Vying for prime position in outer space, Australian scientists hope to secure one of the largest radio telescope projects to observe the universe.
Despite successfully running for many years, astronomers behind the SETI@home project are looking for more computing power as they ramp up the amount of data they look at. And they want to borrow your system's spare time to do it.
Now there's a way law enforcement agents can read data displayed on a user's computer monitor, even when they can't see the screen. All they need is a special light detector and lab hardware. Are your secrets being unveiled?
A first-time collaboration between Australian, Chinese and Japanese scientists has allowed new high-resolution images of black holes to be produced by linking together radio telescopes.
CSIRO's new Terabyte Science Project is aimed at helping science and business cope with masses of data.
Now there's a way law enforcement agents can read data displayed on a user's computer monitor, even when they can't see the screen. All they need is a special light detector and lab hardware. Are your secrets being unveiled?
Distributed computing, which harnesses the power of multiple CPUs, grew out of scientists' and academics' needs for processing power, but it is rapidly developing commercial applications. ZDNet Australia examines the power grid.
While the Mt Stromlo observatory was largely destroyed by fire, millions of units of data have been salvaged thanks to a comprehensive disaster recovery plan.
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