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Apple's iPad event: rumour round-up

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Apple's iPad event: rumour round-up

As Apple prepares its announcement for Friday's reveal event, we take a look at each rumour from the very possible to the improbable.

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Dropbox denies breach as hackers spruik passwords and nude content

Dropbox hits back at media reports that say it was hacked, reassuring users their 'stuff' is safe.

Hannah Francis | Cloud storage service Dropbox has further distanced itself from the leak of hundreds of login credentials on Tuesday.

Skylanders Trap Team vs Disney Infinity 2.0: a head-to-head review

Skylanders offers a more polished, directed experience.

James "DexX" Dominguez | One of the biggest consumer battles this Christmas will be between two video games that use plastic figurines.

Skype launches stand-alone video messaging app called Qik

Qik enables group video chatting. Users can go back and watch videos after the fact but messages expire after two weeks.

Karissa Bell | Skype is capitalising on the increasing popularity of photo and video-centric messaging apps with a new standalone app for disappearing video messages.

FreeviewPlus - 28 days later

The FreeviewPlus onscreen EPG looks great, but it only works on a handful of devices.

ADAM TURNER 9:19am | Up and running for a month, Freeview's cross-channel Catch Up TV service is still hit and miss depending on your television.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg gives $US25 million to fight Ebola

Fighting funds: Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has donated $28.7 million to help fight the Ebola epidemic.

Jessica Guynn 9:18am | Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says the Ebola epidemic is at a critical phase.

Dell announces Australian data centres and cloud offerings

Dell has announced two new Australian data centres.

LIA TIMSON 1:23pm | Dell has announced it has opened two new data centres, located in Sydney and Melbourne.

Start-ups welcome the return of ESOP tax breaks

Cash-strapped Australian start-ups have long argued employee share schemes can help them offer a better package to employees.

Andrew Colley | The federal government has reintroduced tax breaks for employee share schemes, drawing wide praise from Australia’s start-up community.

Dune-themed bug lets Russian hackers target NATO, Ukraine: iSight

A Russian bug has been found targeting NATO computers.

Jim Finkle 9:32am | Russian hackers exploited a bug in Windows and other software to spy on computers used by NATO, iSight says.

Think of outback as one huge landscape, says top ecologist

The invasive cane toad.

NICKY PHILLIPS 12:01am | The Australian outback should be classified and protected as one continuous landscape rather than individual components.

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