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Aldi to launch budget phone plans

Supermarket chain Aldi is set to move into West End.

GLENDA KWEK 12:53pm | Mobile phone users hunting around for a better deal will get another option with Aldi preparing to take on the major telcos with a budget service.

Music industry fears rise of NBN

Adam Turner 7:25am | A decade of war on its customers got the music industry nowhere, but now the internet is actually boosting sales.

Not much story, but plenty of fun

Reviewed by Calum Wilson Austin 11:11am | Crysis 3 gives a glimpse at the level of graphic fidelity we can expect from next generation game consoles.

Scientists link two rats' brains - a continent apart

9:23am | Scientists have enabled a rat to help a fellow rodent while the animals were a continent apart but connected through brain electrodes.

Teen's early cancer detection tool

9:35am | Jack Andraka went from being a typical US teenager unaware of the pancreas to one with a cheap way to detect cancer in the organ before it turns deadly.

Black hole tearing up space

8:17am | Black holes are the Universe's ultimate garbage disposals: stuff falls in, and never gets back out.

WikiHouse - DYI home building

9:12am | WikiHouse is putting a new spin on old-time barn-raising with a free online resource that lets people put homes together the same way they might a giant jigsaw puzzle.

Brin's rose-tinted view of Glass

Sergey Brin envisions Google Glass hitting the market this year with an eye towards freeing people from unsocial habits engendered by ''emasculating'' smartphones.

Scientists find large meteorite

9:54am | A meteorite found in Antarctica has scientists excited.

Mobiles to match global population in 2014

9:46am | The number of mobile phones worldwide will catch up to the globe's population next year, the United Nations says.

Much ado about nothing

10:40am | Marissa Mayer's ban on telecommuting sparked outrage, but left many in Silicon Valley wondering what the fuss was about.

Hacking war of words heats up

9:37am | US hackers attacked two Chinese military websites, China says.

EU may fine Microsoft over browsers

10:31am | EU competition regulators plan to fine Microsoft before the end of March, sources say.

Hospital upgrades computer security to prevent data-doctoring

The Canberra Hospital will push ahead with new computer security measures designed to help prevent a repeat of the emergency department data-doctoring scandal.

Vodafone to double Tasmanian workforce

Vodafone expects the employment targets to be achieved over the 2013-14 financial year.

JONATHAN SWAN 12:42am | Vodafone will be hiring 750 new workers in its Hobart call centre after receiving $4 million from the federal government.

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