The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper.

The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper.

Sunday November 23, 2008

Man sues McDonald's over nude photos

11:35am | A man is suing McDonald's after he left his mobile phone at one of the chain's restaurants and nude photos of his wife ended up online.

YouTube stars gather in real time

11:36am | YouTube is hosting the first official "YouTube Live" where popular bedroom vlogging stars will share the stage with the likes of Akon and Will.i.am.

Chinese engineers steal Silicon Valley secrets

11:40am | Two engineers from China were sentenced to a year in prison Friday for stealing computer chip designs from their Silicon Valley employers.

Google lets you tweak its search algorithms

12:18pm | Google now lets users reshuffle results so their favourite websites get top billing and disliked destinations get discarded.

Gadgets On The Go blog

Watchdog calls on telcos

aturner @ SMH on Nov 21 | The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman has launched its connect.resolve campaign,

What financial crisis?

Jason Hill @ SMH on Nov 21 | Australian game and console hardware sales have already surpassed 2007's figures, with

Don't let the

simont @ SMH on Nov 23 | I don't generally talk about power boards unless someone specifically asks me and,

PERSPECTIVES

Action needed to dispel laggard image

Trevor Pearcey's name lives on in the annual Pearcey Awards, which celebrate individual contributions to the Australian computer industry.

UPGRADE

Easing private pain

The boom in free wi-fi hotspots means you need to take extra care when surfing the web while on the road.