Jamelle Agbuis

The high volatility in markets continues to hurt commodities, with that rush for yield and gains in April gone and seemingly forgotten.

Jun 06, 2011

Piriform Ltd has released a Mac version of its popular CCleaner system cleanup software.

Jun 06, 2011

If you administer Windows systems you must know about Microsoft's Sysinternals tools. If you don't, get started. They're a collection of tools which make administration and troubleshooting considerably easier.

Jun 06, 2011

Firefox is a great browser, but it can use a lot of RAM, especially if you have plenty of tabs open and leave it running all the time.

Jun 06, 2011

We'll be attending the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this year for one reason above the rest: the possibility of a new Nintendo console that attempts to match the explosive success of the Wii.

Jun 06, 2011

Earlier this week, Google claimed to have uncovered a password-stealing campaign that originated from Jinan, China, and targeted senior U.S., officials and other prominent individuals.

Jun 06, 2011

The advent of social media is an opportunity better suited to brokers than large banks, it has been claimed.

Jun 06, 2011

Skills shortages, positive hiring intentions and a widening gap between candidate and employer salary expectations have been identified as the three main forces of salary pressure for HR talent in the year ahead.

Jun 06, 2011

Vanguard expanded its exchange traded fund (ETF) range this week, adding three new funds to its suite of Australian and International equity ETFs.

Jun 06, 2011

Sucrogen today announced an agreement to buy the Proserpine Co-operative Sugar Milling Association Limited (PCSMA) for $115 million dollars.

Jun 06, 2011

The U.S. Labor Department earlier today released its private sector payroll report for May.

Jun 06, 2011

The same group that was responsible for hacking into PBS' site recently to post fake news claiming Tupac Shakur was alive has set its sights on Sony.

Jun 06, 2011

Enthusiasts are the best marketers. Repeat until memorized.

Jun 06, 2011

In this corner, measuring .34 inches thick and weighing in at 1.3 pounds, is the Korean Demon, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Its opponent, the svelte-weight champion of the world, the Pride of Cupertino, Apple iPad 2, measuring .34 inches thick and weighing 1.33 pounds.

Jun 06, 2011

Property analysts indicate it’s a ‘buyers’ market’ at the moment, but there are signs prices could drop in the coming months. Should you wait?

Jun 03, 2011

Windows isn't the only makeover going on at Microsoft this week. Alongside today's Windows 8 preview, Microsoft also announced the BUILD conference, what had been PDC 2011.

Jun 03, 2011

Microsoft debuted the new operating system last night Eastern Daylight Time at the D9 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, during the session for Steven Sinofsky, Windows & Windows Live divisional president.

Jun 03, 2011

With spot gold currently trading at the 1539.73 level, near term sentiment remains cautiously bullish going into Friday's closely watched U.S. Employment Report.

Jun 03, 2011

The emulsifier itself has not been identified specifically, but is described by the China Post as a "clouding agent" used in sports drinks, fruit juices, jellies, yogurt drinks and yogurt tablets.

Jun 03, 2011

Once again many market economists and media commentators have been brought undone by the economy.

Jun 03, 2011

The Aussie moved higher in onshore trade yesterday as Retail Sales posted a 1.1% increase in April, up from March's 0.3% decrease.

Jun 03, 2011

U.S. blue-chip stocks dropped for a second straight session Thursday after another dose of soft economic data worried investors as they readied for a key jobs report.

Jun 03, 2011

US factory orders fell by 1.2pct in April, broadly in line with economist forecasts. US claims for unemployment insurance (jobless claims) fell by 6,000 in the latest week to 422,000.

Jun 03, 2011

The Australian dollar has opened slightly higher this morning as poor economic data weighed on the US currency.

Jun 03, 2011

Groupon has seen some successes as of late: after only pulling in a little over $713 million in all of 2010, in the first quarter of this year it had already pulled in some $645 milion.

Jun 03, 2011

As a part of Mozilla's new rapid release cycle that has screwed us up once already, the beta version of open source email client and RSS reader Thunderbird received a milestone update to version 5.0 on Thursday.

Jun 03, 2011

Australia isn't going through a housing bubble, says ANZ chief executive Phil Chronican, but state and federal governments aren't doing enough to address serious housing issues.

Jun 03, 2011

Easy access to rail connections, buses and trams is the overwhelming prioritty for househunters when choosing a property.

Jun 03, 2011

The release of worse than expected U.K. manufacturing data coupled with a media report which claimed that a scheduled IMF payment to Greece would be withheld has led to a broad sell off in the Pound Sterling and the common currency Euro, respectively.

Jun 02, 2011