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  • Farmers sow the seeds for national grain database

    A leading Australian agricultural research group has encouraged grain farmers nationwide to join its revamped National Farming Practices Database, an online central repository containing detailed growing reports and productivity updates.

  • Tasmania's Intelligent Island not deserted

    A joint ICT initiative between the federal and Tasmanian state governments, the Intelligent Island program, has not failed according to the state's Secretary for the Department of Economic Development, despite criticism from the Opposition over the program's funding.

  • Aussie ICT needs rock stars and the EU

    Australians are great at getting new ideas to work in the laboratory but fail at commercialising them. The answer could be anything from making ICT gurus into rock stars or joining the European competitiveness and innovation framework program, according to a panel discussion at CeBIT today.

  • Aussie e-health researchers get $20 million

    The Commonwealth Scientific Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Queensland government today stumped up AU$20 million in funding for the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC), which focuses on developing new ways to improve healthcare using ICT.

  • Cisco increases investment in Asia

    Networking giant Cisco Systems this week announced plans for increased investment in Asia, including a new research and development facility in China and a venture investment program in India.

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    Searching for answers

    As the essential tool for the wired generation, Google's search engine has come to embody the zeitgeist of the noughties -- one of information overload and instant gratification. But is it dangerous for a tech company to have such cultural influence?

Features and Case Studies (31)

  • An eye for an aye

    Australia is keeping pace with other governments in biometric usage but are we operating in a policy vacuum with technology that is far from perfect?

  • Datacentre 2020: Data security gets physical

    In 2020, datacentres are estimated to be cleaner, greener and more flexible but will they be any safer?

  • Ten things holding back tech

    Ever get the feeling that we aren't quite yet where we want to be? Here are 10 factors that may be holding back the world's technological development.

  • The rights and wrongs of WiMax

    When the government announced that Optus and Elders had won the bid to build Australia's bush broadband network, it provoked jeers and plaudits alike, but it was the ISPs' choice of WiMax as the bearer technology that has provoked the most furious storm of argument. Just how will the technology stand up to life in the bush?

  • KVM steals virtualisation spotlight

    A new open-source virtual-machine project has quickly won Linux allies, but its arrival brings complications.

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  • Australian technology charges the globe

    Australian technology firm, cap-XX, may give the global mobile electronics industry the charge it needs to enable next generation portable computing and wireless devices. Perched on the northern edge of Sydney's silicon strip at Lane Cove, the company has designed a portable power source that will let you operate your mobile phone, laptop or PDA for longer than a conventional battery but charge it in a matter of seconds.

  • Notebook overhaul on the horizon

    Five years from now the notebook will likely be smaller and lighter, capable of making mobile phone calls on its own and running on methanol.

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