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Google Maps go embeddable, local in Australia

Google has updated the Australian version of its Maps application, which coincides with the search giant announcing that next week, it will update its global service so that maps can be embedded into any Web page using an iframe. Read more »

Google struggles to explain search outage

Popular search engine Google had no immediate explanation for a mysterious bug that rendered parts of its site inoperable on Tuesday afternoon (AEST). Read more »

Yahoo-Microsoft "bear hug" hard to resist

The bold bid unveiled by Microsoft for Yahoo would create a technology titan of unprecedented size to challenge the Internet leadership established by Google, analysts believe. Read more »

Yahoo developing an audio search engine

Web giant Yahoo is developing a search engine for finding downloadable songs and music data from across the Internet. Read more »

Machines to terminate human intellect

Machine intelligence will catch up with that of humans and begin to overtake it in the next two decades, a visionary scientist has predicted. Read more »

From PlanetQuest, software for stargazers

Astrophysicist Laurance Doyle wants to get the world discovering worlds--and in the process get children jazzed about science and math. Read more »

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Why open source is bad for Australia

Open source is actually anti-industry, and protecting it is not in Australia's interests, says one industry observer. Read more »

Designing software for distant shores, Part 1

In the first part of a two part series, Angus Kidman examines the technical challenges of building applications for the international market. Read more »

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StartupCamp Melbourne: The review

[blogs:bootstrappr] -- StartupCamp Melbourne looks to have produced just as interesting ideas as the Sydney event which immediately preceded it, but the Victorian start-ups appear to have stumbled during execution. Sydney 1, Melbourne 0. Read more »

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  • Staff Opera's new SDK: Better browsing on the Wii?

    Opera has thrown a little more love at device developers by announcing an updated version of its software development kit on Wednesday at CES. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff 2008: Time to call stumps

    It's another year down but some things never change. That was shown this week as Internet Explorer remained under fire from yet another zero-day exploit. In other news, we set a hard drive on fire and Apple cans its involvement with MacWorld. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Staff Unlocking Android

    In this week's roundup we take a look at Google's new technology -- Native Client, its Android phone, news from the world of web browsers and more. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

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