Jamelle Agbuis

The first true Honeycomb tablet went on sale yesterday -- preorders for most folks and actual hardware for people lucky enough to be in New York and close to the Best Buy Union Square.

The lines are constantly being blurred between what constitutes the workplace and what constitutes a 'social event.'

Interest rate hikes are increasingly likely to send Australian homeowners into default, Fitch Ratings has claimed.

Microsoft is sending notifications to Windows Mobile 6.x users this week that it is discontinuing My Phone service, and shutting down the Windows Marketplace for Mobile site for the legacy mobile OS family.

Almost two-thirds of Australian companies indicate they would consider hiring overseas staff to overcome skills shortages.

Woolworths Limited has announced plans to roll out contactless payment facilities across all its brands.

Employees have been found to be the primary driving factor of L&D practices, rather than overall business strategy, according to the 2011 National Learning and Development Index.

Dropbox is a versatile tool: it's used for backing up, syncing and file-sharing, but it's not without its drawbacks. Like any other folder on your Mac, you only know something has changed when you manually check it.

As a knowledgeable PC user, experienced in the ways of Windows, you're probably used to helping out your friends with their various computer issues.

The stories and figures confirming the high level of consumer caution and savings in Australia, are dominating much business thinking.

Drift is a bad thing in economic policy and in an economy generally, it can indicate a lack of momentum, an absence of strong policy making, or an economy that just won't answer the helm.

There was a time when important people claimed that Java was the future of computing and major industry companies -- even Microsoft! -- bought into it.

In a stunning defeat. The country's highest court ruled against Microsoft in its appeal regarding XML patents.

It seems as though the attention of the tech world has been focused solely on the activities of Apple this what -- what with Monday's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote, which feature iCloud, iOS 5 and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

Motorola on Thursday unveiled its first WiMAX-capable Android Smartphone which also happens to be Sprint's first dual-core device from Motorola, Photon 4G.

Software Assurance is an upgrade addition to Microsoft volume licensing announced 10 years ago that generated stiff resistance from customers.

The AUD was trading higher this morning, buoyed by the return of risk appetite and stronger commodity prices.

Sadly, it was no big surprise to read a recent article in The Wall Street Journal setting out in stark detail how poorly many Americans look after their personal finances.

The Australian Dollar lost ground early in the Asian session yesterday as the effects of yesterdays RBA interest rate announcement and accompanying rhetoric continues to weigh on the local unit.

Concerns about a slowdown in the U.S. economy sent the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to its sixth straight day of losses, its longest such streak since February 2009, as investors continued to worry that the recovery has run out of steam.

The US Federal Reserve Beige book suggested that economic activity across the 12 reported Fed districts generally continued to expand albeit at a slower pace in May.

We selected Winamp as one of Android's 15 best apps for 2010 because it offered wireless music syncing, music control from the lock screen, and integration with SHOUTcast streaming radio.

The more popular and sophisticated a smartphone becomes, the more susceptible it is to malware, fraud and other personal attacks.

With Apple all but silent on the issue, it has been difficult to determine what may be the source of the problem. However, with the quantity of reports received now numbering over three dozen, a pattern has emerged: every game targeted is a free download, and the fraudulent charges are all due to in-app purchases.

So much for all the doom and gloom about high taxes, such as the mining and carbon tax coming from the mining industry.

Two statements from Stockland Holdings yesterday failed to have a dramatic impact on the share price, but they did show the way the company is changing its orientation.

Housing affordability has seen a slight improvement, but the REIA has claimed affordability still constitutes a significant hurdle for homebuyers.

Leading mortgage brokers and non-banks have thrown aside normal competitive pressures to join forces in a last stand against the government's impending ban on exit fees, which is set to come into force on 1 July.

Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, today announced that the Government has suspended the export of live cattle to Indonesia "until new safeguards are established for the trade".