Jamelle Agbuis

Storing your data in the cloud has its pros and cons, but one of the biggest drawbacks has to be the speed at which you can both upload and download data from your storage pool. Not all online storage providers are equal, but there's also factors unique to your PC and Internet setup to consider too.

Your workforce is one of your greatest assets. Without talented employees your organisation will struggle to develop new initiatives and remain competitive.

Piriform makes some of the best free Windows utilities around, and issues new versions on a regular basis. But although the programs will alert you to the new builds, they won't update automatically -- you'll have to download and install the latest versions yourself.

Coming as a relief to investors, the U.K.'s Office of National Statistics released preliminary GDP data earlier today which was very much in line with analysts' expectations.

Mac Defender is real malware targeting Mac OS X, and Apple will issue an update to plug the hole. Yes, but will it be little more than a finger in the dike?

After a couple of days of rumors, microblogging service Twitter has officially come forward and announced that it has acquired popular third-party Twitter dashboard TweetDeck.

In an effort to keep on par with competitors, AT&T said Wednesday that it plans to launch its LTE network in five cities this summer. The first to receive service will be Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, with another 10 cities to follow by the end of the year.

After breaking down below USD1.0500 late in yesterday’s local session, the AUD has recovered a little overnight, to be currently sitting at USD1.0520.

In a veritable repeat of the events of 2010, Amazon on Wednesday dropped the cost of its 3G-equipped Kindle with Special Offers to $164 after new, cheaper Kobo and Nook e-readers were debuted by its competitors.

Sony has appeared to be increasingly losing control of its network as reports of new attacks surfaced on Wednesday, bringing the number of known hacks to at least ten.

It's time for Windows PC users to start a support group for their Mac friends. You know their pain -- clicking a link sent by email or instant message or simply visiting a website, and WHAM! You've got a virus, downloaded and installed with no administrator password required.

Google is set Thursday to debut its anticipated mobile payments system based on near-field communication (NFC) technology built into modern Android smartphones. It is expected that the search company will partner with Sprint to offer the service.

The Australian Dollar found some much needed support yesterday following on from an indifferent start to the week.

Australian stocks have closed lower for the fourth straight session as offshore worries prompted broad based selling on the local bourse. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 46.7 points, or 0.95 per cent, at 4,584.7 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had fallen 46.7 points, or 0.99 per cent, to 4,661.6 points.

The US Federal Housing Finance Agency reported that home prices fell by 0.3pct in March to be down 5.8pct on a year ago. And US durable goods orders fell by 3.6pct in April after a 4.4pct lift in March. Economists had tipped a fall of 2.2pct.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has let the cat out of the bag -- again. Microsoft's biggest breacher of new product information calls the next big operating system "Windows 8" and reveals that it's coming "next year."

The harmonisation of workplace health and safety laws across the country, while reducing red tape and arguably improving safety for workers, could prove costly.

Shares in accounting software provider Reckon Ltd fell 3% yesterday after the company's annual meeting heard the company is seeing improved business conditions in 2011 as demand for its products recovers.

The aftermath of the big wet in the central Queensland coal fields has again forced Wesfarmers to take the knife to its sales forecast for its rich Curragh coking coal mine.

The U.S. housing sector may be slowly coming up out the abyss, as suggested by the earlier release of new home sales for the month of April by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Goldman Sachs now sees Chinese economic growth of 9.2% this year (10% previously) and 9.2% from 9.5% for 2012.

As expected Brisbane-based testing services group Campbell Brothers Ltd has produced a cracker of a full year result, and a very tasty final dividend.

Yahoo Mail is coming out of beta over the next couple of weeks, Yahoo announced today at the Witching Hour. I'm scratching my head asking "Why tell us today, if it's rolling out in weeks?" The whiles of public relations timing stymies me.

Capital is continuing to move into emerging market bond funds, reducing the cost of borrowing for developing countries and reducing the significance of the Western financial system.

Nature Publishing Group and California State University (CSU) on Tuesday announced a three-year partnership that will eliminate paper textbooks from certain classes, and replace them with interactive e-books instead.

A traditional view is that 'talent' refers to the A Players, the top 20% of employees.

If you're the kind of person who finds themselves moving backwards and forwards between multiple documents in Word, Excel or PowerPoint, you'll know how frustrating and fiddly it can be.

Heading to an Apple store is an experience like no other, but for those times when you are just not able to make it to a physical store, there is an iOS app to tide you over. If you want to check out the latest iOS devices and Macs, the Apple Store app is on hand to enable you to browse through a range of Apple products so you can conduct a little research before making a purchase.

Microsoft is hosting a live media right now for the next version of Windows Phone, codename "Mango." Yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer leaked name Windows Phone 7.5 during a speech in Japan. The update will be free when available later this year.