The third version of Apple's iPad went on sale earlier this month... US technology firm Apple has offered to refund Australian customers who felt misled about the 4G capabilities of the new iPad. The country's consumer watchdog has taken Apple to court for false advertising because the tablet computer does not work on Australia's 4G network. Apple's lawyers said they were willing to publish a clarification. ...

1. The Royal Residence, The Netherlands The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in the Netherlands -- called Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam -- joins a long list of places blurred on Google Maps related to the Dutch royal family, including the Royal Stables and another residence called Huis ten Bosch. 2. Buffalo Niagara International Airport The Buffalo Niagara International Airport is largely whited out on Google Maps a ...

Everybody hates having to stop reading ebooks, listening to music and playing Angry Birds during take-off. But it's not a fact of life; the FAA is rethinking its policy on using electronic devices during takeoff and landing. About. Bloody. Time. According to a report by the New York Times, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning to take a "fresh look" at the ban on using electronic devices dur ...

 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is once again first in line for the new iPad, but this time at a different location than usual, Shira Lazar reports. Wozniak and his wife are currently waiting in line for the iPad at Westfield Mall in Century City, Los Angeles. “My wife was actually the first in line, I’m the second. We came about noon. We’re used to Northern California stores, where the lines start that ear ...

In a very strange move, some members of hacker group Anonymous have released their own distribution of the Linux operating system, complete with hacker tools for "testing the security of web sites". The OS is based off Ubuntu and runs the MATE user interface. It comes complete with many built-in hacking tools that crack passwords, search for vulnerabilities in web sites, and simulate denial of service attac ...

India census: Half of homes have phones but no toilets Hundreds of millions of people in India have no access to a toilet at home Nearly half of India's 1.2bn people have no toilet at home, but more people own a mobile phone, according to the latest census data. Only 46.9% of the 246.6 million households have lavatories while 49.8% defecate in the open. The remaining 3.2% use public toilets. Census 2011 dat ...

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Apple's stock market value topped the $500 billion mark in early trading Wednesday, another record high for what was already the world's most valuable company. The half-trillion dollar valuation puts Apple in some extremely exclusive territory, making it one of the five most-valuable companies at any point in history. Only Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Cisco (CSCO, Fortune 500), General Elec ...

New York: The director of a video sensation that calls for the arrest of Joseph Kony, the fugitive rebel leader of a Ugandan militia group, agreed on Friday with skeptics who have called the film oversimplified, saying it was deliberately made that way. The 30-minute YouTube film called 'Kony 2012', which by Friday had been viewed on YouTube more than 58 million times, aims to wake up the world to atrocitie ...