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Google Street View Is Coming to the Great Barrier Reef

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest natural coral formation on Earth and you'll soon be able to see it in all its glory from your desk.

• 9:36 am Feb 23, 2012 | Science & Tech

Optus takes legal action against AFL

OPTUS is reportedly taking legal action against the AFL over comments made by chief executive Andrew Demetriou.

• 3:40 am Feb 23, 2012 | Science & Tech

Storify Launches an iPad App for Social Media Storytelling

Social media storytelling tool Storify finally untethered itself from the desktop on Wednesday with the launch of a free iPad app.

• 3:08 pm Feb 22, 2012 | Science & Tech

Flickr Gets a Makeover, Looks Like Pinterest

Flickr will be rolling out a number of changes in the coming months, beginning with a new photo stream design, Justified View, and a new uploading feature, Uploadr.

• 9:16 am Feb 23, 2012 | Science & Tech

Rural Victorians 24% more likely to be diagnosed with melanoma

SunSmart is warning Victorian farmers and rural outdoor workers to remain vigilant about using sun protection over the coming months as new figures released today show that Victorian residents in regional areas are 24% more likely to be diagnosed with…

• 6:10 am Feb 22, 2012 | Science & Tech

Clear UI replica in HTML5 by @youyuxi, not 100% correct, but still pretty good -

@UseClear
Clear for iPhone

• 4:05 am Feb 22, 2012 | Science & Tech

Proof that Teens 'Need' Their Phones

Watch the latest business, markets, and finance videos at FoxBusiness.com.

• 9:12 am Feb 23, 2012 | Science & Tech

Distant 'waterworld' is confirmed

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a new class of planet: a waterworld with a thick, steamy atmosphere.

• 2:12 am Feb 22, 2012 | Science & Tech

Microsoft says Office for iPad story is based on 'inaccurate rumors and speculation'

Software, Tablet PCs, The Daily got a lot of folks hopes up earlier today with a rumor that Office would soon be making an appearance on the iPad, but Microsoft is now throwing a bit of cold water on that news.

• 2:37 am Feb 22, 2012 | Science & Tech

BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 is here

m excited to announce that the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0 software update officially launched worldwide today.

• 5:08 pm Feb 21, 2012 | Science & Tech

Competitions and Social Media

6:23AMJacob Grams, Caboolture Shire Herald Caboolture cricket club's success on the Sunshine Coast will be celebrated at the club's first reunion of its 21 year history with the association.

• 10:51 am Feb 21, 2012 | Science & Tech

Flowers regenerated from 30,000-year-old frozen fruits, buried by ancient squirrels

Fruits in my fruit bowl tend to rot into a mulchy mess after a couple of weeks.

• 7:24 am Feb 21, 2012 | Science & Tech

Flickr Is Getting a Major Makeover

Markus Spiering has, as they say, a good eye.

• 6:26 am Feb 22, 2012 | Science & Tech

Fifty years after Glenn flight, U.S. buying rides to space

Fifty years after John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, NASA no longer has the ability to fly astronauts in space, a decision Glenn lays squarely on the shoulders of the Bush administration.

• 3:41 am Feb 21, 2012 | Science & Tech

UPDATED: Optus moves into 4G – buys vividwireless from Seven

Seven Group Holdings (the people who own, obviously, Channel Seven) has sold its ownership of 4G mobile internet provider vividwireless to Optus in a deal worth $230 million.

• 7:34 am Feb 20, 2012 | Science & Tech

IP, patents, copyright, you

The concept of protecting ideas and innovation by legal means dates back to antiquity.

• 5:46 am Feb 20, 2012 | Science & Tech

ZTE announces two LTE Android smartphones: high-spec PF200 and low-spec N910

Looks like ZTE couldn't hold its horses until MWC.

• 12:09 pm Feb 20, 2012 | Science & Tech

Aussie scientists unveil single-atom transistor

A team of Australian physicists has created the world's first functioning single atom transistor, which could prove a critical building block toward the development of super-fast computers.

