Architect David Fisher says that by the end of 2010, an 80-storey tower in Dubai will stand tall as the world's first-ever shape-shifting skyscraper.
IBM's Cognos subsidiary announced on Monday that it will make its Cognos 8 business-intelligence software available on the IBM System z mainframe running Linux.
A Dutch researcher rode free on the London transit system, having hacked the public transit's card system; he used a clone of a paying passenger's transit cards. His point? The transit smartcards, which are used by millions worldwide, are vulnerable to attack.
If you were to ask Bill Gates what life will be like when he stops working full time at Microsoft, he'd have to get back to you.
Laptops packing 3.5G+ for mobile broadband access could be the answer to European mobile-phone operators' average-revenue-per-user prayers. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, according to industry analyst Berg Insight.
Just days before he finally hangs up his hat as Microsoft's figurehead and inspiration (on 27 June), ZDNet.com.au looks back at Bill Gates' career over the past 30 years.
How many Australian scientists does it take to make the countries' biggest light bulb? Our photo gallery takes you inside the Synchrotron, Australia's only particle accelerator that creates high-intensity light for scientific imaging.
A policeman, a teacher and sports administrator are three of 70 people arrested across Australia after a six month investigation into child pornography.
Telstra has revealed that it will be offshoring a substantial portion of its bill support contact centre operation to the Philippines.
Soul Telemedia has hit back at claims that a number of its workers have not been paid entitlements after the company shifted some of its functions offshore, after the departure of former CEO Michael Simmons.
Work is coming along at the soon-to-open Sydney Apple store, although the high-security site is wrapped up to resemble a Steve Jobs skivvy.
Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?
Chief Security Officers face a challenging quandary at budget-time because the traditional return on investment (ROI) model falls apart when it is applied to security products — but as that is the only language budget-approvers speak, what is a CSO to do?
When supercomputers get together, things get hot fast. Our photo gallery reveals how modern datacentres are cooled, and gives an insight into Google's secret solution to the problem.
Symbian is the mobile world's dominant operating system, but can it walk the walk in the business world or will it always be the poor cousin to Windows Mobile in the enterprise? David Braue finds out.
IT is largely about solving problems and keeping the business running, and the higher up you are in the IT department the bigger the problems you have to solve.
Interpersonal skills are more important in the workplace than IT skills, according to the results of a survey commissioned by Microsoft.
Whatever happens in the election, government departments at both state and federal levels are facing major changes to how they build and manage their IT infrastructure. Is the answer shared services, an increased focus on SOA, enhanced Web delivery -- or just telling everyone in your department to get a clue?
In October, Yahoo ran an Open Hack Day event in Bangalore, hosted by one of the company's co-founders, David Filo. Two hundred local developers were invited to a 24-hour code-a-thon to combine their own ideas with mashed-up services from Yahoo's own library of APIs.
The question on the lips of most CIOs is no longer whether to send work offshore. It's a question of how much to send.
Though there are still some big features missing from the iPhone, the addition of 3G and GPS, the affordable price tag, and extra features from the iPhone 2.0 software update make the handset a worthy prospect.
The newest addition to the ThinkPad X series incorporates the best of the MacBook Air, with the best of the Portege R500, while also adding its own great features, such as a built-in DVD burner, WWAN connectivity, and GPS.
The Wyse X90 is a thin client notebook that provides high-security, mobile computing at a reasonable price.
The well-rounded Fujitsu LifeBook E8410 gives corporate users a broad feature set, enterprise-level security, and decent performance and battery life.
Apple's new iWork becomes a more well-rounded productivity package by adding Numbers for spreadsheets. Pages and Keynote include some nifty visual enhancements too.
Telstra has unveiled an upgrade to its Next G mobile high-speed data network that it claims has delivered download speeds of up to 2.3Mbps at a range of 200km.
The 3Com 3108 is well worth considering in environments where workers spend much of their time away from desks without resorting to expensive to run GSM or 3G dependent mobile phones.
If you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade. But stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.
For office workers who consider video conferencing their life, the Versa E6200 has the performance and features to support such a lifestyle. However, the lack of external docking options may hinder those who like to transform their notebooks into desktop wannabes in the office.
The HP LP2465 is a great business LCD, should your workday require a huge, wide-screen display. Trouble is, Dell has a similar display that gives you more features for a cheaper price.
Earlier this month, Telstra put out a press release trumpeting that it's come up with a new phone coaching service to help people who are "bamboozled" by their mobiles. Another excellent example of wrongheaded thinking from the mobile industry.
In terms of applications, the mobile world still feels like a bit of a poor cousin where the Web giants are involved. How long til it shrugs off its rags like Cinderella and bursts into the daylight in all the finery it deserves?
While we continue to talk about Australia's ICT skills shortage, more than 3,000 potential sponsorships are being blocked by impediments to the 457 visa scheme.
More and more Australians are choosing to work from home for at least part of the week.
With the Australian Dollar breaking the 92 US cents barrier recently, and predictions it could reach parity with the US Dollar by Christmas, there's good news and bad news for the ICT industry.
Computers have changed the way we learn. The getting of wisdom is no longer a linear process, but a journey where information is forever transforming and where learning is a "trip" from one Web site to another.
Is our education system rapidly becoming archaic as we plunge headlong into a world where people trade their DNA on eBay?
We're constantly being told that storage capacity is cheaper than ever, so why do companies still insist on imposing size limits on e-mail inboxes?
By allowing people both in and outside of companies to connect with each other, and share information over the network, the pace of business operations will escalate.
Devices which flaunt their flash memory are often frowned upon in a corporate setting, but it turns out that you can actually use them as a novel recruitment aid.
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In the second part of his interview, Defence CIO Greg Farr talks about outsourcing, the skills crisis and reveals his most urgent IT priority.
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