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Yahoo recently experience a hack in their software which exposed more than 450,000 e-mails and passwords thus leaving the said data as vulnerable. Most of these login details were stored in plain text.

The chances that shoppers at Coles would find half-empty shelves at the supermarket giants' different outlets became higher as the strike at its Melbourne warehouse entered its fifth day on Friday.

Local stocks closed in the red for the sixth session in a row today, posting the Australian share market's longest losing streak since November last year. Weaker than expected jobs numbers hurt investor sentiment while falls on US share markets and reports China is considering reducing state steel output contributed to the negative tone. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) closed down 29pts or 0.7pct to 4106.

Blackberry and Windows could be considered as the "underdogs" in the smartphone market because they have been overshadowed by big players in the smartphone market like Apple and Google's Android.

A new research report shows that PC sales are now declining while the sales figures of tablets and smartphones are rising. This new trend shows that people are now more interested in tablets and smartphones as compared to PCs.

New rumored pictures of iPhone 5 have emerged courtesy of Gotta Be Mobile. The images revealed that the iPhone 5 has the same width with the previous model though a little taller and thinner.

Facebook, the largest social networking, recently revamped its Events page with Calendar and Lists view.

Apple's MacBook Air is known as being one of the thinnest laptops in the world. As it turns out, this title is not really for MacBook Air as Acer Aspire S5 takes the crown for this title.

Global shipments of personal computers shrunk anew in the June quarter, underscoring the weakening interest on the device that has been the tech world's hero product since Apple, IBM and Microsoft launched their initial units in the early 1980s.

If BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP) will pursue its Olympic Dam expansion plan, the venture would produce sufficient uranium to fuel one-third of the global demand for use in nuclear power plants, according to South Australia Mineral and Resources Minister Tom Koutsantonis.

Coles put in place on Wednesday a two-pronged strategy to address the worsening labour row at its warehouses. It asked Fair Work Australia (FWA) to assume jurisdiction over the problem, while Toll Holdings made a new wage offer to the striking workers.

The Australian share market closed marginally in the red today, its fifth consecutive session of losses, although volumes were very low. Falls on offshore markets overnight contributed to the negative mood, although there was some buying in retail related stocks on the back of a pick-up in consumer sentiment. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) finished the day's trade at 4135, down 3pts or 0.1pct.

Apple Inc. has recently asked to remove 39 Apple products from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT). This decision from Apple has raised some recycling concerns from industry observers and environmentalists alike.

The newest Android update which is Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is now available for unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus as of today. The update would start for devices located in the U.S.

As part of Google's "spring cleaning", Google announced that they will be shutting down iGoogle. The iGoogle service is scheduled to end on November 1, 2013.

Apple is known for having a "signature" design in their products but there is one specific product that defies this "signature" design. This is the iPod Nano.

Coles, Priceline, Target, Bunnings and Dick Smith are the country's top rated retailers, all coming in first place within their respected sectors, a survey conducted on 16,000 digital shoppers has revealed.

News about Xbox 720 and its pending release has been going around in the Internet ever since leaked documents about the Xbox 720 was revealed. The latest prediction about Xbox 720 is that it will go on sale for only US$99 with a monthly TV subscription fee.

The arena for a price war is no longer limited to grocery shelves between supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths. It has gone up 30,000 feet into the Australian sky as Qantas and Virgin Australia battle for corporate travelers.

Volvo has lifted the lid on its next generation of vehicle safety systems designed to protect drivers from stray animals and red-light runners, and take full control of the car in congested city traffic.

The industrial action at the Coles warehouse in Melbourne entered its third day on Wednesday with Toll Holdings, the operator of the facility, threatening striking workers with legal action.

Microsoft has officially set a date for the release of their newest OS version which is Windows 8. The official release date for Windows 8 is set to be in October, 2012.

The Facebook App Center is now officially released in Australia, a month after the Facebook App Center was launched in the U.S.

The announcement of Nokia 808 Pureview was a shock for many people because of its 41-megapixel camera. The usual MP for a smartphone tends to be around 5-8MP but this figure is certainly the first for any type of smartphones.

Apple's newest Mac OS X called Mountain Lion is now at "Golden Master" status which means that the official release of this OS is drawing near.

According to various news reports, Amazon is now working on a new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet aptly called Amazon Kindle Fire 2. This new tablet from Amazon would supposedly rivals Google's new 7-inch tablet called Google Nexus 7.

Darrel Lea, Australia’s largest comfort food retailer, was placed Monday in voluntary administration, putting 700 jobs at risk in the process.

European Finance Ministers have this morning agreed on a new bailout deal for Spain, which will see the country receive €30 billion in aid by the end of the month. The deal is expected to bring great relief for investors and comes after Spanish debts, or borrowing costs, climbed to dangerous highs overnight. At lunchtime in the East, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 6.4pts or 0.2pct to 4166.2.

Australian workers are blaming their jobs for their weight problems. A study by Weight Watchers released on Tuesday said the employees particularly cited the job monotony and culture of drinking as the main culprits for their expanding girths.