The Aussie Times - The Latest Hot News

US election gets internet meme treatment

Donald Trump’s rant ignites Twitter Obama photo breaks social media records US teen’s bizarre tweet gets her infamy in Australia Unlike Mitt Romney’s “binders full of women” gaffe, Clint Eastwood’s chair speech, or Paul Ryan’s workout photos, the election day coverage was dominated by actual news from the presidential race. But over on social media, it wasn’t just that now-famous photo of [...]

Microsoft to drop Messenger, switch to Skype

Microsoft is scrapping its instant-messaging program and forcing most users to switch to Skype. Maintaining Windows Live Messenger made less sense after Microsoft bought Skype for $US8.5 billion last year. “Skype and Messenger are coming together,” Skype said in a post on its website. “By updating to Skype, Messenger users can instant message and video [...]

iPad mini 2 already on the way: report

This post was originally published on Mashable. The iPad mini hasn’t been on store shelves for a week yet, but rumours about its replacement have already started to hit the web. One of the biggest complaints about Apple’s recently-released iPad mini is its lack of a true Retina display. It looks like the company may be correcting the issue in [...]

The man behind The Man: how a man called Jim got Barack Obama back into the White House

He was once described as “the most powerful person in Washington you’ve never heard of”. While Barack Obama delivered a rousing victory speech in Chicago, it was his campaign manager Jim Messina who many were crediting as developing the strategy that kept the US President in the White House for another four years. ‘He [...]

Your PC could power astronomical research

Household computers across the world are helping power the processing of astronomical observations of distant galaxies as part of a project based in Perth. theSkyNet is used to combine the computer power of thousands of computers sitting in spare rooms, offices and lounge rooms to help scientists process data. International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research outreach [...]

Car crash lands cycling champ in hospital

Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is in hospital after a collision with a car on a road near his home in north-west England. Wiggins, 32, who capped a triumphant year by also winning a gold medal at the London Olympics, was hit by a car pulling out of a petrol station in Wrightington, north-west [...]

And the ‘sexiest woman alive’ is…

Actress Mila Kunis has gone topless for the cover of Esquire magazine after editors crowned her the sexiest woman alive. The 29-year-old Black Swan actress, poses seductively in a pair of skintight trousers, with her back t...

Whale of a job change for top JPMorgan exec

The chairman of the investment banking unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co is joining a hedge fund that profited from the bank's $6.2b derivatives loss at the hands of the "London Whale" trader.