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Australian universities to offer free classes online

Courses from two of Australia's major universities will be online and free to anyone in the world next year, as more institutions embrace a mass online model of providing free classes described as the "iTunes of higher education" in a new report.

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Apple's new iPhone may have fingerprint scanner

A person looks at an iPhone 5 during the opening of a new Apple store on November 15, 2012 in Saint-Herblain, western France. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD

JAMES W. MANNING 12:04pm | A fingerprint scanner could be the key ingredient in Apple's upcoming iPhone.

Vodafone to cap global roaming fees at $5 a day

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1:51pm | Vodafone Australia plans to cap its global roaming fees at $5 a day in a bid to stamp out mammoth bills being charged to customers who travel overseas.

Aaron Swartz not targeted by MIT, review finds

This Dec. 8, 2012 photo provided by ThoughtWorks shows Aaron Swartz, in New York. Swartz, a co-founder of Reddit, hanged himself Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, in New York City. In 2011, he was charged with stealing millions of scientific journals from a computer archive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in an attempt to make them freely available. He had pleaded not guilty, and his federal trial was to begin next month. (AP Photo/ThoughtWorks, Pernille Ironside)

12:08pm | MIT didn't seek prosecution of Aaron Swartz and remained neutral throughout his legal case, an internal review finds.

Now hear this: radio frequency selloff comes at a high price

PETER CAI | Thousands of small businesses, schools and community groups will be forced to pay millions to replace wireless audio equipment after the federal government sold the radio frequency on which they operate.

Facebook to sell TV-style ads for $2.8 million each: sources

1:49pm | Facebook plans to sell TV-style commercials on its site for as much as $2.8 million a day, sources say.

Protest in the connected society

PETER SPINKS | Research that charts the spread of social unrest is mapping how protest movements unfold.

Twitter to add 'report abuse' button

8:48am | Twitter will add a button to all major versions of its software to make it easier to report offensive or abusive posts.

British female MP threatened on Twitter

8:49am | British police say they are investigating violent and sexually explicit Twitter postings directed at an MP in a growing row over threats to women on the social network.

Hacking fears boost Symantec's bottom line

Moving in the right direction: Fear is good for business.

11:45am | Anti-virus software maker Symantec posts better-than-expected quarterly results as customers used more of its security products in the wake of a series of hacking attacks.

Facebook toys with games as shares hit high note

Facebook continues to search for ways to monetise its audience of one billion users. It will now try publishing mobile games in a revenue-sharing deal with developers.

11:14am | Facebook is getting into the business of publishing mobile games, offering developers help to go global with smartphone or tablet titles in exchange for a share of revenue.

Facebook mobile success fuels share price rebound

10:19am | Facebook's stock has come within a hair of reclaiming its $US38 ($42) debut price for the first time since going public in 2012, a milestone in the social networking company's effort to wipe away Wall Street's scepticism of its business.

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