Liz Tay

Liz Tay is a journalist from Sydney, Australia. With a background in physics, she is most interested in stories about scientific or technological R&D.

A long-time technology enthusiast, Tay joined the IT journalism industry in June 2006. She has been writing for iTnews in various roles since late 2007, and currently reports on all things business IT for iTnews, CRN, and SC Magazine.

Besides shiny gadgets and reporting, she is a fan of loud music and harbours an insatiable love for travel.

Recent articles by Liz Tay

Researchers make mobile signal breakthrough

Researchers make mobile signal breakthrough

Tiny vibrating devices to enhance mobile signal filtration.
Liz Tay Aug 13 2009 2:40PM Oddware
Cautious restart planned for Large Hadron Collider

Cautious restart planned for Large Hadron Collider

Results will take longer to achieve.
Liz Tay Aug 8 2009 9:12AM Oddware
Pirate Bay's IPREDator not a place to hide

Pirate Bay's IPREDator not a place to hide

Anonymity service far from bulletproof.
Liz Tay Aug 4 2009 11:29AM Security
Pirate Bay's anonymity service enters beta testing

Pirate Bay's anonymity service enters beta testing

Filters powerless against IPREDator.
Liz Tay Jul 23 2009 10:31AM Telco/ISP
Scientists turn used LCDs into medicine

Scientists turn used LCDs into medicine

Green technology keeps LCDs out of landfill.
Liz Tay Jul 22 2009 10:01AM Hardware
Wikipedia hosts forum to improve online health info

Wikipedia hosts forum to improve online health info

Discussions centred on accuracy of user-generated health information.
Liz Tay Jul 16 2009 2:54PM Software
Space station pilots 'interplanetary internet'

Space station pilots 'interplanetary internet'

Disruption tolerant communications protocol being tested on the international space station.
Liz Tay Jul 13 2009 10:30AM Oddware
Quantum encrypted networks coming soon to business

Quantum encrypted networks coming soon to business

Prototype network unveiled.
Liz Tay Jul 4 2009 12:15AM Security
Five things your CPU can do when it's idle

Five things your CPU can do when it's idle

Give it up for the grid.
Liz Tay Jun 29 2009 3:25PM Networking
Java tool trebles developer speed

Java tool trebles developer speed

Display application program interfaces by popularity.
Liz Tay Jun 26 2009 12:15AM Software
Google targets swine flu with Australian search data

Google targets swine flu with Australian search data

Google is monitoring its Australian users' flu-related search queries in an effort to provide daily information on the spread of influenza.
Liz Tay Jun 9 2009 9:34AM Software
Analysis: How soon is now for SSD in the data centre?

Analysis: How soon is now for SSD in the data centre?

High costs and economic uncertainty has slowed the growth of enterprise Solid State Drives (SSD) - widely tipped to become "the most disruptive technology" since the invention of the storage array.
Liz Tay May 25 2009 12:16PM Storage
Cloud dominates at EMC World 2009

Cloud dominates at EMC World 2009

Forget clunky servers and disk arrays - cloud computing has emerged as the hot topic of EMC World this week.
Liz Tay May 21 2009 1:18PM Storage
EMC in talks to bring storage-as-a-service to Australia

EMC in talks to bring storage-as-a-service to Australia

EMC is in discussions with Australian telcos about introducing storage as a service to the local market.
Liz Tay May 20 2009 9:04AM Storage
Citrix plans to embed hypervisor on your laptop

Citrix plans to embed hypervisor on your laptop

The future of virtualisation is in laptops with embedded hypervisors, predicts Citrix.
Liz Tay May 12 2009 12:01AM Software
Citrix-Amazon partnership to provide cloud computing ‘sandbox'

Citrix-Amazon partnership to provide cloud computing ‘sandbox'

Citrix is partnering with Amazon in an effort to entice corporations to trial -- and potentially migrate to -- cloud computing.
Liz Tay May 10 2009 4:00PM Software
Citrix launches ‘iTunes' for enterprise app delivery

Citrix launches ‘iTunes' for enterprise app delivery

Citrix has unveiled two new desktop virtualisation products aimed at bridging the gap between the enterprise and consumer user experience.
Liz Tay May 7 2009 3:45AM Software
Novell glows from US$434m fling with Microsoft

Novell glows from US$434m fling with Microsoft

Novell's alliance director can't see Microsoft making a bid for the company, despite a US$434 million partnership that has spanned a blissful two and a half years.
Liz Tay May 5 2009 6:05AM Software
Top Five SMS killers

Top Five SMS killers

The gadgets on display at this year's mobile expos say it all. Short messages: your 160-character limit rule has come to an end.
Liz Tay Apr 30 2009 5:40AM Telco/ISP
Inside the DOE’s power-hungry supercomputer

Inside the DOE’s power-hungry supercomputer

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has reduced the power consumption of its supercomputing facility by using warmer chilled water to cool the machine.
Liz Tay Apr 23 2009 5:54AM Hardware

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