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• New Kogan Agora tablets run Android 4.0

  Australian manufacturer and retailer Kogan has today unveiled two budget Android tablets, both running the latest 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version of Google's Android operating system.

  Written by Ross Catanzariti • 28 May 12 14:42

• Internode's Hackett to move across to iiNet's board

  Internode’s founder, Simon Hackett, will leave an executive role at the company to join the iiNet board in August this year.

  Written by Stephanie McDonald • 28 May 12 14:35

• Kogan launches cheap Android tablets running Ice Cream Sandwich

  Online discount Australian retailer Kogan has launched a tablet that runs version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) of Google's Android mobile platform.

  Written by TechWorld staff • 28 May 12 14:26

• End of the road for Cisco's Cius tablet

  It's the end of the line for Cisco's Android-based Cius tablet, the company's OJ Winge, senior vice-president, TelePresence Technology Group, revealed in a blog post last week.

  Written by Rohan Pearce • 28 May 12 12:13

• SKA: The Square Kilometre Array finally has a home (or two)

  And so, the universe can breathe again. After a meeting of members at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport last night (AEST), the International SKA Organisation has announced that the world’s largest radio telescope – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – will be shared between two sites: one in South Africa and the other in Western Australia.

  Written by Lisa Harvey-Smith • 28 May 12 10:44

• Monday Grok: No class, just all class action around the Facebook IPO

  Numbers are lazy. Bigger numbers are even lazier. Or perhaps it’s just that people like me who quote them all the time are lazy about how we use them. That’s probably because after a while you pass so many noughts before you trip over a decimal point that their impact is lost in the interference.

  Written by Andrew Birmingham • 28 May 12 10:05

• ACCC approves Optus HFC to NBN deal

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has given tentative approval for the migration of Optus’s hybrid coaxial cable (HFC) customers to the National Broadband Network (NBN) and the subsequent decommissioning of parts of the HFC network.

  Written by Tim Lohman • 28 May 12 09:52

• Ozlog: Government pushes ahead with data retention plans

  The federal government is pushing ahead with reforms that could see consumers' information kept on file for up to two years by internet service providers (ISPs).

  Written by Stephanie McDonald • 28 May 12 09:29

• SKA decision boon for Australia: Evans

  Federal Science Minister Chris Evans said a decision that the world's largest radio telescope will be partly hosted by Australia is a fantastic result.

  Written by AAP • 28 May 12 09:03

• Yahoo! ditches digital newsstand for iPads

  Yahoo! has dumped its fledgling digital newsstand for iPads, as it begins a product purge intended to make the floundering internet pioneer more nimble.

  Written by AAP • 28 May 12 08:59

• Facebook deflates new tech bubble

  The horrendous stock market debut for Facebook suggests investors are not ready to jump in and create another tech bubble despite big expectations for social media, analysts say.

  Written by AAP • 28 May 12 08:58

• RIM said to plan to lay off 2000 staff

  Research In Motion, the ailing maker of the BlackBerry, is planning to cut at least 2000 staff as part of a global restructuring plan, according to reports.

  Written by John Ribeiro • 28 May 12 04:29

• Report: Facebook bolsters efforts to build smartphone

  Facebook is revitalizing its effort to create a smartphone, recruiting engineers who have experience with mobile devices, according to a story in the New York Times Sunday.

  Written by Marc Ferranti • 27 May 12 23:13

• Facebook may be eyeing Opera web browser, reports say

  Facebook's advertising appetite could be in for a nice snack if the company gobbles up the Opera web browser as some technology observers have speculated it may, and investors who have been edgy since the social network's recent IPO could also get some relief.

  Written by Christina DesMarais • 26 May 12 18:40

• South Africa disappointed it has to share with Australia

  South Africa has said it was taken by surprise at the decision that it has to share with Australia the hosting of the world's most powerful radio telescope.

  Written by AAP • 26 May 12 09:08

• SKA to be jointly hosted by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa

  The bid to host the world's largest radio telescope has ended in a tie, with the project to span South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

  Written by AAP • 26 May 12 09:02

• Cisco takes its lumps, keeps developing video meeting tools

  Cisco Systems owned up to some miscalculations in its video collaboration strategy but showed off some promising future capabilities in a briefing with media this week.

  Written by Stephen Lawson • 25 May 12 23:31

• Wall Street Beat: After Facebook fiasco, don't write off tech IPOs

  The Facebook IPO may have been a fiasco, but don't put the nail in the coffin just yet for other tech offerings this year.

  Written by Marc Ferranti • 25 May 12 22:22

• FCC ruling on 800MHz band a boon for Sprint

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a rule change for part of the 800MHz band at a meeting on Thursday, opening the door for Sprint Nextel to use the band for its 4G LTE network.

  Written by Stephen Lawson • 25 May 12 19:53

• R.I.P. Cisco Cius - another tablet bites the dust

  Cisco is pulling the plug on its Cius tablet. Despite the fact that the Cius never really went head to head with more consumer-centric tablets, the Cisco device is nevertheless the latest victim of the iPad's dominance.

  Written by Tony Bradley • 25 May 12 18:58