THE WEB
- Spurned Google rolls out its Facebook killer
- Wikipedia project is a class act
- Cliff Richard follows 'young ones' onto internet
- No cat-on-skateboard videos here
- Iconic web tool faces the chopping block
- Online mapmakers get down to earth
- MySpace co-founder busted for faking his age
- Charities cast net for funds
- Facebook giveth, Facebook taketh away
- Net pioneer leaves oversight group
- A helping hand
- Made for YouTube
- Wily pirates elude capture
- Wanted: investors with a conscience
- Google algorithm tweak spooks WWW
- Super-sized Last Supper to hit the web
- Danish website upset Catholics
- YouTube revolutionaries upstage the party machine
- From Harvard dropout to instant billionaire
- Anti-groping phone tool a big hit in Japan
The new order: one hit wonders need not apply
An Australian journalist at one of the world's most respected
technology publishers says he was retrenched because his stories
were not generating enough website hits.
Beatles music should be online next year: Sir Paul
Former Beatle Paul McCartney says the Fab Four's music will probably make its long-awaited Internet debut next year.
TV sets a turn-off for South Korea's youth
South Korean university student Seong-sun is a rebel without a TV.
Study reveals our eBay hotspots
Sydneysiders may buy more clothes but when it comes to spending
money on online shopping, Melburnians win hands down.
Police arrest teenage virtual furniture thief
Dutch police collar a 17-year-old accused of stealing virtual
furniture from rooms in the Habbo Hotel, a popular teenage virtual
world.
Online federal election battle hots up
Let's get a wriggle on and look at how the election is shaping online.
Online fans to run their own footy team
An online collective of football fans from more than 70 countries has agreed in principle to buy a controlling interest in an English football club.
No pain, no grain
Move over Scrabulous. If you're looking for an addictive online
word game to polish up your vocabulary, look no further than
FreeRice.com.
Simpsons Movie pirate fined
A young man who filmed The Simpsons Movie on his mobile
phone camera with "the sophistication of a dead fish" has been
fined $1000.
Famous internet cheese on the block
Wedginald, the English cheddar cheese that has become a star of the internet as it matures live on screen, is up for auction, with the proceeds going to charity.
When Patrick met Camille
It does not just happen in the movies. Whatever becomes of Patrick
Moberg and Australia's Camille Hayton, they have vindicated
hopeless romantics everywhere.
Online Romeo goes underground to find love
A tale of online love inspired usually cynical New Yorkers this
week to help a young man find the girl of his dreams.
Facebook's calling: world domination!
Facebook's secret plans for world domination have been revealed in
a candid interview with the company's now cashed-up chief finance
officer.
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.
Fans beware, it's the purple people eater
Prince threatens to sue thousands of his biggest fans for breach of
copyright.
Ad nauseam: Facebook users to cop the hard sell
The Facebook free ride is over as the social network now seeks to
turn its 50-million-strong user base into an army of viral
marketers.
The internet is 'the new Afghanistan'
European Commission urges its member states to get tough with
militant websites, claiming the internet serves as as a "virtual
training camp" for terrorists.
Pirate Bay works on new software standard
A Swedish website that promotes trading of pirated movies is developing a new software standard for internet downloads in a move that could make it easier to swap media files, which is illegal in many countries.
Big Brother saboteurs rock the vote
Big Brother fans are already plotting ways to rig the online
audition system for the 2008 series.
Lectures online for YouTube generation
The university that offers two of the three most expensive
undergraduate degrees in Australia is now offering some of its
classes free.
Piracy not raiding CD sales
Australian music industry dismisses damaging overseas research that
found illegal music sharing actually increased CD sales.
Young Aussies 'addicted' to social networks
New research finds young Australians are becoming increasingly
addicted to Facebook and MySpace, with some logging in 20 times a
day.
Net oversight agency names new chief
New Zealand lawyer elected as the first non-American chairman of a key oversight agency, replacing internet pioneer Vint Cerf.
Internet bullying warning
More than one-third of teenage girls in Australia have been
sexually harassed via the internet, a survey finds.
Kylie prepares for new launch into cyberspace
Kylie Minogue takes on MySpace and Facebook by launching her own
social networking website.
Google gives a bird's eye view of poverty
The United Nations teamed with technology giants Google and Cisco
Systems to launch a new website that will track global efforts to
fight poverty.
MySpace joins Google's Facebook face-off
MySpace joins Google's platform for sharing applications across the
web to undermine their common rival, Facebook.
US privacy groups seek "do not track" Web list
Nine U.S. privacy and consumer organizations asked the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to create a "do not track" list for Internet users who don't want their online activities tracked, stored and used by advertising networks.
Lonelygirl15 creator meshes reel with real
He is not lonely, 15 or female, but in the virtual world Miles
Beckett is all of those things.
Facebook 'friends' ambush Kevin Rudd
Federal politicians are bending over backwards to expand their
networks on Facebook and MySpace, but how strong are their newfound
friendships?
