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Light compression method could enable optical computers

Light compression method could enable optical computers

A newly-developed method of compressing light could yield new technology in the fields of optical communications, miniature lasers and optical computers.
Staff Writers Aug 5 2008 1:28PM Hardware
Aussie streets get the Google view

Aussie streets get the Google view

Google’s Street View mapping tool went live throughout Australia today, amidst worldwide controversy that the program may be overstepping the bounds of privacy.
Staff Writers Aug 5 2008 12:08PM Software
New computing cluster explores data-intensive computing

New computing cluster explores data-intensive computing

The University of Illinois has joined a collaboration between Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Yahoo! and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) that aims to explore data-intensive computing.
Staff Writers Aug 5 2008 11:00AM Hardware
Apple opens doors to second Sydney location

Apple opens doors to second Sydney location

Apple announced today that it will open up a second Sydney retail store on August 9, in the northern Sydney suburb of Chatswood.
Staff Writers Aug 4 2008 4:09PM Telco/ISP
Games bring Olympic-sized security breaches

Games bring Olympic-sized security breaches

With the opening ceremony only four days away, online fraudsters are using the hype of the Beijing Olympics to trick consumers out of thousands of dollars.
Staff Writers Aug 4 2008 3:12PM Security
Weekly Roundup: New iPhone players and Google declares privacy dead

Weekly Roundup: New iPhone players and Google declares privacy dead

Oz gets even more iPhone options, Blackberry looks to give Apple a run for its money, and Google claims personal privacy is dead and gone.
Staff Writers Aug 2 2008 7:29PM Security
SAGE-AU slams cost of content filtering

SAGE-AU slams cost of content filtering

Over-blocking access to Internet sites even three percent of the time will impose “significant” costs on service providers, the System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) has warned.
Staff Writers Aug 1 2008 11:19AM Telco/ISP
3 grabs a piece of the iPhone pie

3 grabs a piece of the iPhone pie

Tired of waiting for its own licensing contract with Apple, 3 Mobile is launching a range of plans geared towards iPhone users with unlocked devices.
Staff Writers Aug 1 2008 11:09AM Telco/ISP
900 laptops lost at Heathrow per week

900 laptops lost at Heathrow per week

More than 3,300 laptops are lost or go missing at the eight largest airports in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) each week, according to new research commissioned by Dell.
Staff Writers Aug 1 2008 8:01AM Hardware
High petrol prices mean more mobility for business

High petrol prices mean more mobility for business

Over a third of Australian small businesses have been forced to invest heavily in mobility devices by skyrocketing petrol prices, claims a recent report from 3 Mobile.
Staff Writers Jul 31 2008 1:42PM Strategy
Shove over iPhone: Blackberry Bold comes to Australia

Shove over iPhone: Blackberry Bold comes to Australia

The Australian mobile market has welcomed yet another device with the launch of the BlackBerry Bold Smartphone this week.
Staff Writers Jul 31 2008 11:24AM Hardware
Virgin to carry the iPhone

Virgin to carry the iPhone

As of Friday, August 1, Virgin Mobile will become the fourth mobile carrier to offer the iPhone in Australia.
Staff Writers Jul 30 2008 4:59PM Telco/ISP
'Nanonet' circuits to enable flexible electronics

'Nanonet' circuits to enable flexible electronics

Researchers are arranging carbon nanotubes into strips of fishnet-like structures that could produce a new breed of flexible electronic circuits.
Staff Writers Jul 30 2008 2:32PM Hardware
Nasa boffins reveal aurora trigger

Nasa boffins reveal aurora trigger

Nasa scientists have uncovered the precise event that triggers the auroras of light at the Earth's polar regions.
Staff Writers Jul 30 2008 8:14AM Hardware
Mobile maps show the way

Mobile maps show the way

The use of mapping services on mobile phones is growing rapidly in the US and Europe, new figures show.
Staff Writers Jul 29 2008 7:44AM Software
Facebook app helps surfers go green

Facebook app helps surfers go green

Two students have created a application for Facebook designed to help encourage more environmentally friendly behaviour from users.
Staff Writers Jul 29 2008 7:39AM Software
IBM dominates Green500 supercomputer list

IBM dominates Green500 supercomputer list

IBM has once again dominated the Green500 list which ranks the world's supercomputers by performance-per-watt rather than pure processing power.
Staff Writers Jul 29 2008 7:39AM Hardware
The iTnews reader's survey winner is...

The iTnews reader's survey winner is...

Through our recent reader survey, the iTnews staff had the opportunity to get some great insights on what you, the reader, want from the site.
Staff Writers Jul 28 2008 10:53AM Training & Development
Athletes to blog Olympic Games

Athletes to blog Olympic Games

Athletes at the forthcoming Beijing Olympics will be blogging their experiences in between competing for medals.
Staff Writers Jul 28 2008 9:27AM Software
Weekly Roundup: The NBN seems further away and an astronaut outs aliens on heavy metal radio

Weekly Roundup: The NBN seems further away and an astronaut outs aliens on heavy metal radio

New setbacks arose this week for the national broadband network (NBN). In other news, a former astronaut claimed aliens have been to Earth during a radio interview.
Staff Writers Jul 26 2008 1:24PM Telco/ISP

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