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Dirty tricks flare up in taxi, private hire car apps war

Competition among taxi and private hire-car booking companies is heating up in Australia, with operators accusing each other of dirty tricks, sabotage and aggressive driver poaching tactics, writes Ben Grubb.

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NBN hearing: homes and business in broadband limbo

Tasmania was the first state to receive the NBN, but thousands of premises are yet to be connected.

Mahesh Sharma 1:21pm | Up to 4000 Tasmanian home and businesses could be thrown into a broadband blackspot when their local copper connections are switched off on May 23.

Westpac trials Google Glass, iBeacon apps for wearable bank account access

LIA TIMSON 2:07pm | Westpac is hoping customers will be able to access their bank accounts using Google Glass and other wearable devices in the very near future.

Paper app developers say Facebook stole its name

1:46pm | The maker of popular app Paper is spitting mad that Facebook has rolled out a new app with the same name.

Start-up network joins the grown-up establishment

Startup Victoria will hire a CEO and establish corporate standards.

Mahesh Sharma 8:11am | Newly formed non-profit organisation Startup Victoria will recruit a CEO and establish corporate standards.

Tech companies shed light on US data requests

Revealed: Google, Yahoo and other tech companies have published details about government data requests.

1:24pm | Technology firms have published details about the number of secret government requests for data they receive, hoping to show limited involvement in surveillance efforts.

Google ordered to move mystery barge in San Francisco Bay

9:26am | Google has been ordered to move its "mystery barge" in San Francisco Bay following a series of complaints.

Less Microsoft is more as investors eye break-up

Microsoft: Investors and analysts say a break-up would improve the business.

1:09pm | Microsoft's new leadership could almost double the company's valuation by parting with a good chunk of the businesses it uses to court consumers.

Wearable transmitter turns your palm into a touch interface

9:49am | The world could be at your fingertips, thanks to a new wearable, gesture-based gadget.

New Icepol malware found as hacking 'industry' flourishes

Researchers are finding more and more instances of a hacking

Drew Turney 8:51am | Authorities in Romania have identified new ramsonware that claims to be from police enforcing copyright and anti-porn laws.

Privacy deadline nears: are you ready?

Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim will get new powers in March.

Sylvia Pennington 8:14am | Australian companies have just weeks to get their data collection, storage, management and disposal practices in order before several changes to the privacy regime come into effect.

Daredevil captures extreme selfie running from bulls

Christian takes a selfie video while running away from a bull.

CAROLINE ZIELINSKI 12:36pm | A young daredevil has taken the cult of the selfie to a new level by recording himself being chased by enraged, rampaging bulls during a bull run in Texas.

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