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Wednesday, August 18th, 2010
The independent MP Rob Oakeshott - who would be crucial in determining the next government in a hung parliament - has launched a phone app that allows people to track his exact location.
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Dating site OkCupid has completed a study about its users' smartphones and sexual history and has determined that among people who use smartphones, iPhone users have the most sexual partners, followed by BlackBerry users and finally Android users.
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Instant text messages could be sent to speeding motorists to improve the effectiveness of fixed speed cameras, a Queensland parliamentary inquiry has heard.
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Monday, August 16th, 2010
Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry, has unveiled a BlackBerry Torch to take on the hot-selling iPhone, avoiding comment on a plan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to snuff out data service there.
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Mobile security firm Lookout has warned that a booby-trapped Movie Player application is infecting Android phones in Russia with a virus that sends costly text messages.
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Thursday, August 12th, 2010
A Chinese firm has developed a special protective case known as the "Apple Peel" for converting the iPod Touch media player into a mobile phone, state media reported.
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
The German government said ministers and senior civil servants have been told not to use iPhone and BlackBerry mobile devices as the interior minister warned a "dramatic" rise in cyber attacks.
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Sexually active teenagers who send flirtatious text images to each other are at risk of being prosecuted under child pornography charges because of discrepancies in state and federal laws.
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
A Gold Coast man has been fined $8000 for importing 20 stun guns disguised as mobile phones.
Michael Peter Van Hout, 44, of Robina, was found guilty in the Brisbane Magistrates Court of importing the devices without approval, Customs officials said on Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Two security experts have released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google's Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim's email and text messages.
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