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Friday November 9, 2007

Fossett search hits dead end

STEPHEN HUTCHEON 9:50am | Two months after adventurer Steve Fossett disappeared, the plug is pulled on an online search mission involving some 50,000 volunteers.

Google eyes new ad frontier

11:25am | Google says it is testing ways to deliver ads in computer games.

At university the worm turns

HARRIET ALEXANDER | The artful worm has slithered off the TV screen and into universities, where academics are evaluating its performance in making lectures more interactive.

Google's no threat, says Microsoft boss

11:59am | Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer plays down the threat of Google, denying the rival was ahead in any way but in online searches.

There's one born every minute

Heard the one about the guy who traded a paperclip for a house? Mary Riekert looks at the flourishing online world of trades, social experiments ... and scams. 

Fast Forward blog

The remote

Louisa Hearn @ SMH on Nov 6 | How many remote controls do you have sitting on your coffee table? Unless you have been

Your Naughty questions...

Jason Hill @ SMH on Nov 9 | Recently off the leash visiting Australia while his team put the finishing touches to...

Is Facebook Ads

Asher Moses @ SMH on Nov 7 | Facebook, under intense pressure to prove it's worth the $US15 billion valuation, today

There's one born every minute

Heard the one about the guy who traded a paperclip for a house? Mary Riekert looks at the flourishing online world of trades, social experiments ... and scams.

TROUBLESHOOTER

No need to cop an earful

Don't despair if telemarketers findways to target you through your mobile, writes David Flynn.

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Something's phishy

Staying one click ahead of the SMiShers and other internet scammers is a full-time job, writes Lia Timson.

VoIP

Voice in the wilderness

The communications watchdogs have refused to step in to help Voice Over IP (VoIP) users who want to keep their phone number when switching service providers.

UPGRADE

Tablet troubles

HP's Compaq 2710p is a "convertible" notebook: you can rotate the screen and fold it flat against the keyboard so you can rest it on your arm and write on the screen with a digitiser (it's not a touch screen).