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The pilots union of Qantas airlines has challenged before the Federal Court the ruling of Fair Works Australia (FWA) banning the group from staging industrial action.

Google is pulling the plug on the Gmail in BlackBerry and the email app will no longer be downloadable to the smartphone.

Apple and Google continue to ramp up their assault on the mobile gaming sector as the two giant tech firms again registered growth that analysts said could soon obliterate the dominance of previous market leaders that date back in the early 1990s.

Steep budget cuts approved and set to be implemented by the U.S. government over the next 10 years have rattled global firms currently engaged in contracts with the world’s wealthiest nation.

With about 1,500 claims from Thais, Insurance Australia Group (IAG) is expected to pay out $150 million in flood claims following the recent inundation of Thailand.

Everyone would want to have the first dibs on the third installment to the Modern Warfare series The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. It was simultaneously launched in Europe and Northern America on November 8, 2011, with versions on Microsoft Windows, Xbox360, Playstation 3, Wii and Nintendo DS

When you hear Apple, it doesn't always mean perfection. Just like the previous iPhones released, iPhone 4S had its share of shortcomings. So don't fret when you encountered some of these in the course of your mobile experience.

There's been an upheaval in the mobile games market in the last couple of years as Sony and Nintendo give way to newer players like Apple and devices running on Google's Android software.

Research in Motion's next smartphone with its new BBX operating system will have the same resolution as the BlackBerry PlayBook. The screen resolution of 1024x600 will be a unique size for smartphones.

Australian retailer Myer announced on Thursday plans to shutter underperforming stores and boost its online presence to reach an overall sales target of $4 billion by 2015.

China's clampdown on its rare earths production has alarmed trading partners led by Japan, which intends to take up the issue at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Hawaii.

Still reeling from the phone hacking scandal that shook his global news empire this year, Rupert Murdoch found himself sobbing for long-time Australian News Ltd CEO John Hartigan, who announced his departure earlier this week.

Australian budget carrier Jetstar made aviation history on Wednesday by allowing its passengers from Auckland to Melbourne to use iPads made available by the air carrier during their flight.

Australian consumers appear to continue their migration to online shopping but most players in the retail industry seem to continue miss the significant surge because they have yet to implement the necessary adjustments on their websites.

Thai firm Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation offered on Wednesday A$4.45 per share cash price for stocks of Australian sugar producer MSF to hike its stake in the company. Mitr Phol currently owns 22 per cent of MSF. The offers values MSF at A$313 million

Google Inc. executive chairman Eric Schmidt refuted Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs' allegations that the Android copied the iPhone iOS saying the former was developed first before the latter.

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 may be far from becoming the much-awaited ‘iPad killer’, as many tech experts would assert, but Apple left nothing to chances when the tech titan recently successfully blocked the device’s commercial release in a number of countries, including Australia.

A $30 million athlete facility being built in London uses wood sources from protected Tasmanian forests, according to results of a six-month probe. The wood is used for the flooring of the sports hall.

Android vendors need not fear patent infringement lawsuits from Apple as Google Inc., maker of the most popular mobile operating system in the world, promised to support them if they face legal actions from the iPhone maker.

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) housing finance figures for September 2011 show in trend terms that the number of finance commitments increased for the fifth consecutive month; the September increase was 1.2 percent.

ExxonMobil Corp., the world's largest integrated oil and gas firm, would have to shell out $134 million to clean up the oil spill in Yellowstone River, Montana last July.

The leading US product critic, Consumer Reports takes a better look on iPhone 4S and found out that it's still not as good as its Android competitions.

HP's popular defunct TouchPad tablet is returning but only for developers with a coupon for the tablet.Hewlett Packard is selling the TouchPad to developers with the coupon for the 32Gb TouchPad. In the site, HP thanked developers for their interest in the TouchPad but announced that they have more coupon requests than they have devices.

Apple may have won a temporary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab but don't expect retailers or determined buyers to take the ban lying down. Australian electronics retail websites like MobiCity and Dmavo are still selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 despite the injunction and Apple's threats to sue.

Barnes and Noble has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to look into Microsoft's patent licensing agreements with electronic devices running on Google's Android OS as anti-competitive.

Apple has updated its Apple Store mobile app with a new feature that turns your iPhone into a wallet. EasyPay, built into the latest version of the Apple Store mobile app allows users to use their phones to buy Apple products and items from select partners without interacting with Apple employees in the retail store

Nintendo intelligently managed to secure their sales for the holiday season with the release of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Wii.

More options are now available for Aussie air travelers with the entry of China Southern Airlines into Australian skies. The air carrier made its maiden flight which arrived Wednesday morning in Perth.

The popular online game Angry Birds will be one of the drivers of the projected 18 per cent compound annual growth rate of the digital games market in the Asia-Pacific region.