10 things you need to know this morning in Australia

Finally, those email hackers found something as funny as it is worthwhile. The Aussie company taking on Word. Chips worth going to prison for. And we took a self-driving Uber.

Microsoft just edged out Facebook and proved that it's changed in an important way

Over the course of the 90's and '00's, Microsoft became notorious for competing aggressively with the very concept of open source -- free software, developed by teams of volunteer programmers from all over the world.

6 things Australian traders will be talking about this morning

After looking better early the Dow and S&P 500 slid in the back half of the day's trade as oil collapsed again even though inventories were down, not up.

Why driverless cars probably won't make us any more productive

One of the biggest desires connected to self-driving cars is the possibility that time currently consumed by commuting will be available for working.

The typical aeroplane meals you'll be served on 15 different airlines

Aeroplane dining is nothing like restaurant dining, but some airlines serve more appetizing meals than others.

Something terrifying is happening at the North Pole

We get used to hearing that this year, like many years in recent memory, will be the hottest on record. But photos always tell a better story.

UBS: There's 'clear evidence' that the stock market has topped out for now

Using technical analysis -- the study of trading patterns to forecast changes in a security -- Michael Riesner and Marc Müller found that Friday's sell-off was not a one-day event.

2 countries have been fighting over an uninhabited island by leaving each other bottles of alcohol for over 3 decades

Far in the Arctic North lies the barren and desolate Hans Island. The uninhabited half-square-mile island, possessing no apparent natural resources, is a bizarre sliver of territory for two countries to fight over.

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