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The Canada-based company has confirmed it will release the new touch BlackBerry Bold 9900/9930 in late August this year. The new Bold looks a lot like the previous version, but boasts of a 2.8" touch screen and claims to be the thinnest Blackberry phone yet. It has dimensions of 115 x 66 x 10.5 mm, and weighs approximately 130 grams.

Nortel Networks Inc. has received significant level of interest in patents that can be used for smartphone technology. Accordingly, it postponed an action sanctioned by a bankruptcy court in the United States from June 20 to June 27, at 9:00 a.m.Apple Inc., the maker of the iPad and the iPhone will be trying to outbid Google Inc. for the tech portfolio, Bloomberg News reports, citing two people familiar with knowledge of the matter said.

The LulzSec said in its web site that after hacking hacked Sony Corp., the U.S. Senate, an FBI affiliate, the Public Broadcasting System, gaming sites, and online porn sites, the hack attacks will continue until "we're brought to justice, which we might well be."

A week after ash clouds canceled flights in Australia and New Zealand, flights are returning normal as the ash clouds have moved away. Australia's Qantas resumed domestic flights resumed June 16. Jetstar, Virgin Australia, and Air New Zealand have also restarted flights. The ash clouds reached South Africa on Saturday, and South African Airways promptly suspended flights.

American Airlines announced during that week it will deploy 6,000 of Samsung's new Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices on-board select flights beginning later this year. The tablets will replace the airline's current personal entertainment device in American's premium cabins on transcontinental flights between New York's JFK and Los Angeles, JFK and San Francisco, and, Miami and Los Angeles served with 767-200 and 767-300 aircraft; international flights to and from Europe, and South America ser...

Al-Qaeda's longtime No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has succeeded the slain Osama bin Laden as head of the terrorist network, according to a statement by the group on Thursday.

Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be available in Australia on June 20. Telecom firms Optus, Telstra and Vodafone and electronics store Harvey Norman are also distributing the Blackberry PlayBook tablet in Australia.

Dennis Hood, a South Australian Family First MP, is drafting a bill that would force Facebook, the most popular social network site in Australia and the rest of the world, to give parents a bigger say in activities of their children over the Internet.

The Central Intelligence Agency, which engages in covert activities at the request of the President of the United States, has been the latest victim of notorious hacking group LulzSec.

Today, hundreds of Commonwealth Bank customers have been left struggling to access their accounts, complete bill payments, transfers, and international money transfers.

Nokia Oyj won a patent fight with Apple Inc., in a settlement that awards a one-time payment and royalties to Finnish handset maker.Nokia did not disclose financial terms of the settlement but said the agreement would have a "positive financial impact" on Nokia's second-quarter results.

Among the assets of Nortel remaining are its patents and patent applications. Search giant Google Inc. has inked a deal to lead an auction for the patents with its $900 million offer to buy the patents. The Google-led auction supervised by a bankruptcy court in the United States will be held on June 20 at the offices of law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York. The bankruptcy court will evaluate the auction results at the end of the month.

Amidst the industry's focus on growing popularity of smartphones and tablets, Google, Inc., operator of the world's most popular search engine, said at an event in San Francisco California, it has made improvements for conducting Web searches in desktops, the device still used for the bulk of queries in Google.

The day after the NBA Finals, the Miami Herald ran a story about the Heat's disappointing loss. However, to everyone's surprise, a full-page ad under the story reads "Congratulations Miami" next to photos of Heat championship T-shirts and hats on sale from Macy's. A T-shirt on the add says "Heat 2011 NBA Finals Champions". The Heat's logo on a hat has the words "NBA Champions."

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) said it plans to start selling its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer in Australia and 15 other new markets in the next 30 days.

Facebook hit 687 million users worldwide at the start of June, increasing its total monthly audience by 1.7%, according to a new study by research and marketing group Inside Facebook.

Australian actor Russell Crowe apologized over his tweets against circumcision, a ritual practiced by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Thursday night, he said in his Twitter account, "Circumcision is barbaric and stupid. Who are you to correct nature? Is it real that GOD requires a donation of foreskin? Babies are perfect."

After 14 years, Duke Nukem has finally reached shelves and online in Duke Nukem Forever, though the "steroidal one-man army who never fails and always get the babes" may no longer be that appealing to today's gamers.

On June 9, the U.S. Supreme Court, by unanimous decision, upheld a $290 million jury verdict against Microsoft for willfully infringing a patent of a small Canadian firm. The case can be depicted as a classic David vs. Goliath or can be a plot to a John Grisham novel. However, what's more significant -- in the area of intellectual property law -- is that the Supreme Court has settled the issue of whether a lower standard can be used to invalidate patents.

Leighton Holdings Ltd. expects to incur a significant financial loss on its Airport Link Project in Brisbane. The construction company originally expected to report a profit of $407 million for the project, but has revised the outlook to a pre-tax loss of $430 million. Leighton now says it is pursuing compensation where possible to recover ad

Hewlett Packard, hoping to tap into a market dominated by Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet, announced Thursday that the Wi-Fi version of HP TouchPad will be available next month.

Facebook, the world's most popular social networking site, has rolled out a facial recognition technology to identify people in photos uploaded on its website, but the feature has stirred up controversy due to privacy issues.

The security breach at Citigroup Inc., which lost personal information of 210,000 credit card customers to hackers, is just the latest of a string of cyber attacks on high-profile companies.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission commenced legal action against the company for unconscionable conduct, after failing to inform customers that the business is insolvent and under administration. The ACCC wants the federal court to stop the Sydney-based firm from continuing its business.

Sony Corp.'s film studio said yesterday it has provided notice to the approximately 37,500 people who may have had some personally identifiable information stolen during the recent attack on sonypictures.com.

Nintendo Co. unveiled at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, the Wii U, the high-definition video-game console succeeding the market leader Wii.

Property developer Stockland confirmed today in a filing with the Australian Stock Exchange that it is in discussions with a potential buyer for assets representing about 20% if its industrial portfolio. This comes as Stockland also announced that it has secured 339 hectares of residential land in south west Sydney.

Finland-based Nokia is now facing the challenge to raise its market share amidst debt rating cut to the lowest investment grade by Fitch Ratings due to the declining market share of its Symbian smartphones.

Today, June 8, over 400 websites will offer their content over Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), the next generation internet protocol (IP) designed as a long-term solution to the address exhaustion of the 30-year-old IPv4.