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TV screen gas 'worse than coal'

Flat-screen TVs may have a greater impact on global warming than the world's largest coal-fired power stations, leading environmental scientist warns.
04-07-2008 - 15:04

eBay backs down on PayPal changes

eBay has backed down on plans to force all of its users on to PayPal just as the competition regulator looked set to scuttle the move.
03-07-2008 - 15:14

Uni cheats outsource to India

Computer Science students are farming out their coursework to cheap overseas programmers and universities are powerless to prevent it.
03-07-2008 - 12:38

Use Microsoft to win Apple products

Microsoft is dangling prizes made by arch-nemesis Apple to entice Australian web surfers to give its online search products a second chance.
02-07-2008 - 12:34

Microsoft cuts Xbox console prices

The Xbox 360 is now the cheapest next-generation games console on the market after Microsoft slashed the price of the entry level Arcade model to $349.
02-07-2008 - 10:56

eBay assailed over PayPal plans

Angry eBay sellers label the auction site "monolithic and dictatorial" at a conference convened by the competition regulator.
30-06-2008 - 17:44

Mobile phone a 'life-saver'

Most of us would dial triple 0 for help in a life and death situation. Now our mobiles can also issue life-saving CPR instructions.
30-06-2008 - 12:23

Watchdog bid to hear eBay clients

Online auction group eBay's angry customers are getting the chance to air their grievances with the company's plan to make them use a single payment system.
29-06-2008 - 11:20

Devotees snap up Polaroid stocks

Four months after Polaroid announced it was halting production, Polaroid lovers are feeling the pain as their film supply runs out.
29-06-2008 - 11:18

3 launches iPhone petition

3 mobile banks on people power to help it convince Apple to allow it to offer the new iPhone in Australia.
26-06-2008 - 17:49

Top News Photos

48-year-old gas station owner Kent Couch took off in a lawn chair rigged to more than 150 balloons hoping to fly more than 200 miles.