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

TED talks come to Australia, innovatively

TED talks come to Australia, innovatively

Given the cutting-edge nature of the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) convention that annually brings together the world’s sharpest minds in one U.S. location, it is unsurprising that TED presentations are to set foot on Australian shores in a rather unconventional fashion.
Liz Tay Apr 23 2008 7:41AM Software
Google announces Sydney Developer Day event

Google announces Sydney Developer Day event

Google Australia today extended an open invite to developers in Sydney to attend a day-long discussion about building Web applications and advancing the Web as a platform.
Liz Tay Apr 22 2008 3:14PM Software
Newly formed alliance supports professionals’ return to University

Newly formed alliance supports professionals’ return to University

A new agreement between Curtin University of Technology and the Australian Computer Society (ACS) has been forged to support ACS-trained professionals who may want to return to University for postgraduate education.
Liz Tay Apr 22 2008 3:12PM Training & Development
HP launches largest ever Print 2.0 range

HP launches largest ever Print 2.0 range

In a grab for a larger piece of the global printing pie, HP has introduced a slew of printers, services and business solutions.
Liz Tay Apr 21 2008 7:41AM Hardware
Green search engine lays down Australian roots

Green search engine lays down Australian roots

A new, free-to-use search engine has been launched in Australia with the promise of sponsoring the growth of up to two trees for every 1000 Web searches made.
Liz Tay Apr 15 2008 3:37PM Software
Microsoft Australia touts start-up innovation

Microsoft Australia touts start-up innovation

Software behemoth Microsoft has plans to grow the Australian software industry by extending a giant hand of support to local start-up companies.
Liz Tay Apr 15 2008 12:07PM Software
Do search engines encourage suicide?

Do search engines encourage suicide?

A study of the Internet has found that Web engine results for suicide-related searches are more likely to encourage suicide rather than offer help and support.
Liz Tay Apr 14 2008 12:59PM Software
Hong Kong reaches out to Australian trade

Hong Kong reaches out to Australian trade

In an effort to promote trade between Australia and Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is hosting a number of Australian companies at its fifth annual International ICT Expo this week.
Liz Tay Apr 14 2008 11:43AM Strategy
Racetrack memory to change the storage landscape within a decade

Racetrack memory to change the storage landscape within a decade

Advancements in the development of spintronics-based storage technology could provide a basis for lightning-fast devices capable of holding a hundred times more data in the same amount of space than is possible today.
Liz Tay Apr 11 2008 1:34PM Storage
IT provider speaks out against National Secondary School Computer Fund criteria

IT provider speaks out against National Secondary School Computer Fund criteria

With round one of applications now closed for the $1 billion National Secondary School Computer Fund, educational computing provider Computelec is raising concerns of whether some schools are equipped with sufficient support facilities or internal resources to meet the Rudd Government’s application criteria.
Liz Tay Apr 11 2008 7:55AM Training & Development
NICTA to receive $45 million from Iemma government

NICTA to receive $45 million from Iemma government

The NSW Government today announced a new five-year funding agreement with NICTA that will provide the research organisation with $25 million from 2007 to 2012.
Liz Tay Apr 10 2008 3:04PM Hardware
Australia’s first Open Source Census published

Australia’s first Open Source Census published

Results of Australia’s first large-scale Open Source community census have been released to the public.
Liz Tay Apr 10 2008 7:40AM Software
CO2-infused plastics may yield green CDs and DVDs

CO2-infused plastics may yield green CDs and DVDs

A new technique for the production of plastic may yield CDs and DVDs that thwart global warming.
Liz Tay Apr 9 2008 4:30AM Hardware
AIIA backs Swimming Australia in Facebook photo removal

AIIA backs Swimming Australia in Facebook photo removal

Swimming Australia may have copped some flack over the removal of its members' personal photos from popular social networking site Facebook, but according to the AIIA, the sporting organisation was correct in its instructions to the athletes.
Liz Tay Apr 8 2008 2:24PM Software
Computer system makes best sports bets

Computer system makes best sports bets

Researchers have created a computer ranking system that consistently predicts US basketball rankings more accurately than polls of sportswriters, coaches, currently used formulas and computer models, and even the tournament seeds themselves.
Liz Tay Apr 5 2008 12:16PM Software
Virtual world to help children cope with cancer

Virtual world to help children cope with cancer

Researchers in Canada are developing an online virtual world in which children with cancer can talk with others about their illness, and manage symptoms caused by cancer and other chronic diseases.
Liz Tay Apr 5 2008 12:15PM Software
Is 'industry-ready' a University responsibility?

Is 'industry-ready' a University responsibility?

To combat a persistent skills shortage in the Australian IT industry, educational institutions have focussed their efforts on attracting students to science and engineering studies in recent years.
Liz Tay Apr 4 2008 4:21PM Training & Development
ISO announces OOXML success

ISO announces OOXML success

The International Standards Organisation (ISO) has announced that Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) file format has received the necessary number of votes for approval as an ISO/IEC International Standard.
Liz Tay Apr 3 2008 3:46PM Software
New music format thousands of times smaller than MP3

New music format thousands of times smaller than MP3

Scientists claim to have developed a music storage format that uses the absolute least amount of data needed to reproduce a piece of music.
Liz Tay Apr 3 2008 1:17PM Storage
Rising interest rates may drive online sales boom

Rising interest rates may drive online sales boom

A tightening Australian economy may be driving Australian consumers to look online for better deals, online shopping comparison site GetPrice suggests.
Liz Tay Apr 3 2008 1:14PM Financial Services

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