INTERNET

Yahoo is betting its fortunes on the proven talent of a former Google executive, Marissa Mayer, who for more than a decade has steered the internet giant's search division into the most successful web-based business in the world.

One of the nation's leading art museums is hosting the first-ever Internet Cat Video Film Festival next month in Minneapolis.

MSNBC is no more as Microsoft and American network NBC News formally severed their business ties, which more than a decade ago cost the software giant $US220 million for a 50 percent stake on the online news site.

After introducing in 2011 the 24/7 postal services for parcels ordered online, the Australia Post is taking its service to another level by linking farmers and consumers.

One unintended consequence of boom in ecommerce is a corresponding increase in credit card fraud cases. Reports said that in 2011, over one million cases of card fraud were recorded in Australia.

Australians were at the mercy of global online retailers for now, which is the main reason that digital contents and products marketed locally carry more premium price when compared to offshore online stores, a new government submission said.

Yahoo recently experience a hack in their software which exposed more than 450,000 e-mails and passwords thus leaving the said data as vulnerable. Most of these login details were stored in plain text.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Thursday that remote areas in Australia will soon enjoy wireless broadband access with the sealing of the $280 million deal between NBN Co and U.S.-based ViaSat Inc.

The infamous hacking group, Anonymous, has found another worthy cause by declaring cyber war with Web sites known to process exchanges of child pornography, a report by tech news site ZDNet said on Tuesday.

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The Facebook App Center is now officially released in Australia, a month after the Facebook App Center was launched in the U.S.

U.S. authorities will have to wait until next year before they can get a hold on Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom following decision by a New Zealand court to postpone his extradition hearing for March next year.

Western Australia opened its first 24/7 post office in Perth on Tuesday in response to the growing demand for parcel delivery services from items ordered online.

A new survery shows that Australian teenagers are now utilizing cyberspace for sex education as opposed to the awkward talk from parents regarding the "birds and bees".

Major telcos called on federal authorities to expedite the availability of new network spectrum that would further boost Australia's 4G services, reports said.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) warns Australians regarding "DNSChanger" (Domain Name System Changer) which is a malicious software that could affect millions of Internet users.

Thousands of computers will be unable to access the Internet on Monday due to a virus released a year ago.

Google recently announced through the company's blog post that they will be shutting down 5 more Google services. This is in accordance to the company's "spring cleaning" program.

Facebook, the popular social networking site, is known for having the "like" button. There are recent reports stating that Facebook is now developing a "want" button in order to have another source of revenue for Facebook.

Google Chrome, the popular web browser from Google is now available for Apple devices such as iPhone and iPad devices. Apple users can now download Google Chrome for free through the App store.

Instagram's Facebook page is still receiving reports of program error from users. Instagram has blamed a powerful storm in Virginia over the weekend for its failure to load or service outage. Pinterest and Netflix were also out of service, as they were also affected by the weekend storm.

A New Zealand High Court ruled on Friday that authorities who raided Megaupload owner Kim Dotcom's mansion earlier this year wielded deficient search warrants, stripping the whole operation conducted by NZ police teams and agents from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of any legal protection.

Julian Assange will remain under the protection of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London despite efforts by the British police to lure him out via an official summon sent to the beleaguered WikiLeaks founder.

Telstra Corporation, it appears, has to work further in beefing up its privacy protocols as regulators said on Friday that the giant telco breached Australia's Privacy Act when it inadvertently exposed last year thousands of customers' personal information.

Mobile technology has made the traditional 9-to-5 office hours outdated. In lieu of the 8-hour traditional pattern, many office employees now clock in 12 hours of work from 7-to-7.

Software makers are re-training their attention on what Apple has proven as a sure-fire way of earning the big bucks - put together a sexy gadget and have it powered by in-house operating system and maybe a few years after, you'll be on top of the world.

NBN Co flatly denied that Australia's $36-billion nationwide broadband roll out has hit a snag following reports that major contractors attached to the federal initiative were mulling possible pull outs from the project that has been plagued by numerous delays.

Facebook, the popular social networking site recently made changes in terms of email addresses of users. This change made users angry and protests regarding this change was widespread among Facebook users.

Due to survey results that point to a likely defeat of the Australian Labor Party in the 2013 election, the party is tapping more into technology to win more votes. ALP leader and Prime Minister Julia Gillard urged Labor MPs to tap mummy bloggers on social networking sites such as Facebook.