Manipulating Google search results used to be something of a black art, and those who crossed the line from search engine optimisation to gaming PageRank with link farms got the Google Death Penalty — being axed from the index..

EUROPEAN stock exchanges ended the day in positive territory overnight, with the London FTSE 100 index up 0.68 per cent at the close at 6349.10.

Kevin Rudd appointed the first Labor Cabinet in 12 years this afternoon with the announcement that Senator Stephen Conroy has been appointed as Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.

Property giant Mirvac has adopted Riverbed’s Steelhead wide area data services (WDS), allowing it to link its construction sites quickly and cheaply to the company network.

Google has launched a new feature in its Google Maps for Mobile program that automatically sets your location, even in phones that lack a global positioning system (GPS) device.

THE share market continued to gain ground at noon, following a strong lead from Wall Street and renewed optimism among the local banks.

NATIONAL Australia Bank will buy the US bank Great Western Bancorporation for $US798 million ($898.5 million).

AUSTRALIAN shares have opened on the front foot from a strong Wall Street lead and renewed optimism in the local banks.

In response to a concerted effort by cyber criminals to infect the computers of Google users with malware and make them unwitting partners in crime, Google has apparently purged tens of thousands of malicious Web pages from its index..

THE dollar opened higher today, surging in overnight trade after soft US economic data boosted hopes the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next month.