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Authorities say unconventional methods are occasionally used if people are particularly hard to track down. Picture: AP Source: AP Address of defendant unknown, suit served via Facebook Unusual means employed if people are hard to pin down British student jailed for hacking Facebook from bedroom LEGAL authorities say a High Court judge in England has approved the use of Facebook to serve legal claims. Lawyers in a commercial dispute were last week granted permission to serve a suit against a defendant via the popular social networking site.Justice Nigel Teare permitted the unconventional method of service during a pretrial

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied New software released for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet Adds email, calender, other productivity-related features BlackBerry offers free app as consolation for outage RESEARCH In Motion has released a long-overdue new operating system for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer in the hope of gaining ground in a market led by Apple and Android gadgets. PlayBook OS 2.0 software, available as a free download, comes just shy of a year later than it was originally slated for release by the Canada-based company.The new PlayBook engine adds email, calendar and other productivity-related capabilities

Confess your sins online Some Arizona University students have developed a social network to help clear your guilty conscious...no priest needed. EVER wondered if your latest indiscretion would land you in heaven, hell or purgatory? Now you can hop online and find out.Clearmyguilt.com allows users to confess their deepest, darkest secrets from the anonymity of their own homes and crowd source the result.Fellow users rate the sins as "forgiveable" or "unforgiveable" in an online forum, absolving sinners of their guilt, and allowing them to continue on their merry ways.The website was created by US university students Lonny Ruben and Ryan Charleston, who curate the sins, picking out the top 15 that they think will get the best response on the website."We chose to keep it anonymous so people would be honest," says Mr Ruben. The website has about 100,000 visitors a day.

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MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom has been granted bail. Picture: AFP Source: AFP Judge grants MegaUpload founder bail "I'm relieved to go home and see my family" Kim Dotcom faces extradition hearing today A NEW Zealand judge has granted bail for Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, who was arrested last month for allegedly violating online piracy laws, TVNZ reported Wednesday. Dotcom, who legally changed his name from Kim Schmitz, was granted bail after New Zealand High Court Judge David McNaughton ruled that he was not enough of a flight risk to remain detained, TVNZ reported today."I'm relieved to go home and see my family, my three little kids and my pregnant wife," Dotcom told reporters in Auckland after a judge overturned two previous rulings that the Internet millionaire was an "extreme flight risk".Earlier this month, Dotcom, whose Megaupload.com file-sharing website is at the heart of a global internet piracy case, was refused bail because the judge considered him a severe flight risk.Dotcom, who was arrested in January at the request of US authorities, testified at his appeal hearing that he had no intention of fleeing the country - potentially back to his native Germany which does not have extradition to the US - because authorities had frozen his accounts. Dotcom's next court appearance, an extradition hearing, is scheduled today.

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Mohammad Imran holds a Pakistani-made PACPad computer tablet at his electronics store in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Picture: AP Source: AP INSIDE a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad. It's a venture that bundles together Pakistani engineering and Chinese hardware, and shines a light on the military's controversial foothold in the consumer market. Supporters say it will boost the economy as well as a troubled nation's self-esteem.It all comes together at an air force base in

Image Video Woolworth's launch virtual supermarket in Sydney at Town Hall train station. Sisters Aleisha Simms, 23, and Gemma Bye, 25, shop for items. Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: The Daily Telegraph Tara Howes uses her iPhone to purchase items. Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: The Daily Telegraph < Prev  of 2 Next >