War is hell, but the horror of all-out cyber warfare and some seriously scary worst case scenarios is keeping legendary Russian Internet Security billionaire Eugene Kaspersky up at night and giving him nasty nightmares, while making him think how to best fight off an unwanted future.

In yet another blow to the Facebook IPO this week, following the withdrawal of GM’s $10m Facebook advertising campaign, a new global survey says 30% of Facebook users ‘strongly distrust’ the company with its data, while 44% say they’d ‘never’ click on Facebook sponsored ads.

In a pinch, we’d say rumours of a 7-inch iPad are, thanks to Steve Jobs’ previous statements, totally fanciful, but the idea of a 7.85-incher looks like a clincher.

OPINION: After Apple was forced in Australia to note that its genuinely 4G capable iPad wasn’t compatible with local 4G networks, even though its marketing materials had already made the distinction clear, Apple has now renamed its 4G iPad as “WiFi + Cellular”.

Three 2012 flagship Android phones have launched, and while this has made some Fandroids super happy, everyone is still waiting and wondering what the next new iPhone will be like, and whether the pre-emptive Android launches are enough to beat whatever Apple has in store for us all next.

Now in its third generation, Apple's iPad is the stunning standard bearer for modern personal tablet computing, with some great features that are definitely worth sharing - read on!

Facebook's cash stash has just been depleted by presumably several hundred million dollars, given that the company's big Z has announced on his personal page that his company has just paid $1b in cash and shares for a photo app called Instagram.

Ok, so the Dune reference and tagline may not have come to mind in the headline, so if not, the following article pays homage to the opening scene of the movie, with rumours suggesting there'll be new 'Ivy Bridge' Intel Core i5 and 7 based iMacs and MacBook Pros, if not MacBook Airs too - in June.

UPDATED: There is a suggestion and a perception out there that Apple is lying about its new iPad's 4G capabilities, when nothing could be further from the truth given a 4G-capable communications chip sits upon the new iPad's tiny motherboard.

OPINION: Australia's Competition and Consumer Commission, the ACCC, cannot seem to get Australia's two major supermarkets to stop jacking up fuel prices, but there's 'good news' - it's going after Apple for its initial claim that the new iPad works with 4G - even though Apple, Telstra, JB HiFi and other retailers make it clear the new iPad does NOT work with Australia's current 4G network.

Microsoft's Windows 8 Consumer Preview has already been downloaded more than one million times since its launch a couple of weeks ago, and so far, it's looking good, while still needing work before retail availability.

It's still 2012 and the 'new iPad' is yet to arrive at retail, but that doesn't stop us from issuing a list of Top 10 feature demands for the next 'new iPad', due to arrive in around twelve months from right about now.

All the articles say you can't get 4G on your new iPad until 2015 in Australia because of the US-only 4G frequencies, but you certainly can get Aussie 4G onto your iPad if you want from day one if only you know how - while being able to access much faster 3.75G speeds on Telstra's network.

It's an orgy of 4G, with a new pre-paid 4G USB modem and Samsung's 8.9-inch Galaxy Tab, blazing its own path into the brave new world 4G superfast wireless connectivity, 'beating' the iPad 2S/3 to the 4G arena while displaying Samsung's tech prowess - even as the world iWaits.

Remember when Telstra once offered a virtual shopfront in Second Life? Now, Telstra is letting its customers manage their accounts while logged in to Facebook, showing just how much time people waste - I mean spend - inside Zuckerberg's prison for your mind.

George Lucas, the man who is being blasted for awfully filming the otherwise wonderful story of Red Tails, is also the man who is AGAIN claiming again that Han Solo shot second, and that Greedo always shot first, showing that Lucas has officially lost it.

Have you ever recorded a video clip on your iPhone - only to discover it has deleted itself after trying to get the camera application to respond'¦ and are wondering why?

Ethical worker rights do-gooders plan wheelbarrow delivered petition protest featuring 250,000 signatures and an ethical iProtester dressed in a presumably ethically made iPhone iSuit - in Sydney, Washington DC, New York City, San Francisco, London and Bangalore.

Are you annoyed that your iPad seems to charge really slowly - or that your Windows PC refuses to charge your iPad, instead giving you a 'not charging' message? Here's what you absolutely must know!

It was with considerable sadness that the Australian tech and Internet world learned of Exetel CEO John Linton's passing due to a stroke, while also taking away one of the NBN's fiercest critics.