Jamelle Agbuis

There was stronger sentiment last night in stock markets with the Dow up 1% and similar gains across Europe.

The Australian Dollar advanced yesterday gaining ground against 15 of its 16 major counterparts.

Unlocked iPhone 4 is now available to any Americans who might want one, but the real demand more likely will be overseas. It is mostly pointless to use an unlocked iPhone within the United States, since the only supported GSM carrier is AT&T -- at least for fast data.

The number of people killed by the E. coli outbreak in Germany has risen to 35 - although officials have claimed that the number of new cases of illness is showing signs of falling.

Chromium-based "social" Web browser RockMelt on Tuesday received an update to Beta 3, which adds about 30 new features and a tighter integration with Facebook which comes as a result of working directly with the popular social network.

The US Supreme Court is set to rule on whether up to 1.5 million women, who are current and former employees of Walmart, can sue the company for sexual discrimination.

Deputy commissioner for taxation, Neil Olesen, effectively gave a timely warning last week about the potentially high cost of overshooting the superannuation contribution caps.

Not the best way to start an investor day briefing for Insurance Australia management with news of another round of earthquakes and damage from Christchurch headlining news broadcasts and at the forefront of investor's thinking.

Eight hours or so after IAG issued its investor day update, QBE, the country's biggest insurer, revealed that while its expecting as 50% to 60% rise in first half earnings, the spate of natural disasters would play havoc with its insurance returns.

For many employers, discovering that an employee has earned extra income from some form of 'moonlighting' is a dismissible offence.

Today, Nokia announced that it had resolved all patent claims with Apple, which will pay on-going royalties to the Finnish phone manufacturer. Apple also will make a one-time payment to Nokia. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

Australian noodle franchise Noodle Box has announced plans for four new gourmet dishes, designed for the group by Masterchef 2010 winner Adam Liaw.

Google on Tuesday launched a newly designed search page for mobile devices that incorporates features of Google's search apps directly into the the Web interface and adds easy-to-touch quick search buttons for commonly used mobile/location-based searches.

On April 1, only 2.5 percent of Android devices ran the newest versions -- 2.3 or 2.3.3, according to official Android Developers stats.

Amitay has been gracious enough to provide Betanews with the rest of the top 25 passcodes, which we have listed below. Study the list carefully: if yours appears on it, maybe now is a good time to consider changing it.

Promising economic data out of China saw Australian shares stage a turnaround on Tuesday, closing higher despite significant falls earlier in the session.

US producer prices rose by just 0.2pct in May after rising by 0.8pct in April. The modest rise in prices was largely due to a fall in gasoline prices.

The Australian Market re-opens this morning following the three-day Queen''s Birthday long weekend. Given the Holiday, volumes were down yesterday and after opening at a rate of 1.0525 against its US Counterpart the Australian Dollar traded within a tight 40 Basis point range during the domestic session.

Buyout activity helped U.S. blue chip stocks eke out a slim gain Monday, though the economic worries that have driven six straight weeks of losses kept traders cautious and weighed on the technology sector.

Ratings agency Standard and Poor´s has slashed the credit rating of Greece by three notches from B to CCC and retained a negative outlook on the rating. S&P has also warned that it would view a debt restructuring as a default.

The AUD has opened above USD1.0600 this morning, slightly higher than the levels seen late Friday night, despite a couple of lacklustre trading sessions.

The Coalition will attempt to overturn the government's ban on exit fees in the Senate through a vote in the Senate.

Market-leading IT company Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced Monday that it will be reorganizing its corporate structure to fit with the strategy shift it announced last March.

If a project you are working on requires a map to be created, you may be stumped as to where to start. Sure, it's possible to knock something together based on Google Maps, but what about if you need a blank map or want to display detail and information other than what can be provided by Google or other online mapping services?

Microsoft has released a tool called Microsoft Analytics for Twitter that lets users build their own mini Twitter analytics engine for the Excel 2010 add-in PowerPivot.

If there was an award for most unpopular CEO, Steve Ballmer just might win it. There have been increasing calls to off his head -- to remove him and bring in anybody else.

Judging by the market outlook commentaries over the weekend and last night, it's going to be a seventh negative week for global markets this week.

The most important announcement for the Australian and global markets will be the second round of Chinese data for May due out later today.

According to one view, China's import data in May was fairly benign; according to other views, it's a signal of a gathering slowdown.