Thursday, July 11, 2013

IT News Head Lines (AustralianIT) 7/12/2013

AustralianIT.com.au



'Digital detox' for net addicts
THE need to bring online and real lives back into balance has given rise to 'offlining' camps.

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Jobs' words doom Apple in e-book case
APPLE broke antitrust laws and conspired with publishers to raise electronic book prices, a federal judge has ruled, citing "compelling evidence" from the words of the late Steve Jobs.

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Vintage Apple ripens over time
FROM a humble start being designed and built in a California garage, an original Apple computer from 1976 has sold at auction for nearly $A420,000.

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Icahn to seek court input of Dell deal
BILLIONAIRE investor Carl Icahn will ask a judge to assess the fairness of a proposed $US24.4 billion acquisition of struggling personal computer maker Dell.

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Personal computer sales slide
WORLDWIDE sales of personal computers dropped for a fifth consecutive quarter in the April-June period, the longest decline in the PC market's history, a research firm says.

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Google Maps drops location feature
GOOGLE has ditched a Latitude feature in an upgraded version of its popular maps app for Android-powered smartphones and tablets.

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World Bank invests in online education
ONLINE education service Coursera has announced a fresh round of funding from the investment arm of the World Bank and other backers.

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Facebuy to take on eBay and Facebook
AN Australian start-up is taking on eBay and Facebook in the social selling space with Facebuy.

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