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  • iAwards winners announced

    The Commonwealth Bank has taken out the award for best Financial Industry Application at the Australian Information Industry Association iAwards held in Melbourne last night.

  • What past androids can teach IT

    Google's choice of Android as a brand name for its mobile platform is interesting and suggestive. Here, ZDNet picks out seven of fiction's most arresting androids and the lessons their fables have for business technology.

  • Windows 7 gets mixed reviews

    As developers received their copies of Windows 7 on Tuesday in the US, they offered varied reactions to the Microsoft operating system update.

  • Spintronic CPUs a decade away: Intel

    Alternative methods of radically increasing the performance of CPUs, such as spintronics, wouldn't find their way into production for at least another 10 years, Intel said this week in Taiwan.

  • Photos: NICTA robot plays the clarinet

    Australian ICT research centre NICTA has teamed up with a robotics group from the University of NSW (UNSW) to build a robot that plays the clarinet, demonstrating new applications of embedded systems.

Blogs (6)

  • Read the blog post - Suzanne Tindal

    SA watch out: Robots on the way

    What do you do when you want to replace men with intelligent robots for dangerous surveillance missions?

  • Read the blog post - Angus Kidman

    Microsoft's Robocopy compromise

    Trying to understand the logic behind Microsoft's development decisions is a bit like S&M: it's a painful activity probably best left to others. But a recent example from the storage world does suggest something about Microsoft's "people will beat up on us regardless" dilemma.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    No sex please, we're Labor

    The council rubbish truck didn't pick up my bin last week. Instead, the garbage contractor left a big yellow sticker highlighting exactly why my old egg shells, rancid fruit, microwave pizza boxes, an ancient and smelly pair of sneakers, and the odd brick had been left to rot on my property.

  • Read the blog post - Ella Morton

    The Machine is Us/Ing Us

    A YouTube video has changed my view of the world. And no, this time it didn't involve a monkey or a grievous injury captured on camera.

  • Read the blog post - Paul Montgomery, ZDNet Australia

    A mythological definition of Web 2.0

    This blog is supposed to be about the concept that is called Web 2.0, so I suppose I had better take a stab at defining it.

Features and Case Studies (55)

  • Google Wave developer preview: Screenshots

    We cast an eye over Google Wave's developer preview to see the world of wavelets, blips and robots.

  • Top 7 business apps for BlackBerry

    We all know that BlackBerry phones are touted as some of the best business devices out there. Here are six of our favourite applications for busy, on-the-go professionals.

  • CeBIT Sydney 2009: Photos

    Hannover Fairs' giant CeBIT conference is on at Darling Harbour again this year, and our photographers were there to catch all the action. Check out the biggest booths, the weirdest tech, and the giant smiles welcoming potential customers.

  • Photos: Intel's vision for the future

    If the world's largest chip manufacturer wanted to impress the world, what would it do? Our inside photo gallery from the Intel developer conference in Shanghai reveals the world's smallest motherboard, fondling robots, fuel cells, medical technology and Intel finally unleashing the power of the Atom.

  • Thin client phone becomes 'Pocket Supercomputer'

    Accenture researchers have been showing off a thin client system, which can recognise objects such as books, pictures and foodstuffs videoed on a mobile phone -- delivering relevant information straight to into your hand.

Videos (9)

  • Dexterous robot arm demo: IDF

    At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company's Justin Rattner and Joshua Smith talk about advancements in robotics. The research involves dexterous robots with new sensory abilities. In the demo, Rattner grabs an apple from the grasp of a robot hand that can sense objects purely by changes...

  • Animal Euphemisms and Robot Musicians -- Club Builder

    In this episode we look at an Aussie clarinet robot, Linus Torvalds insults monkeys and walruses, what's it take to make a good mobile app, and the UK gets totalitarian

  • NICTA's clarinet playing robot

    NICTA and UNSW have collaborated to create a clarinet playing robot designed to demonstrate the versatility of embedded systems. The robot won the ARTEMIS orchestra competition in Athens. Video courtesy of NICTA.

  • Planet CNET: Robot wars!

    Watch robots fight, drive the Autobahn without going to Germany and use the Internet to predict the future. San Francisco, Germany and France check in on this episode of Planet CNET.

  • What's a FishSquirrel look like? -- Club Builder

    This week on Club Builder, we look at Robots, javascript interpreters and iPhones. What more does a geek need?

Reviews (64)

  • Google Wave

    Developers make good stress testers, and the initial Wave service has had a lot of testing in the last few months. We take a ride on the wave, which should be opening to a wider beta program at the end of September.

  • HTC Hero

    HTC shows just how customisable Google's Android platform is, delivering a swag of home screen widgets out of the box. We can't wait to get our hands on the Hero.

  • Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 Preferred

    Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 isn't perfect, but it's the best dictation software available.

  • Nokia E71

    Mobile professionals who need a powerful but sleek messaging-centric smartphone will be well-served by the Nokia E71; just be prepared to pay a price.

  • HP iPAQ 312 Travel Companion

    It may not be entirely rational buying a GPS for its beautiful screen and multimedia features, but the 312 almost makes the case despite its numerous bugs and flaws.

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