uptonic @uptonic
    uptonic
  • 1:56 am Apr 24, 2012

    Make sure you upgrade your SkyDrive before Microsoft cuts the size from 25GB to 7GB

    gusworldau @gusworldau
    Angus Kidman
  • 3:24 pm Apr 23, 2012

    The extreme makeover of AJ in the DORADORA teaser! You can check his new hair out on this Thursday's M!Countdown!

    UKISS_intl @UKISS_intl
    U-KISS_international
  • 7:11 am Apr 23, 2012

    #IfWeWereTogetherRightnow I would just want to sit in bed and snuggle, eat cereal and watch stupid movies with you all day.

    illPosts @illPosts
    Derrick
  • 11:51 am Apr 23, 2012

    Missy Higgins is taking the Ol' Razzle Dazzle on the road this June & July

    triplej @triplej
    triplej
  • 5:19 am Apr 23, 2012

    AFL, NRL, Telstra v Optus Full Court appeal is listed for judgment this Friday 27 April at 9.15am. HT @chatsbury #copyright #optusnrl

    MsLods @MsLods
    Leanne O'Donnell
  • 12:06 pm Apr 23, 2012

    IT'S HERE! Adobe launches CS6, and it's available right now. Here is everything you need to know about Ps, Ai and Id -

    Desktopmagazine @Desktopmagazine
    Desktop Magazine
  • 3:09 am Apr 23, 2012

    Minter Ellison: Pinterest and copyright: To pin or not to pin? #copyrev

    AusLawReform @AusLawReform
    ALRC
  • 12:43 am Apr 23, 2012

    I do NOT want an election now. This govt is performing well. Look at achievements: NBN, MRRT, CP, NDIS, health care reform and many others.

    ennelay @ennelay
    Neil Adolphson
  • 10:43 am Apr 22, 2012

    Ask American Airlines to cancel anti-vaccination message via @change

    mochuckmochuck @mochuckmochuck
    Maureen Chuck
  • 8:24 am Apr 20, 2012

    Statement from Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital on Michael Lynagh: Michael Lynagh is in a critical but stable c...

    QantasWallabies @QantasWallabies
    Qantas Wallabies
  • 7:09 am Apr 20, 2012

    Calling all musicians! Applications now open for funding through Contemporary Music Touring Program. Go to

    artsculturegov @artsculturegov
    AusGov Arts&Culture
  • 3:06 am Apr 20, 2012

    Care to check if your GP thinks your desire to marry will lead to increased rates of HIV? Submission 229 here:

    DrewBoyTweets @DrewBoyTweets
    Drew Boy
  • 2:18 pm Apr 19, 2012

    Melb iPhone peeps:DO NOT update ur metlink app. Does not function AT ALL.Not even hyperbole.These reviews sum it up:

    ItMayBee @ItMayBee
    HelenBerents
  • 10:25 am Apr 19, 2012

    Friend: "Whats a good movie?" Me: "Snakes on a plane" Friend: "Whats it about?" Me: "Horses... horses on a boat..."

    Laughbook @Laughbook
    Condescending Wonka
  • 12:48 pm Apr 20, 2012

    I have a feeling that tonight, I am going to dream of being at a movie theater, watching The Lion King in 3D with Harry.

    kingsleyyy @kingsleyyy
    Kingsley
  • 12:15 pm Apr 18, 2012

    I dont care if you dont like Danielle or Eleanor, we cant like everybody, but I do care if you only dislike them because of who they date.

    HoraningAround @HoraningAround
    Up Paul Night
  • 2:46 pm Apr 18, 2012

    Wallabies legend Michael Lynagh has been hospitalised in Brisbane after suffering blood clots in his brain. #FSN

    FOXSPORTS_NEWS @FOXSPORTS_NEWS
    FOX SPORTS News
  • 10:36 am Apr 18, 2012

    If you aren't following @IndigenousX sign up to hear from a new Indigenous guest tweeter every week #excellenceisthenewblack

    JasonGlanville1 @JasonGlanville1
    jason glanville
  • 12:15 pm Apr 18, 2012

    Major sponsor @HyundaiAus will be donating $1000 to the Steven Walter Children's Cancer foundation for each Carlton goal kicked on Saturday.

    Carlton_FC @Carlton_FC
    Carlton FC
  • 2:22 pm Apr 17, 2012

    @Gatty54 If Roar beat Tokyo 3-0 and then beat Beijing in the last game, they will go through if Ulsan beat Tokyo in their last game.

    marcothejourno @marcothejourno
    Marco Monteverde
  • 4:09 am Apr 18, 2012

    SWEDEN'S IKEA will start selling TVs and sound systems that are integrated into its furniture later this year.

    news_com_au @news_com_au
    news.com.au
  • 8:33 am Apr 17, 2012

    Mind you, today's 'Herald Sun' also describes Hamish as winning 'televion's biggest prize', so they can spell as well as they can count.

    mrtonymartin @mrtonymartin
    Tony Martin
  • 6:41 pm Apr 16, 2012

    Apple planning an iPad Mini. I thought they already had one: the iPhone.

    MrWordsWorth @MrWordsWorth
    Mark Campbell
  • 9:35 am Apr 16, 2012

    Mediation session fails to resolve legal dispute between ACCC and Apple over iPad's 4G claims

    abcnews @abcnews
    ABC News
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