• 3:26 pm Feb 20, 2012 | Science & Tech

Driverless Cars of the Future Are Here Now [INFOGRAPHIC]

That’s some kind of futuristic fantasy, right?

• 3:33 am Feb 20, 2012 | Science & Tech

Pinterest Might Be Enabling Massive Copyright Theft

Launched about six months ago, the site already has more than 10 million monthly visitors and, among social networks, is ranked below only Facebook and Tumblr in terms of average time spent-per-user per month.

• 2:16 pm Feb 20, 2012 | Science & Tech

Google Caught Tracking Safari Users: What You Need to Know

Google is in a lot of hot water over recent revelations about how it track particularly iPhones and iPads.

• 6:09 am Feb 18, 2012 | Science & Tech

The Evolution of Mac OS, From 1984 to Mountain Lion

There are a few phases in the evolution of the Mac OS that are of particular note.

• 7:30 am Feb 18, 2012 | Science & Tech

Examination of iPad 3 Screen Reveals Retina Goodness

For months now, it has been a foregone conclusion that the iPad 3 will feature a high resolution retina display.

• 5:20 am Feb 18, 2012 | Science & Tech

Safari 5.2 developer preview for OS X 10.7 comes with Mountain Lion UI changes

Apple might not have been talking about Safari much during today's Mountain Lion reveal, but it wouldn't be an OS X upgrade without some new additions to the native browser.

• 6:41 pm Feb 17, 2012 | Science & Tech

Social apps 'harvest smartphone contacts'

Critics say Apple should not approve apps that copy user data, according to the company's own policiesTwitter has admitted copying entire address books from smartphones and storing the data on its servers, often without customers' knowledge.

• 1:19 am Feb 23, 2012 | Science & Tech

Trick Out Your Pinterest Boards With This Simple Hack

Do you remember those awesome Facebook and Google+ profile hacks?

• 10:21 am Feb 18, 2012 | Science & Tech

Facebook Will Verify Celebs — And Let Them Use a Fake Name

Facebook will today start offering some users the possibility to verify their accounts, TechCrunch reports.

• 4:50 pm Feb 16, 2012 | Science & Tech

Why academics should blog

The blogosphere is the gift that keeps on giving.

• 9:48 am Feb 16, 2012 | Science & Tech

"Spider-Man" Broadway producers, trade group solve dispute

The producers of Broadway's "Spider Man: Turn Off The Dark" and a trade association representing the show's former director, Julie Taymor, have settled their legal disputes over her firing and withdrawn breach of contract claims, the groups said on…

• 7:00 pm Feb 16, 2012 | Science & Tech

Hotmail down for an hour, Microsoft fixes it up (updated)

If you're feeling rejected by your email client on this post Valentine morning, don't worry, it's not your fault.

• 11:26 am Feb 15, 2012 | Science & Tech

Pinterest: Everything You Wanted to Know About 2012′s Hottest Startup [INFOGRAPHIC]

Pinterest has emerged as the runaway social media hit of early 2012.

• 2:21 pm Feb 16, 2012 | Science & Tech

Social Intranet Software Showcase - Intranets

Join the Alliance for Virtual Businesses Australian Chapter at our inaugural Webinar.

• 7:00 am Feb 15, 2012 | Science & Tech

Tiny chameleon ranks among smallest reptiles

Researchers have recently discovered four new chameleon species, which rank among the world’s tiniest reptiles.

• 9:01 am Feb 15, 2012 | Science & Tech

UK Seize Popular Music Blog, Arrest Operators and Threaten Readers

As part of a criminal investigation the UK Government has shut down the popular blog RnBXclusive which posted news, commentary and links to music.

• 1:03 am Feb 15, 2012 | Science & Tech

Art and Alzheimer’s

Urban Times and GV Art gallery have come together in a momentous collaboration set to explore the tale of scientific traumas via art.

• 3:25 pm Feb 14, 2012 | Science & Tech

Pearltrees Raises $6.7M For Its “Collaborative Interest Graph”

Pearltrees, a company offering a novel interface for sharing and finding content, has raised 5 million euros ($6.7 million US) in new funding.

