Jamelle Agbuis

BitTorrent has released the first beta of Project Chrysalis, the next generation redesign of BitTorrent's Mainline filesharing client.

"Dropbox said they couldn't access your files and now they can," writes Betanews commenter Malcarada Volanga. "Dropbox can not be trusted about the claims they make, this is the main reason why I will not be using their services."

Yesterday, Edge reported that the PlayStation Network outage is negatively affecting PS3, with gamers trading in their consoles -- half for cash, the rest for Xbox 360. Today, the story is being picked up everywhere, it seems, and repeated as gospel.

Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths have been taken to task over dodgy origin labelling, after an investigation by the NSW Food Authority revealed that two stores were selling mislabelled fruit The incident marks the first time Coles and Woolworths have been fined for Country of Origin labelling breaches, and both have been placed on the NSW Food Authority's Name and Shame register.

There's pretty good chance that you are one of the millions of people who have a Facebook account. While the social network has an undeniably huge user base, there are few who would claim that there is not room for improvement.

Is the waiting finally over, or is Sony making more promises? Today, the entertainment giant announced partial PlayStation Network restoration, after a 24-day self-inflicted outage. PSN is being restored in Europe and the United States and, at that, on a rolling basis.

Ten years ago today, I stepped into the world of Apple retail. Company CEO Steve Jobs hosted a group of journalists to see the first Apple Store, which opened at Tysons Corner Center in McLean, Va., on May 19, 2001

A wary end to the week on Friday night in financial markets, with shares and commodities on pause or stuttering as traders try and work out whether the past fortnight is a blip or the start of a correction, or worse.

US consumer prices rose by 0.4pct in April, above expectations centred on a rise of 0.3pct. Excluding food and energy (core measure) consumer prices rose by 0.2pct, in line with expectations. And the US consumer sentiment index rose from 69.8 to 72.4 in May, above forecasts centred on a result near 69.5.

The Australian Dollar sold off overnight and opens US 1.5 cents weaker this morning after signs and rhetoric of economic slowdown in the United States and China pushed commodities lower overnight. It’s game on!

As Australia returns to economic growth, and consumer confidence rebounds, increased competition for skilled workers has forced many organisations to rethink their talent strategies for 2011.

Commonwealth Bank has reported third quarter cash earnings of $1.7bn amid a slight rise in mortgage arrears.

Continuing its foray in iOS software Adobe today released three companion apps for Photoshop CS5. The apps provide a range of new ways to interact with Photoshop with your iPad starting with Adobe Eazel, which enables you to paint and draw on the screen of your iPad using a range of tools before sending the completed work of art to your PC or Mac, or sharing it via email.

Tips on how you can get cold hard cash with your household junk.

Westfield had been tipped by some analysts to cut guidance because of the impact of the higher Australian dollar on offshore earnings, but the mall owner confirmed its forecasts for annual earnings, distributions and operating income in a statement to the ASX.

David Jones and Myer, Australia's two biggest department store chains, reported lower sales in their latest market updates, indicating shoppers remain reluctant to spend.

All the major banks have done it. Most of the professional services firms have done it. We're talking about setting targets for greater female representation, specifically at senior management levels.

Enterprise security and firewall company Palo Alto Networks on Wednesday released the results of an eight-month study of more than 1,200 organizations and 2 million users that observed more than 28 exabytes of data passing through corporate networks.

Yesterday, S&P reported that they were downgrading the long-term outlook on U.S. debt from stable to negative.

NirSoft is famous for creating some of the best free Windows utilities around: tiny, portable and packed with useful features. If you'd like to sample what the company has to offer then you could spend an hour or two browsing the site, individually downloading anything that appeals.

Today, at Google I/O, Google revealed that the first Chrome OS laptops, or Chromebooks, will be available for order on June 15 in the United States. Prices will start at $349 for an 11.6-inch model.

In the Wednesday keynote at Google I/O in San Francisco, Google disclosed some information about the Chrome Web Store that should be of key importance to web application developers and those measuring the profitability of development in that area

For years, an accidental security flaw in the way Facebook handled embedded frames allowed applications developers to access information on a user's profile that installed that application.

Baker was appointed by President Obama in June 2009. She is the second commissioner to announce his or her resignation from the FCC -- Commissioner Michael Copps is set to leave at the end of the year after 10 years -- but certainly is not the first Washington to take a position like this.

The Australian Dollar has been unwillingly pulled south overnight as a sharp decline in commodities and a stronger Greenback dominate the markets.

The Australian share market closed higher on Wednesday as Chinese inflation figures boosted the resources sector. At the close, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index had gained 54.4 points, or 1.15 per cent, at 4,780.2 points, while the broader All Ordinaries index had lifted 54.6 points, or 1.14 per cent, to 4,858.2 points.

US treasury prices rallied (yields lower) as investors shifted back to safe-haven investments. The auction of $24 billion in 10yr notes was met with solid demand. US 2yr yields fell by 4pts to 0.549pct and US 10yr yields eased by 6pts to 3.156pct.

Microsoft announced a definitive agreement to buy Skype for $8.5 billion. The deal is simply stunning, for the potential brand reach Microsoft will gain, the boost to its real-time communications strategy and the potential for empowering Windows Phone-powered handsets with robust video communications.

The components of the European markets continue to diverge and are reflected in the strength of the German economy relative to peripheral economies.