A group of scientists who travel to the Nullarbor to collect meteorites receive thousands of dollars from a crowd-funding campaign to continue their trips after being unable to secure a government grant.

In a new book, American-based author Andrew Keen argues the digital age is having a disastrous impact on our lives. Keen is on tour talking about his new book, The Internet Is Not The Answer - and joined News Breakfast from Dublin in Ireland

The online gaming networks for Sony's Playstation and Microsoft's Xbox consoles go dark over Christmas in what hackers claim is a coordinated attack. Xbox Live is now back up and running but Playstation Network remains offline.

The NBN rollout has been something of a political football - with ambitious targets set and often missed. But now the NBN has unveiled plans which, it's claimed, will put Australia's national broadband network back on track. Earlier we were joined by the company's Chief Executive, Bill Morrow.