Top stories Linton Besser and Nicky Phillips 12:02pm | Decision comes after probe revealed DataDot and the CSIRO had duped pharmaceutical company. | Linton Besser and Nicky Phillips | A high-tech CSIRO spin-off company was so desperate for cash it crossed the line. | Adam Turner 11:00am | Facebook declares all your home screens are belong to Zuck. | Calum Wilson Austin 7:56am | Take a punt on a new sci-fi universe with clashing alien cultures and a very different Earth. | 11:13am | Windows 8 appears to be driving buyers away from PCs and toward smartphones and tablets, says IDC. | 10:10am | Scientists invent technique to make brains transparent, giving researchers a truer picture of mental functions. | NICKY PHILLIPS | There is no evidence that microwave exposure causes, or promotes, cancer. | Hayden Walle 11:29am | North Korea's ongoing threats about nuclear warfare have put 'the bomb' back on the public's radar. | 9:55am | Children are spending more than half their spare time in front of a screen after embracing smart device technology, a study has found. | Nicky Phillips tracks down the movers and shakers of the science world. | As its civilian leaders publicly decried US drone attacks, Pakistan's top intelligence agency secretly worked for years with the CIA on strikes. | Adam Lanza was a loner: highly intelligent with a ghostly pallor; awkward but seemingly pleasant; described by his own brother as a ''nerd''. | 9:43am | Lithuania uses Google Maps to identify tax violations involving housing construction and property sales. | Cynthia Karena | Tablets are becoming more popular in schools, and their portability is extending educational opportunities beyond the classroom. | BLEEDING EDGE | Web-browsers are perhaps the world's most effective vector for crime and public mischief. | SIGHT AND SOUND | Rod Easdown takes a look at three 61-centimetre televisions on three levels. | Cynthia Karena | Cynthia Karena reviews the Magisto - Magical Video Editor, WhatsApp and Aussie Loo apps. | Reviewed by Terry Lane | For anyone wanting a moderately wide-angle lens for occasional use, the Sigma fits the bill. | IMAGING | The snappers have embraced the smartphone but the ambitious are sticking with their DSLRs. | 11:27am | Apple and Google are more interested in using litigation as a business strategy than in resolving disputes over patents, says judge. | 11:48am | Barack Obama has proposed increased spending to protect US computer networks from cyber attacks. | 12:22pm | South Korea says North Korea was responsible for a cyber attack against broadcasters and banks in March. | 10:53am | Google says it is investing ���300 million ($371 million) to expand its continental European data centre. | TOM MCILROY | With dial-up modems and snail's pace internet a thing of the past, just what can Canberra residents expect from the national broadband network? | | | Advertisement  Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | |
