EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

We kick off with an interesting Q&A with the founder of RoboGames, David Calkins.

The topic is the future of robotics and it looks at the current state of the robotics market and how closely real life will mirror Star Wars, among other things.

Calkins speaks of some interesting challenges too. I think my favourite is that "it's hard telling an AI algorithm [to spot] the difference between a wine stain and a paisley pattern in your carpet".

-- Ry Crozier

TODAY ON ITNEWS

By Liz Tay | March 21, 2009

The RoboGames founder says robot hordes are coming to our homes and workplaces but we're unlikely to recognise them when they get there.

By Brett Winterford | March 20, 2009

Officers from the Australian Federal Police have swung into action to mitigate the fallout from the exposure of about 19,000 credit card numbers, as uncovered by an Australian IT worker yesterday.

By David Neal | March 21, 2009

Microsoft has revealed this week that sat-nav firm TomTom is counter-suing the Redmond company for an alleged patent breach.

By Rosalie Marshall | March 21, 2009

Google has given Gmail users the ability to recall messages they send via email. A new Undo Send button will hold messages for five seconds after the user clicks Send.

By Rosalie Marshall | March 21, 2009

Twitter has become primarily a business tool used by people in their late twenties to early fifties, according to new data from market research firm Nielsen.

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