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Sigurdur Thordarson: WikiLeaks's baby-faced traitor

In an extraordinary sequence of events, Sigurdur Thordarson went from accompanying Julian Assange to court hearings in London to secretly passing troves of data on WikiLeaks staff and affiliated activists to the FBI.

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Mobile data sharing plans on the way

LUCY BATTERSBY 9:47am | Australian consumers will get access to mobile data sharing plans within a year, with at least one telco promising to launch the new pricing option in coming months.

Microsoft accuses Google of trying to sabotage Windows Phone

The new Nokia smart phone Lumia 800 is shown off at Nokia world, London, October 26, 2011. Nokia unveiled two sleek new Microsoft Windows phones on Wednesday in time for Christmas, a first step in the ailing cellphone maker's fightback against Apple and Google . Chief Executive Stephen Elop presented the two new smartphones, the first fruits of his big bet on Microsoft software, to a 3,000-strong audience in London, saying they represented the beginning of a new era for the Finnish giant. REUTERS/Paul Hackett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY TELECOMS)

JAMES W MANNING 11:34am | Microsoft has accused Google of deliberately keeping YouTube off Windows Phone in an attempt to damage the brand.

Samsung reveals Android flip phone

9:45am | Flip phones are making a comeback thanks to Samsung.

Yes, some teens are bored with Facebook. But no, they're not leaving in droves

Federal govn't launches Facebook bullying prevention campaign to encourage teens to be aware of cyber-bullying. Pic of some students with laptops/ipads/iphones. Tereza Mihaljevic, Michaella Mae, Angela Baldoza, Alliyah Fareo. Photo Lisa McMahon

5:55pm | When it comes to social networks, the ascendant paradigm for forecasting the future seems to centre on first-person anecdotes and unsupported hearsay from random teenagers.

Voyager left solar system last year, research shows

Undated image from NASA of the Voyager 1 spacecraft, which was launched by a Titan III E-Centaur vehicle on September 5, 1977. The last two spacecraft of NASA's Mariner series, Voyager 1 and 2 were the first in that series to be sent to explore the outer solar system. NASA's Voyager 1 has reached the final frontier of our solar system, having traveled through a turbulent place where electrically charged particles from the Sun crash into thin gas from interstellar space. Astronomers tracking the little spaceship's 26-year journey from Earth believe Voyager 1 has gone through a region known as termination shock, some 8.7 billion miles (14 billion km) from the Sun, and entered an area called the heliosheath.

11:34am | NASA's long-lived Voyager probe crossed into interstellar space last year, becoming the first man-made object to leave the solar system, new research shows.

Windows 8.1 released October 18

An attendant demonstrates the Microsoft Windows 8 operating system during its launching ceremony in Hong Kong Friday, Oct. 26, 2012. Microsoft launched a radical redesign of its world-dominating Windows operating system, introducing a touch-enabled interface that attempts to bridge the gap between personal computers and fast-growing mobile devices powered by the company's fiercest competitors. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Chris Gardner 11:56am | Microsoft will begin rolling out the free Windows 8.1 update on October 18.

It was an IT disaster: what happens now?

Gone bad: some IT project stuff-ups have wide-ranging consequences.

Sylvia Pennington 10:15am | We take a look at four failed ICT projects where king-sized cock-ups led to courtroom consequences.

Snowden downloaded NSA secrets while working for Dell: sources

Edward Snowden: Worked for Dell from 2009 until earlier this year.

8:59am | Edward Snowden downlaoded documents on US spying while working for Dell in April 2012, sources say.

Facebook to test mobile payment service

Facebook: Plans to test a mobile payment service that allows users to make purchases on mobile apps.

9:17am | Facebook plans to test a service that lets users make purchases on mobile apps using their Facebook information.

Cisco to cut 4000 jobs despite profit gain

Cisco: The company will cut 5 per cent of its staff despite strong revenue.

9:06am | Cisco Systems plans to cut 4000 jobs, or roughly 5 per cent of its work force, in an effort to trim costs.

Fifth of websites lack privacy protection info

More than 20 per cent of websites and apps supply no information on data protection.

9:26am | A fifth of the world's websites and apps provide no information on how, or if, they protect personal data.

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