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    During the launch of the N97, Nokia demonstrated some of the Aussie apps available for its flagship smartphone.

  • Confirmed: Windows 7 for netbooks

    Microsoft has confirmed that it will be providing a version of Windows 7 specifically developed for netbooks and sub-notebook computers, as well as at least one version for consumers, and one for enterprise users.

  • CSIRO in three petabyte storage upgrade

    The CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) will bolster the storage capacity of its data centres to three petabytes (three thousand terabytes) following an AU$4 million deal with Hitachi Data Systems and Volante.

  • Building a wireless nervous system

    The Internet has transformed the way people exchange information and ideas, but what if computer networks could sense motion, light, heat or pressure?

  • Too much information stores up problems

    Too much information is as bad as not enough, but this fundamental problem needs a new approach.

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    An online video start-up launched by three Australian entrepreneurs (including,apparently, an old acquaintance of mine from university) has been bought by Google subsidiary YouTube for a reported US$15 million.

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  • Real-life internet scammers dissected

    Listen to audio recordings of conversations with real-life internet scammers in this guide to their history and recent activities.

  • Nanotech to pave way for micro-machines

    Disposable satellite transmitters, inexpensive medical testing equipment and sensors for automatically tracking inventory or traffic patterns will become possible over the next 10 years through developments in nanotechnology, speakers at the Nanotech 2003 conference said Monday.

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  • 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...

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  • Giving robots the gift of sight

    A Carnegie Mellon University professor known for predicting the evolution of super-capable robots says he's just given robots better eyesight.

  • Does schmoozing make robots clever?

    A Belgian professor doing research for Sony wants to teach robots to be more like people--but he's running into some resistance.

  • Study: What drives us to distraction?

    Why do some drivers crash while dialling their mobile phone, and others manoeuvre smoothly while applying lipstick, sending e-mail or fiddling with the radio in stop-and-go traffic?

  • Mousin' Around

    In the constantly changing world of personal computing, very few things have remained the same--except the mouse, which has received mostly tracking and ergonomic refinements.

  • Highlights from CES Australasia 2001

    The Australasian Consumer Electronics Show has returned to the Sydney's Exhibition and Convention Centre at Darling Harbour for another week of technophile, sensory overload. Rather than screaming "I'm technology, I'm here!" this year the tone of the show seems a little more subdued. If you need a unit of measurement to gauge the size of the 2001 gathering you might be advised to choose Giga-Hertz. Wireless is a fashionable theme at recent technology shows, but this year the Australasian show's EM radiation level is being boosted by a multipartite effort to promote digital TV to consumers.

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