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

'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 3:17PM Software
Mobile operators warned of 'dumb pipes' ISP scenario

Mobile operators warned of 'dumb pipes' ISP scenario

Mobile broadband operators need to look beyond flat-rate access offerings to future-proof their business, analysts say.
Liz Tay Sep 17 2008 5:32PM Telco/ISP
'Cognitive radios' to improve wireless devices

'Cognitive radios' to improve wireless devices

Researchers are developing intelligent radios that can sense their surroundings and adjust their mode of operation accordingly.
Liz Tay Sep 16 2008 1:39PM Networking
Contact centres urged to look offshore for staff

Contact centres urged to look offshore for staff

Australian contact centres need to look offshore to solve staffing issues, claims customer service outsourcing agency, Convergys.
Liz Tay Sep 15 2008 1:48PM Training & Development
Supercomputing revenue to grow $6.4b by 2012

Supercomputing revenue to grow $6.4b by 2012

High Performance Computers (HPC) are extending their reach from academic research to government, manufacturing and financial industries, analysts say.
Liz Tay Sep 12 2008 1:14PM Hardware
University of Sydney takes records management online

University of Sydney takes records management online

The University of Sydney has completed the second stage of a decade-long move from paper to an electronic records keeping system.
Liz Tay Sep 11 2008 2:20PM Software
Red Hat to launch Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, Grid

Red Hat to launch Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, Grid

Red Hat is launching a new platform for managing next-generation architecture in enterprise data centres and High Performance Computers (HPC).
Liz Tay Sep 10 2008 3:58PM Software
Question time with reverse engineer, Mike Perry

Question time with reverse engineer, Mike Perry

The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know.
Liz Tay Sep 10 2008 2:42PM Security
Kaspersky Lab patents dynamic antivirus technology

Kaspersky Lab patents dynamic antivirus technology

Kaspersky Lab has patented a method of antivirus scanning that assesses files according to when and how they first appeared on the computer.
Liz Tay Sep 10 2008 11:02AM Security
Eyeball reflexes to improve biometric authentication

Eyeball reflexes to improve biometric authentication

Researchers are developing a new approach to user authentication that cannot be spoofed, even with the most sophisticated contact lenses or surgery.
Liz Tay Sep 9 2008 5:09PM Security
Australia gears up for Software Freedom Day 2008

Australia gears up for Software Freedom Day 2008

Free and Open Source Software zealots in Australia will celebrate Software Freedom Day 2008 with free software, CDs and seminars this month.
Liz Tay Sep 8 2008 1:53PM Software
Researchers warn of Orwellian technology

Researchers warn of Orwellian technology

The combination of ICT and pervasive computing could enable individual activity to be monitored even more closely than George Orwell imagined in his novel 1984, social scientists warn.
Liz Tay Sep 5 2008 2:01PM Security
Energy level probe could speed quantum computing's advent

Energy level probe could speed quantum computing's advent

A newly developed technique of characterising artificial atoms could speed the development of quantum computers.
Liz Tay Sep 5 2008 6:56AM Hardware
Fighting fire with fire

Fighting fire with fire

The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know.
Liz Tay Sep 4 2008 12:52PM Security
Scientists to collaborate on Google's OpenSocial

Scientists to collaborate on Google's OpenSocial

Researchers have launched a new social network to support long-distance collaboration between scientists.
Liz Tay Sep 3 2008 3:06PM Software
Teachers urged to go virtual

Teachers urged to go virtual

Web 2.0 technologies such as blogging, wikis and virtual worlds are disrupting traditional ways of teaching, education experts claim.
Liz Tay Sep 2 2008 6:09PM Software
Digital Education Revolution revolts

Digital Education Revolution revolts

The Rudd Government’s $1.2 billion Digital Education Revolution could be nothing more than a futile grab at an intangible, unsustainable future, experts have warned.
Liz Tay Sep 2 2008 12:24AM Strategy
Australia lags behind Dell's APAC growth figures

Australia lags behind Dell's APAC growth figures

Dell has reported a successful fiscal second quarter, boasting a revenue growth of 25 percent in Asia Pacific and Japan, and 11 percent worldwide.
Liz Tay Aug 29 2008 4:08PM Hardware
Young Australians prefer blogging to voting, study finds

Young Australians prefer blogging to voting, study finds

The Internet could be the key to engaging young Australians who have turned their backs on traditional political processes, researchers say.
Liz Tay Aug 29 2008 12:34PM Software
Browser security plug-in protects against DNS flaw

Browser security plug-in protects against DNS flaw

Researchers have developed a browser security system that protects against the recently-revealed DNS vulnerability and other Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks.
Liz Tay Aug 27 2008 11:39AM Security

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