• 12:37 pm Feb 14, 2012 | Science & Tech

National Year of Reading 2012

Submit a photo with a brief description of where you Love2Read and go into the draw to win a Manning Valley Books prize pack plus fantastic play away titles from Southern Scene.

• 7:19 am Feb 14, 2012 | Science & Tech

12 Pinterest Boards for Valentine’s Day Inspiration

Brush off your p Valentine’s Day is nearly here.

• 12:47 am Feb 15, 2012 | Science & Tech

Apple files patent for interactive 3D interface, keeps rumor mills turning

Cellphones, Tablet PCs, Murmurs of an iPad 3 on the horizon not doing it for you?

• 1:48 pm Feb 13, 2012 | Science & Tech

Can Pinterest Help Your Job Search?

Just when you thought you had mastered the job search on all social media platforms, along came Pinterest.

• 5:46 pm Feb 19, 2012 | Science & Tech

Reynolds On Top At Lunch Break At Sandown

AN early rain shower shortly after on track running began has cleared and not dampened spirits at today’s V8 Supercars Official Test Day at Sandown in Melbourne.

• 8:04 am Feb 11, 2012 | Science & Tech

Europeans Plan Widespread Protests Against Internet Censorship

Protests against Internet censorship will blanket Europe this weekend, while Germany and Latvia announced Friday they would put the brakes on signing a copyright treaty that has sparked controversy across the continent.

• 6:32 am Feb 11, 2012 | Science & Tech

Tesla Motors Unveils Model X Electric Minivan/SUV [PICS]

Tesla Motors has introduced the Model X, its third electric car, and like its brandmates, this one is an all electric vehicle.

• 8:19 am Feb 10, 2012 | Science & Tech

Google Is Making a Home Entertainment System, Complete with Streaming Music and Smartphone Remote Control

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google usually a software creator—is putting together an entertainment system, for which they've designed both the hardware and the software.

• 10:19 am Feb 10, 2012 | Science & Tech

Cancer Drug Erases Alzheimer’s in Mice

A drug typically used to treat skin cancer quickly reversed Alzheimer’s disease in mice, according to a study published today in the journal Science.

• 2:32 am Feb 10, 2012 | Science & Tech

FBI Investigated Steve Jobs When First Bush Administration Wanted to Hire Him

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a 191 page background check on late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs that was done in 1991, when Jobs was considered for a post in the George H.W.

• 8:28 am Feb 10, 2012 | Science & Tech

Tribler Makes BitTorrent Impossible to Shut Down

While the file sharing ecosystem is currently filled with uncertainty and doubt, researchers at Delft University of Technology continue to work on their decentralized BitTorrent network.

• 11:17 pm Feb 9, 2012 | Science & Tech

Nvidia confirms quad-core smartphones for MWC via press invite

We were already expecting to see some Tegra 3 Android devices in Barcelona and Nvidia has all but confirmed this by sending out press invites this week, offering a sneak peek at its "quad core firsts" during Mobile World Congress (MWC).

• 3:45 pm Feb 9, 2012 | Science & Tech

Question Time

PlayStation Vita: Your Price (and Games) May Vary

With Sony’s PlayStation Vita handheld console set for release in the United Kingdom and North America later this month, the picture of what we can expect is becoming clearer.

• 9:58 am Feb 9, 2012 | Science & Tech

Double Fine Adventure

100% funded in just over eight hours.

• 4:31 pm Feb 19, 2012 | Science & Tech

As Digital Tools Abound, Help Kids Self-Regulate

With tablets, laptops, apps, and online games, there’s great promise in technology to inspire and excite students to learn with digital tools.

• 1:38 am Feb 9, 2012 | Science & Tech

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event Set for Feb. 29

Leap Day — for its special event: the official unveiling of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

• 11:57 am Feb 22, 2012 | Science & Tech

Tweetbot for iPad

Interface Tweetbot for iPad is very similar to the iPhone app.

• 4:46 am Feb 9, 2012 | Science & Tech