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Samsung accuses Apple of copying its tablet design from the 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The Korean company states that Director Stanley Kubrick designed the iPad2, not Apple.

Qantas has attempted to quash market rumours it is about to become the target of a $3.5 billion private-equity bid, describing the reports as "pure speculation".

BHP Billiton’s annoucement of the biggest profit in Australian corporate history demonstrates the urgent need for a resource rent tax, the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) said today. The world's largest miner produced a net profit of $22.5 billion for the 12 months to June 30.

It is time for Qantas to come clean on how many jobs in the Qantas group will be offshored, a union said today after the Flying Kangaroo has announced a profit for the 18th consecutive year since its merger with Australian Airlines.

Just days after the iPad knocked out one of its competitors in the tablet market another arises to take its place. Lenovo has announced that its ThinkPad is now available online for pre-orders.

In a bizarre patent defense, Samsung points to filmmaker Stanley Kubrick as the original designer of the iPad and not Apple.

Leighton Holdings announced Wednesday the sudden resignation of board chairman David Mortimer, effective immediately.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry is recommending a reduction in business taxes to boost manufacturing.

New research has revealed your phone can actually make you sexier. A survey by social dating community Zoosk.com shows 46 per cent of males and 63 per cent of females rate the Apple iPhone the sexiest model.

Despite its falling stock price, national carrier Qantas Airways posted Wednesday a full-year net income of $250 million, and executives said it is a natural target for acquisition.

TheHomepage.com.au is reporting a jump in customer engagement since launching a new feature in July that positions video as the ‘hero’ in all listings — replacing still photography as the first thing a visitor sees.

Coffee slurpers and office hoarders beware, the etiquette police are after you!

Even before E.T. and his friends return, some entities already here on earth are set for world domination. After Hewlett-Packard announced that it will be giving up the tablet business (notwithstanding that it has yet to recover anything from the $1.2 billion it paid to buy Palm Inc's WebOS last year), HP TouchPad's prices were slashed from $399 to $99 per unit. Immediately, demand for the tablet skyrocketed.

With the HP TouchPad selling for only $100 this weekend enterprising modders are looking to import Google's Android OS to replace the TouchPad's less than stellar WebOS. HacknMod is holding a contest that offers $1500 for any techie who can get Android on the HP Tablet.

BHP Billiton Illawarra Coal intends to hire workers laid off due to BlueScope Steel’s restructure of its Australian operations.

Virgin Australia’s long-haul pilots and long haul cabin crew have voted yes to their respective enterprise bargaining agreements (EBAs).

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has agreed to a cross-border referral deal with ‘big four’ Chinese bank Agricultural Bank of China in hopes of drawing more customers.

A recent landmark legal case in which a Telstra employee successfully claimed compensation for injuries suffered while working from home has raised some serious concerns for employers who offer similar flexible working arrangements.

It may be the title of the latest Hollywood-blockbuster comedy, but having a horrible boss is the norm for many people in reality - and a real threat to employee retention, according to a recent survey.

BlueScope Steel's decision to grant executive bonuses of up to $3.05 million while at the same time axing 1,400 jobs from steelworks around the country has outraged the Australian Workers' Union and independent senator Nick Xenophon.

Leighton says its joint venture with indigenous contractor Ngarda Civil & Mining has secured a $104 million earthworks contract for Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto.

New owners or would-be buyers shouldn't despair. In this case, here are Top 10 cool and crazy but amazing "useful" (or "lame") suggestions for a new lease on life for the dying HP TouchPad,

Harvey Norman has solved the problem of its leftover stock of HP's discontinued TouchPad tablet. The retailer giant offered a fire sale of the tablets at only $99 and within hours Harvey Norman had virtually sold out of its leftover stock.

Australia's Federal government has approved that BlueScope can draw from the funds allocated for the carbon tax package much earlier than planned.

The push from Australian manufacturing unions for a broad-based agenda to support domestic manufacturing has been reinforced by 1,400 job losses at BlueScope’s Port Kembla and WesternPort operations.

Facing the spectre of labour unrests and leadership shakeup from roll-over crises last week, national carrier Qantas Airways won a much-needed reprieve on Monday as Australia’s competition watchdog provisionally approved the company’s proposed alliance with American Airlines.

Australian investors are expanding their portfolios beyond their home state, new research by Terri Scheer Insurance show.

It’s one less competitor for the lucrative tablet market as Hewlett-Packard revealed last week its intent to shift its core operation from hardware business to a premium information technology service provider yet current market leader Apple is not taking any chances.

OneSteel announced on Monday (August 22) that it has forged an agreement with WPG Resources Limited (WPG), acquiring the latter's iron ore assets in northern South Australia for $346 million.