Australia's Warner fined for Twitter outburst May 22nd, 2013 - 13:40h (CET +01.00) By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia batsman David Warner has been fined A$5,750 for his Twitter outburst against two journalists, the maximum financial penalty for a first offence, Cricket Australia (CA) said on Wednesday. The 26-year-old,... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : australia's, warner, fined, twitter, outburst, Top Keywords

'Ring of fire' eclipse crosses Australia, Pacific May 11th, 2013 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) SYDNEY (AP) - The moon glided between the Earth and sun, blocking everything but a dazzling ring of light, for the few skygazers lucky enough to see Friday's "ring of fire" eclipse in northern Australia and the South Pacific. (Source: ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'ring, fire', eclipse, crosses, australia, pacific, Top Keywords

Britain, U.S., Australia hunt for tax evaders yielding leads May 9th, 2013 - 23:50h (CET +01.00) By William James and Patrick Temple-West LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A joint effort by Britain, the United States and Australia to track down people who conceal wealth in offshore tax structures has helped identify more than 100 individuals, Her Ma... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : britain, australia, hunt, evaders, yielding, leads, Top Keywords

Hands off "Game of Thrones", says U.S. ambassador to Australians Apr 26th, 2013 - 10:30h (CET +01.00) SYDNEY (Reuters) - Taking to Facebook, the U.S. ambassador to Australia is urging Australians to cease their illegal downloads of "Game of Thrones", saying that they are among the world's worst pirates of the wildly popular medieval te... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : hands, "game, thrones", says, ambassador, australians, Top Keywords

Australian police arrest senior member of LulzSec hacking group Apr 24th, 2013 - 08:00h (CET +01.00) By Jane Wardell SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Federal Police have arrested the self-proclaimed leader of the international hacking group LulzSec, the collective that claimed responsibility for infiltrating and shutting down the CIA website. Police sa... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : australian, police, arrest, senior, member, lulzsec, hacking, group, Top Keywords

Australian charged with hacking government site Apr 24th, 2013 - 07:40h (CET +01.00) SYDNEY (AP) - Australian police have arrested a man they say is affiliated with international hacking collective Lulz Security on a charge of attacking and defacing a government website, officials said Wednesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : australian, charged, hacking, government, site, lulzsec, hacking, group, Top Keywords

New "Star Trek" boldly voyages to Australia for premiere Apr 23rd, 2013 - 17:30h (CET +01.00) By Thuy Ong SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds of fans screamed and waved as the cast of "Star Trek: Into Darkness" beamed into Sydney on Tuesday with the crew of the starship Enterprise returning to space in the world premiere of one of the seaso... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : "star, trek", boldly, voyages, australia, premiere, hacking, group, Top Keywords

Rainbow rebellion in Australia after "gay" crossing torn up Apr 17th, 2013 - 04:50h (CET +01.00) By Michael Sin SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians have taken to the streets to create rainbows with colorful chalk in protest after a rainbow pedestrian crossing in Sydney's main gay district was removed as a safety hazard, despite calls to retain i... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : rainbow, rebellion, australia, "gay", crossing, torn, hacking, group, Top Keywords

Twitter acquires startup Australian music streaming app Apr 12th, 2013 - 03:40h (CET +01.00) SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has acquired We Are Hunted, a small, three-person music streaming startup based in Australia, the two companies said on Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the purchase appears to reaffirm Twitter... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : twitter, acquires, startup, australian, music, streaming, hacking, group, Top Keywords

Japan, Australia to sanction North Korean bank as part of U.S.-led crackdown Mar 26th, 2013 - 06:30h (CET +01.00) By Antoni Slodkowski and Warren Strobel TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan and Australia plan to sanction North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank as part of U.S.-led efforts targeting Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank for the role Washington ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : japan, australia, sanction, north, korean, bank, part, usled, crackdown, Top Keywords