Melbourne, Oct 6 : Each year millions of mobile phones are lost or discarded with their personal data, which can eventually be extracted by someone or the other, making cell phones extremely vulnerable to breach of privacy, according to a new study.

The study has shown that cell phones cannot be wiped off completely and hence it can get risky to discard or recycle the phones, which could contain information like business plans, details of customer relationships, information on the structure of the company, details of bank accounts and details about children and other personal relationships.

Unlike a PC, which has an open architecture, mobile phones are closed books in terms of where data resides.

Melbourne, Oct 6 : New airport X-ray technology, dubbed the "virtual strip search", has raised concerns amongst passengers who fear that the images of their genitals will end up being reproduced on websites like Facebook and MySpace.

The full-body scanner has been condemned by travellers, who have claimed that if accepted, the technology could enable children to be screened by paedophiles, or pregnant women to be exposed to radiations harmful for their health.

The technology, which goes on trial in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide airports starting this month, allows screeners to detect non-metallic devices, objects and weapons concealed on a person''s body, while also giving an outline of a person’s organs and genitals.

Melbourne, Oct 6 : In an age where machines conduct scientific experiments and data is superfluous, a lack of integration between related findings may stifle the possibility of scientific revolutions, according to an expert.

John Wilbanks of Science Commons- a project of Creative Commons, said that the cost of research and its control by "old-boys clubs" encourages researchers to stick to tiny and "safe" questions that fit in with existing tracks of thinking.

He claimed that science should come out of the shackles of its power-brokers and embrace a participatory web-based culture to boost innovation.

Melbourne, Oct 5 : As the annual cost of treating preventable diseases hits 5 billion dollars in Australia, State Government has proposed a plan, under which obese people may have to pay for their own healthcare.

Treating preventable medical conditions caused by obesity, smoking, alcohol and sun exposure consumes Queensland''s health system’s almost 5 billion dollars a year.

Melbourne, Oct 4 : "Sex", "brothel", "adult services", "porn", "gay", stripper", "swingers”— these are some of the words that Aussies usually type in to Google for getting their dose of erotica, according to a new survey.

The inaugural Pentagon Grand Australian Sex Survey was mainly aimed at measuring the number of times web users in each Australian state search for sex-related words through the Internet site Google.

The findings revealed that Queenslanders and people from New South Wales are completely in love with sex, each topping the list for five sex-related words each, ahead of all the other states.

Melbourne, Oct 3 : Want to crack a job interview without any blunders? Well, then here are some things, which the interviewers don''t expect you to do during the one on one session.

The survey carried out by a career website over more than 3000 managers and human resources professionals brought forth the worst interview faux pas by job seekers that failed them to land the job.

Fifty one per cent of managers said ''dressing inappropriately'' for an interview was the biggest mistake a jobseeker could make.