Telstra claims it has been inundated with hundreds of entries for its research and development talent quest to be judged in November by the telco's chief technology officer.
Far from the world of datacentres and silicon, an agriculture project at the University of Melbourne is an unlikely place to find the forefront of cloud computing and web applications.
After years of delay, Basslink said today that it had made its first connection over the new fibre-optic cable between Tasmania and the mainland a few days ago.
Hewlett Packard has settled with Australian peak research body Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) over its US wireless patent.
Basslink has chosen Swedish networking giant Ericsson as its vendor partner to light up the Basslink cable, which is slated to bring 40Gbps worth of internet capacity to the Apple Isle sometime in early 2009.
Eighteen months after the Federal Government severed an important lifeline for innovative Australian start-ups, a new $196 million program has been announced to help fill the Australian funding void. But will it really help?
The fact that Australia won't be represented at either of the globe's pre-eminent showcases for emerging tech companies should be considered a national disgrace.
Adelaide-based start-up Punchcard is hoping to bring 3D modelling skills to the masses with VideoTrace.
South Australian distributed backup start-up Memory Box splits up users' data and spreads it in encrypted form across many customers' PCs. But can the company build trust amongst customers who could be worried about their data being stored on other people's hard drives?
If Melbourne University spin-off Manjrasoft can find the venture capital funds it stands a strong chance its technology could prove a winner.
Whirlpool founder Simon Wright explains how he built the influential broadband forum, what makes it tick, and why he won't commercialise the business.
Despite a changing of the guard in several influential departments and offices in the past 2-years (Health, Transport, Emergency Services, Police, Premier's, Public Works, and QGCIO, to name a few), the true identity of ICT influence in Queensland government still rests with the agency CIOs.
Established in 1996, alphaWorks is a web community for developers to preview and collaborate on emerging technology from IBM's research labs and turn them into commercial products. The IT giant claims much of alphaWorks's activity is aimed at developing new software types and standards -- particularly around open source principles.
Lee Siegel is a cultural critic who has written for The New York Times, Slate and The Nation. However, he is perhaps best known for what happened in 2006 when writing for The New Republic.
Google's Andy Rubin talks nuts and bolts about the Linux-based phone software, the lessons of Sidekick, and the beauty of the iPhone.
David Skellern, CEO of NICTA said the Federal Government's AU$707 million slash of Commercial Ready, a SME grants program that subsidised innovation and commercialisation, will be a significant blow to innovation in Australia.
Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.
If we're lucky, the current fighting to be the top dog in OLED development could lead to better products that we'll actually see a lot sooner.
To mark the start of a new year, here's a roundup of the likely trends in processors, graphics, peripherals and notebooks over the next 12 months.
Intrusion detection appears to have hit the bottom of its hype cycle with a particularly loud thud. Is there value beyond the hot air, and how can you make it work productively?
Motorola is conducting research in a new type of large flat-panel display which they claim has the potential of being cheaper than plasma or LCD (liquid crystal display) screens.
Ben Forta: All about Adobe
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Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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