Australia's peak scientific research body, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has put its entire telecommunications infrastructure out to tender.
Industry minister Kim Carr has launched Australia's most powerful computer in Canberra, ushering in a new era for scientific research.
Content management company Squiz has acquired Funnelback, an Australian search firm spun off from the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation.
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.
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ZDNet.com.au's sister site ZDNet.co.uk was at the Science & Technology Facilities Council event in Westminster to see, via video-link, the Large Hadron Collider being initiated. This photo gallery takes you inside the event, and the initial reactions of scientists.
Antivirus guru Eugene Kaspersky says the lure of fame and fortune have resulted in a higher number of criminal activity on the Internet.
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The vast majority of scientifically trained women are opting out of science and technology-related careers, according to new research.
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.
The company is making a play to lure Unix and Linux users to its Mac OS X operating system. Will a windowing environment do the trick?
Researchers in industry and academia tinker with self-repairing systems, molecular circuits and more.
This year Apple attended Linux Expo for the first time to explain why Linux fans should take a look at its operating system.
These days, the question is not whether you can use Linux, but where you can best use it. Is there more to Linux than Apache and file and print serving? ZDNet Australia investigates.
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