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Yahoo! overtakes Google in US

On the up: Yahoo! sites had 197 million unique US visitors last month.

James W. Manning 12:26pm | Yahoo! beat Google to become the most visited website in the US for the month of July.

Your email inbox rummaged and rumbled

Andrew Masterson | Security analysts are, theoretically at least, able to read the world's 150 billion or so daily emails.

US admits electronic spying on Americans was illegal

The National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Maryland.

10:35am | The NSA spied on electronic communications between Americans with no links to terror suspects, officials say.

Google Glass gets augmented reality sightseeing app

1:28pm | Google Glass can now serve as an automated tour guide with the help of a new augmented reality app from a little-known start-up.

Fallen tech giants show how not to stay on top

BlackBerry has become an object lesson in the vagaries of capitalism.

Ultra-high definition TV: the full picture on 4K

Rod Easdown | Ultra-high definition televisions are compelling, but don't expect that level of picture quality at home.

Apple iOS 7: rumours v facts

We can also expect new budget model iPhones, mainly aimed at China's immense market.

MACMAN | Between now and mid-September, Apple will open new doors to the way we use technology.

NASA WISE telescope gets new life as asteroid hunter

11:58am | NASA will reactivate a mothballed infrared space telescope for a three-year mission to search for potentially dangerous asteroids.

John Cato: true photographic talent

IMAGING | John Cato's photograps captured the texture of Australia and touched the soul.

Portable speakers: Boom, shake the room

Katie Cincotta | These speakers have achieved what a DJ or live band used to do: get a party up and dancing.

Sony Digital Recording Binoculars DEV-50V review

Reviewed by Terry Lane | These binoculars can be ruled out for stills photography, so what we have is an interesting video camera.

Mixed message written in stars

ASTRONOMY | We all make mistakes, but people armed with little knowledge can sometimes be dangerous.

Big new opening for nano science

Professor Ross Stephens with the new CT Spect Camera at the ANU.

Scott Batum | The search is on at the Australian National University for new uses of nano-particle technology in the treatment of cancer.

Is Moko Australia's own next Facebook?

Ian Rodwell, founder and CEO of ASX-listed mobile advertising company, Moko, says the business is on track to being a $1 billion company listed on the US Nasdaq exchange.

Nate Cochrane 1:21pm | Its origins go back to a five-person operation above a hairdresser in Perth. Now reincarnated social network company Moko is gearing up to crack the US college scene.

BlackBerry's money-losing hardware unit may force break-up

BlackBerry: Services business and hardware unit would have zero value in a breakup, analysts say.

9:11am | BlackBerry's once-lucrative services business and hardware unit would have zero value in a break-up, analysts say.

To disclose or not to disclose? The hacker question

Collaboration: when should researchers tell on vendors' bugs?

Liam Tung | How long should a vendor have until they tell the world that a vulnerability in their software is being used to hack victims?

LinkedIn's 'blacklist' censoring legitimate users

Have you been blacklisted? Some LinkedIn users are complaining of site-wide moderation censorship.

Sholto Macpherson 4:09pm | In early June Rini Das couldn’t work out why her posts to LinkedIn groups had stopped appearing.

HP's Meg Whitman shakes-up deputy ranks

Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman.

9:26am | Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman is shaking up her executive ranks again.

Kodak reorganisation approved by bankruptcy court

Kodak: May emerge from bankruptcy as soon as September 3.

8:26am | Photography giant Kodak says a bankruptcy court had approved its plan of reorganisation.

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