 | | |  | Comment: Despite what Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says, Malcolm Turnbull is not the man who "virtually invented the internet in this country". Even if it was a joke, it's a bad one and it's wrong, writes Ben Grubb. | | Top stories Laurent Banguet 10:45am | Scientists say they have unravelled the DNA of a horse that lived some 700,000 years ago, a record-breaking feat in the young field of palaeo-genomics. | 11:22am | The Voyager 1 spacecraft is approaching the outer limit of the solar system but remains months or even years away from the farthest reach of the sun's magnetic pull, NASA said on Thursday. | 10:21am | PayPal wants to explore space - or at least begin to figure out how payments and commerce will work beyond Earth's realm once space travel and tourism take off. | 9:29am | A new fibre optic technology could increase internet bandwidth capacity by sending data along light beams that twist like a tornado rather than move in a straight line. | 1:27pm | The director of the US National Security Agency on Thursday offered a more detailed breakdown of 54 schemes by militants that he said were disrupted by phone and internet surveillance, even as a British newspaper offered evidence of more extensive spying. | 1:37pm | For three months in 2011 - less than a year after WikiLeaks released its most famous series of documents leaked by Bradley Manning - a mole inside the non-profit organisation provided the FBI with chat logs, videos and other data from Julian Assange and his associates. | Ryan Nakashima 9:50am | After some hands-on time with Windows 8.1, the update seems to me like a patch over an ever-widening chasm. | Miyoung Kim 11:09am | Samsung has launched its first OLED TV, taking the ultra-thin technology into a nascent market despite tenacious production challenges that keep costs high while prevailing LCD screens only get better and cheaper. | Adam Turner 1:25pm | The Nexus 7 is still one of the best tablets on the shelves, so how do you improve it? | Glenn Chapman 10:25am | The notion of being fashionably smart is getting a makeover as internet-linked computers get woven into formerly brainless attire such as glasses, bracelets and shoes. | | | Advertisement  Advertisement  Compare & Save | Find the best mobile phone plan | | |  | | | | | Security Reminder: Fairfax Media digital never requests personal or credit card information via email. Be wary of suspicious emails claiming to offer Fairfax Media digital services. You are receiving this email as a registered Fairfax Media digital member. Your username is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. Your email address is: garn14.tech@blogger.com. If you do not want to receive further announcements from Fairfax Media digital, please unsubscribe here. Fairfax Media Limited. ABN 15 008 663 161.
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