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CYBER criminals stole confidential information and financially defrauded one in five major Australian businesses in 2012, a new government report has revealed. Released today by Attorney General Mark Dreyfus QC, the 2012 Cyber Crime and Security Survey Report shows more than 20 per cent of 255 organisations in Australia’s energy, defence, communications, banking and water sectors reported [...]

YOUNG Australians are among the world leaders in addiction to smartphones, according to research to be released tomorrow. The Cisco Connected World Technology Report of 3600 people, including 200 Australians, reveals the depth of the addiction under-30s have for their favourite handheld device, turning to it from their first waking moment to their last conscious [...]

THERE’S a new multibillion-dollar gaming industry emerging and it’s coming from our pockets. More than 45 billion apps were downloaded to smartphones and tablets last year, Gartner estimates, and that number is set to skyrocket to 81 billion this year. It’s a figure that has traditional game-makers taking note and long-time gamers swapping game controllers [...]

No new cross-OS features. Microsoft has announced updates to its hosted System Center 2012 and Intune services which it claims can deliver a mobile device management (MDM) solution for the enterprise. Mobile Device Management refers to software tools that provide IT administrators with network security and control when attempting to manage the multitude of devices [...]

GOOGLING the nearest gas station, sending email from your smartphone, or booking a table at a restaurant: Those are all things you shouldn’t do while driving. But so many drivers have grown accustomed to their on-the-go tasks that carmakers are increasingly trying to make those things easier to pull off with both hands on the [...]

APPLE’s trouble-plagued Maps app that has been stranding people in the middle of a desolate national park over the past month appears to have been “half-fixed”, according to Victoria Police. Mildura police inspector Simon Clemence said that Apple appeared to have made an overnight adjustment to the faulty operation of its iOS 6 system that [...]

Apple’s  popularity is diving after a series of iPhone 5 missteps and delays delivering products. Source: AFP APPLE, the company that changed the way we listen to music and touch mobile phones, is in danger of losing its cool. After a series of iPhone 5 missteps and delays delivering products, the company’s popularity is diving and rivals [...]

ORDINARY Australians are being offered expensive gifts, holidays and cash prizes to endorse products on Instagram – the latest social media craze. Advertisers are targeting people who have thousands of followers on the picture-based smartphone app and asking them to post photos of particular products. And more often than not the deals are not being [...]

  Makers of the SwiftKey keyboard app have created an Australian English version to take in cultural differences such as barbecues and Aussie slang. Picture: Mark Cranitch Source: The Advertiser AUSTRALIANS do not drink as heavily as the British, are twice as likely to call someone “mate,” and are 30 per cent more likely to talk about [...]

NOT APPY: Max Toon, 5, of Ashgrove looking concerned that his mother, Beth is talking to Santa on the phone. Picture: Liam Kidston Source: The Courier-Mail FRUSTRATED parents have been downloading “Santa apps” in a bid to keep their children in line, a move that’s been blasted by one of the nation’s top psychologists. In the lead-up [...]