China blamed for hacking Australia’s spy, foreign affairs, defense, and government agencies

The breach in ASIO reportedly revealed all the plans to the spy agency's brand-new headquarters, which would give significant advantages to spies attempting to infiltrate the building, either physically or electronically.

Google brings Chromebooks to the world (or at least more of it)

After being Amazon.com's best-selling laptop for 149 days straight, Google is taking its Chromebook show on the road, both internationally and at home.

Student accelerator pulls Aussie startups out from Down Under

The University of Melbourne launches a startup accelerator program for students, modeled after Stanford's StartX.

Los Alamos goes nuclear on Huawei switches as the Chinese equipment maker is under fire again

Looks like Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Huawei is getting slammed again. Now it's Los Alamos National Laboratory, the facility that is in charge of maintaining the United States's arsenal of nuclear weapons, that has apparently tossed out Huawei network switches.

Aussie startup’s NFC tech makes touching a marketing opportunity

Tapit's Near Field Communication chips allow advertisers to deliver relevant content to consumers' phones.

Wikileak’s Julian Assange to run for Australian senate under new political party

Julian Assange, who is currently in exile in London's Ecuadorian embassy, plans to run for senate after launching a new, Wikileaks-based political party in Australia.

Apple updates those dangerous Aussie maps, but what about here at home?

Apple has updated the maps that Australian police warned about yesterday, moving the town of Mildura out of Murray Sunset National Park and back where it belongs. But there are still problems right here at home.

Aussie police had recommended …

Apple Maps issues get dangerous in Australia: Police warn it’s stranding motorists

Whatever problems you've had with Apple's Maps application in iOS 6, it's probably not nearly as bad as what some Australian motorists have experienced. Several drivers were led to the middle of a national park with scorching temperatures and no water.

Kim Dotcom now a bandwidth mogul, wants to build undersea broadband pipe to Los Angeles

Fresh off rebranding his defunct MegaUpload service as a sparkling new file-sharing service called Me.ga -- yes that's Mega, but it's also ME dot GA -- Dotcom now wants to help build a new fat pipe to online content in the U.S.

Power to the people: Qantas passengers to get iPads for in-flight entertainment

Australian airline Qantas will provide economy and business passengers on all 767 flights with iPads, a move that pushes the state of in-flight entertainment forward.

Not only will iPads make flying Qantas more attractive to economy and business customers, the …

Apple will pay $2.25M to settle misleading 4G iPad claims in Australia

Apple has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a legal complaint accusing the company of misleading Australian consumers about whether the new iPad included “4G” data abilities, according to The Australian.

In late March, we heard the Australia’s Competition …

Australian government sues Apple for ‘misleading’ 4G label on new iPad

Australia’s Competition and Consumer Commission plans to sue Apple for “misleading” claims when it comes to the new iPad offering 4G, because the device is not compatible with the country’s 4G networks.

The new iPad has proven quite popular since …

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 no longer banned in Australia

Samsung executives’ moods are no longer down under. Australia’s High Court removed its country-wide ban on the company’s tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, today.

Australia’s court prohibited the sale of the tablet when Apple filed an infringement suit against the …

Samsung calls Australian tablet ban “grossly unjust”

Device maker Samsung says an Australian judge who banned the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in that country does not know the basic facts of the case, and her reasoning  is “grossly unjust.” Lawyers for Samsung are appealing a …

Discovr releases Mac app, hits 1M downloads, gets $1.1M funding (exclusive)

Australian mobile music startup Filter Squad hit one million downloads for its iOS app Discovr today, released a version of the app for Macs and closed a $1.1 million seed round of funding.

Discovr lets you find music by entering …

Vroom! eBike maker Brammo raises $28 million

Electric motorcycle maker Brammo has raised $28 million in a new funding round led by Polaris Industries, the company announced today.

The money will help Brammo solidify its position in the market against electric bike rivals such as Zero Motorcylces, …