 | | |  | More than half of the "hashed" passwords exposed in a breach of about 50,000 accounts on the ABC's website have been cracked as evidence emerges that a breach of the database may have occurred in late 2011, writes Ben Grubb. | | Top stories Jean H. Lee 9:27am | North Korea has switched on its new 3G mobile data service for foreigners travelling to the country. | 9:47am | In less than five years, a married couple could be on their way to Mars in the first-ever manned mission to the Red Planet. | 10:12am | Google co-founder Sergey Brin took the stage at TED on Wednesday for an unscheduled, low-key talk on Google Glass. | 1:38pm | Sugata Mitra has been awarded a million-dollar TED Prize to pursue the promise of building schools in the cloud. | 10:59am | The founders of Snapchat have been hit with a lawsuit from a former classmate that claims they stole his idea. | 1:05pm | Tim Cook sought to reassure shareholders worried about Apple's sagging stock price that the company is on the verge of inventing more breakthrough products. | 12:41pm | Facebook will now be able to target some ads based on your offline shopping habits. | Adam Turner | Wherever you store them, 'off-site' copies of precious files help protect against loss. | Doubt has been cast on billions of dollars worth of medical research that used mice to test theories, writes Gina Kolata. | IMAGING | On price and function, Photoshop has competitors. | A British newspaper has published satellite images that it says prove Iran is developing a second path to a nuclear weapons capability. | 10:59am | The sophisticated cyber weapon which targeted an Iranian nuclear plant is older than previously believed, an anti-virus company says. | Matthew Hall | Just an hour into the opening session of tech conference and Kathy Brown let out a sigh. | Drew Turney 10:21am | Cognitive radio makes better use of the available radio-frequency spectrum to shift wi-fi services to frequencies where there isn't as much traffic. | 12:25pm | A computer security firm says it has freed tens of thousands of infected PCs from a botnet. | 3:16pm | Programming is a way to see ideas grow, says Twitter's Jack Dorsey. | 12:25pm | The head of Google's Android mobile operating system says the company has no plans to open retail stores. | 12:31pm | Billionaire Larry Ellison can now afford to fly commercial - on his own commercial airline, that is. | 9:57am | In-vehicle wi-fi hot spots and streaming videos just around the corner. | Reviewed by Terry Lane | This is a return to the good old days of brilliant, beautifully made prime lenses. | BLEEDING EDGE | The simple act of note-taking will never be the same. | Cynthia Karena | Cynthia Karena reviews City Lens, C25K, Rain?, OpenMi Silent Tweets and CamCard. | | | Advertisement  Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | | | | | Security Reminder: Fairfax Media digital never requests personal or credit card information via email. Be wary of suspicious emails claiming to offer Fairfax Media digital services. You are receiving this email as a registered Fairfax Media digital member. Your username is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. Your email address is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. If you do not want to receive further announcements from Fairfax Media digital, please unsubscribe here. Fairfax Media Limited. ABN 15 008 663 161.
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