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

Verizon touts platform collaboration amid mobile OS war

Verizon touts platform collaboration amid mobile OS war

The mobile industry needs to settle on a few open, interoperable operating systems for application development to mature, according to Verizon Wireless CEO Ivan Seidenberg.
Liz Tay Apr 6 2009 5:56AM Software
Australia steps slowly closer to patent reform

Australia steps slowly closer to patent reform

The Federal Government has this week called for written submissions on proposed reforms to Australia's Intellectual Property system.
Liz Tay Mar 31 2009 8:55AM Strategy
Scientists convert body movements to mobile phone charge

Scientists convert body movements to mobile phone charge

Tiny, motion-powered generators could be charging our mobile phones and iPods in five years' time.
Liz Tay Mar 27 2009 2:00AM Oddware
David Calkins predicts the future of robotics

David Calkins predicts the future of robotics

The RoboGames founder says robot hordes are coming to our homes and workplaces but we're unlikely to recognise them when they get there.
Liz Tay Mar 21 2009 7:48AM Hardware
Recession kicks thrifty start-ups into top gear

Recession kicks thrifty start-ups into top gear

The brains behind Jamcode are taking a leap of faith, using the worsening economy to plunge full-time into their venture.
Liz Tay Mar 14 2009 1:00AM Strategy
An e-postcard service to notify sexual partners of STDs

An e-postcard service to notify sexual partners of STDs

Need to notify an estranged sexual partner of a recently discovered sexually transmitted disease (STD)? Why not send an electronic postcard.
Liz Tay Oct 22 2008 1:34PM Software
Information processing RNA could control biological function

Information processing RNA could control biological function

U.S. researchers are developing synthetic RNA devices that can execute information processing operations, potentially bringing biocomputing one step closer to reality.
Liz Tay Oct 17 2008 11:27AM Hardware
Forgetful mobile devices for careless users

Forgetful mobile devices for careless users

“Blessed are the forgetful: for they shall have done with their stupidities too,” German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote.
Liz Tay Oct 16 2008 1:56PM Security
Poor IT performance surprises job market survey

Poor IT performance surprises job market survey

Advertisements for IT jobs have fallen 19 percent during the past twelve months, signalling the beginning of a buyers market for jobs in Australia, the Olivier Job Index claims.
Liz Tay Oct 8 2008 1:53PM Training & Development
Economic crisis a 'return to normality', ANZ CEO says

Economic crisis a 'return to normality', ANZ CEO says

Global economic uncertainty may be curbing jobs and investments, but according to Mike Smith, CEO of the ANZ bank, ‘good businesses’ should have nothing to fear.
Liz Tay Oct 8 2008 12:30AM Financial Services
iPhone startup brings fuel price app to Australia

iPhone startup brings fuel price app to Australia

A team of developers from Australia and the U.S. is monetising consumers’ petrol price concerns with the launch of a free-to-use iPhone application.
Liz Tay Oct 3 2008 3:28PM Software
Non-equilibrium chips could avoid overheating laptops

Non-equilibrium chips could avoid overheating laptops

Researchers are re-examining the Second Law of Thermodynamics in a bid to manage heat from laptops and other miniaturised electronics.
Liz Tay Oct 2 2008 1:52PM Hardware
GPS spoofing device developed to thwart spoofing

GPS spoofing device developed to thwart spoofing

Researchers have developed a portable Global Positioning System (GPS) spoofing device in a bid to explore aspects of civilian spoofing and how such attacks may be thwarted.
Liz Tay Oct 1 2008 2:23PM Security
HP collaborates to identify Wi-Fi dead zones cheaply

HP collaborates to identify Wi-Fi dead zones cheaply

A collaborative effort by HP Labs and Rice University has produced a technique that could lower the cost of identifying ‘dead zones’ in large wireless networks.
Liz Tay Sep 30 2008 2:26PM Networking
Beware smartphone data leakage, Marshal warns

Beware smartphone data leakage, Marshal warns

The increasing use of Blackberry, iPhone and other smartphone devices in the enterprise could put corporate data at risk, content security vendor Marshal warns.
Liz Tay Sep 26 2008 1:59PM Security
In-the-cloud security to grow in economic crisis, Webroot predicts

In-the-cloud security to grow in economic crisis, Webroot predicts

The economic downturn could give the software as a service (SaaS) model an edge over traditional security software provision, Webroot believes.
Liz Tay Sep 25 2008 4:50PM Security
Ruxcon hacker conference opens arms to security pros

Ruxcon hacker conference opens arms to security pros

Community-organised hacker conference, Ruxcon, is aiming to attract a ‘more diverse field’ of attendees to its annual event in November.
Liz Tay Sep 24 2008 4:30PM Security
Angel investor seeks geek chic innovations

Angel investor seeks geek chic innovations

Australian Web site developer Geekdom is seeking geeky ideas for its online business incubation program.
Liz Tay Sep 23 2008 3:58PM Financial Services
Video game GPUs find use in biological modelling

Video game GPUs find use in biological modelling

Forget supercomputers -- researchers have devised a method of using graphics processing technology from video games in complex biological modelling.
Liz Tay Sep 22 2008 12:21PM Software
'Spoken tokens' touted as ultimate security

'Spoken tokens' touted as ultimate security

An Australian market for biometric voice authentication is taking shape from early adopters in the banking, government and service industries.
Liz Tay Sep 19 2008 3:20PM Security

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