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    The world's largest quantum-encrypted network has been unveiled in Vienna, providing a glimpse of how data could be transmitted securely in the future.

  • Aussie scientists push transistor barrier

    Australian scientists from the Centre of Quantum Computing Technology, have pushed the boundaries of atomic scale fabrication by building a wire only three atoms thick, opening the possibility of new chip architectures.

  • Top 10 innovations to change the tech world

    2007 saw millions of innovations shoot from the minds of tech heads into the world of reality -- here are a few ZDNet Australia thought were pretty cool.

  • Light-based quantum circuit does basic maths

    Researchers from the University of Queensland have taken a significant step in the quest to build a quantum computer, creating a light-based quantum circuit capable of basic calculations and moving quantum computing closer to a becoming a reality.

  • Google's quantum computer faces scientific scepticism

    A Google scientist will join a controversial demonstration of a claimed quantum computer on Monday but scientists doubt the validity of the system being shown.

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    Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

    Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

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  • Can graphene keep Moore's Law alive longer?

    Carbon. Is there nothing it can't do? As well as being the fundamental element behind life, the premium component in energy storage and the top contender for executioner of the human race, it's now beginning to fill in the forms for consideration as inheritor to silicon's electronic crown.

  • Datacentre 2020: Greener, faster, more flexible

    The average datacentre lasts between 15 and 20 years, so when the current generation of datacentres near the end of their working life, will their replacements be at all familiar?

  • Quantum deep

    Discover the future of computing beyond Moore's Law. Will we have to change our entire approach to software and hardware design?

  • Trained atoms--nanotech breakthough

    As interest in nanotechnology peaks, scientists are claiming a significant breakthrough with the ability to make atoms move one by one.

  • New light shed on unbreakable encryption

    Scientists at Northwestern University say they have harnessed the properties of light to encrypt information into code that can be cracked only one way: by breaking the physical laws of nature.

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  • Quantum leaps

    It's not Star Trek, but quantum computing looks set to revolutionise the way we do computing.

  • Quantum deep

    Discover the future of computing beyond Moore's Law. Will we have to change our entire approach to software and hardware design?

  • Trained atoms--nanotech breakthough

    As interest in nanotechnology peaks, scientists are claiming a significant breakthrough with the ability to make atoms move one by one.

  • Tiny IBM circuits inspired by dominoes

    Just as a falling apple spurred Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity, toppling dominoes have inspired researchers to build the world's smallest computer circuits.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

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