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TomTom in association with Lucasfilm Ltd and VoiceSkins.com, is bringing the official Star Wars voices to its GPS navigation systems.

Australia’s services sector is showing its first signs of recovery despite increases in interest rates, with the AiG Performance of Services Index recording growth in April.

You thought you could only get Malware on your PC? Hackers are now targeting smartphones in the latest wave of attacks.

Forecasts show a 50 percent increase in data creation in 2010 relative to 2009, with information set to grow from the previous year of 800 billion gigabytes (0.8 Zettabytes) to 1.2 Zettabyte’s this year. One Zettabyte equals one trillion gigabytes.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) increased interest rates yesterday by 25 basis points percent to 4.5 percent as house prices in Western Australia’s Pilbara region continue to soar.

Facebook users should change their passwords as 1.5 million Facebook accounts and passwords have been put up for sale by a hacker “Kirllos” in Russia.

Following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s Board Meeting today, with a 25 basis point rise in official interest rates, National Australia Bank has confirmed a matching increase in rates on its home loans.

Biz Gals have announced their May networking event, to be held at Cargo Lounge on the 18th of May from 6:30pm.

With the Reserve Bank increasing interest rates to 4.5 percent today, is this the last interest rate increase this year? Language in today’s official statement by Glenn Stevens suggests it might be.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has again moved to increase interest rates, taking the official cash rate to 4.5 percent as the Australian economy faces inflation fears as it continues to recover.

ANZ today launched a series of free online market-leading education courses and tools to help build the skills and knowledge of business owners in the start up phase.

On this day 10 years ago, the LoveBug virus, a mass-mailing worm infected 45 million computer users when the virus multiplied overnight from 1 in every 1000 emails to 1 in 28.

Tourism heritage could be the next big ticket item for the Gold Coast region, says a Griffith University tourism researcher.

The Federal Government will embrace open and accessible standards across all areas, accepting 12 of the 13 recommendations of the Government 2.0 Taskforce.

Small business supplying the mining industry will be hit hardest by the Henry Tax Review with the Rudd Government’s ‘Super Profit Tax’, particularly sub-contractors to mines operating as sole traders.

The Greater Building Society has joined the rediATM network, aiming to become a viable alternative to the major banks with access to Australia’s second largest ATM network.

Senator Stephen Conroy has announced plans to extend the Do Not Call Register renewal period to five years, but will exempt business to business calls, in a win for small business.

Sorry regular readers for missing Monday’s blog but I have just finished 6 of the busiest days of my life. We have just finished the national fitness convention called Filex. It was huge with over 2200 attendees and I presented, all day Thursday and Friday and for 3 hours Saturday and Sunday – I know that is only 4 days but I was preparing the other 2 days.

Tony Abbott’s Liberal Party is in an election winning position, with Newspoll showing the Liberal/National Coalition leading Labor 51 to 49 percent on a two party preferred basis.

The lowest paid workers will lose out under the Henry Review superannuation changes, with employers forced to cut wages to pay the increased superannuation rate.