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Boffins pencil in carbon circuits

Boffins pencil in carbon circuits

A method for making a one atom thick sheet of carbon has been developed by researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Staff Writers Jul 26 2007 4:32PM Hardware
Coonan denies cancelling filtering

Coonan denies cancelling filtering

The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan said Family First Senator Steve Fielding’s allegation that the Australian Government has cancelled its ISP-level filtering trial is completely wrong.
Staff Writers Jul 26 2007 1:26PM Telco/ISP
Ubisoft to develop Cameron's Avatar game

Ubisoft to develop Cameron's Avatar game

Video game publisher Ubisoft has announced that it will be developing the Avatar computer game based on the upcoming 20th Century Fox movie written and directed by James Cameron.
Staff Writers Jul 26 2007 12:10PM Software
Password flaw hits Firefox and Safari

Password flaw hits Firefox and Safari

The latest versions of Firefox and Safari contain a password management security flaw that could allow certain websites to access stored usernames and passwords.
Staff Writers Jul 26 2007 6:55AM Security
Mobile broadband facing a revolution

Mobile broadband facing a revolution

Next-generation wireless technologies hold the promise of transforming the mobile broadband landscape, according analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
Staff Writers Jul 25 2007 5:05PM Telco/ISP
US Army orders truck mounted laser cannons

US Army orders truck mounted laser cannons

Boeing is to develop a truck-mounted laser weapon system that destroys rockets, artillery shells and mortar rounds as part of a US$7m contract awarded by the US Army.
Staff Writers Jul 25 2007 3:11PM Hardware
Nokia targets content sharing with Twango buy

Nokia targets content sharing with Twango buy

Nokia is taking aim at the mobile content sharing market with the announcement that it has bought media sharing company Twango. The Finnish mobile giant said that it has acquired "substantially all assets of Twango", which provides a system for organising and sharing photos, videos and other personal media, similar to web 2.0 sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
Staff Writers Jul 25 2007 2:18PM Telco/ISP
Australian Customs warns of email scam

Australian Customs warns of email scam

Customs is warning Australians - ordering goods from overseas via the Web - that an email from a Hotmail account, claiming to be from Customs and asking for the payments of fees, is a scam.
Staff Writers Jul 24 2007 3:53PM Security
UK child database costs soar out of control

UK child database costs soar out of control

The UK ContactPoint database designed to hold details on every child in England, along with their parents or carers, will cost £224m (A$522 million) to build and about £41m (A$95 million) a year to maintain, the government has admitted.
Staff Writers Jul 24 2007 12:23PM Storage
Atari faces Nasdaq delisting

Atari faces Nasdaq delisting

Atari has received a delisting notice from the US Nasdaq market after failing to file its financial report for the fiscal year ending 31 March 2007.
Staff Writers Jul 24 2007 12:18PM Strategy
Microsoft and Ask follow Google's lead

Microsoft and Ask follow Google's lead

The search industry needs to develop better global privacy principles for the collection, use and protection of data, according to web giants Microsoft and Ask.com.
Staff Writers Jul 24 2007 10:36AM Security
Social networkers ripe for ID theft

Social networkers ripe for ID theft

Social networkers are opening themselves up to identity fraud by posting too much personal information on their profile pages, according to credit information provider Equifax.
Staff Writers Jul 24 2007 10:14AM Security
OLPC laptop goes into final beta

OLPC laptop goes into final beta

The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project has unveiled the final beta version of its XO laptop, and mass production has been authorised for October.
Staff Writers Jul 24 2007 6:53AM Hardware
IT user group to clarify green computing

IT user group to clarify green computing

Environmental IT Leadership Team to put carbon reduction policies into
practice.
Staff Writers Jul 23 2007 2:29PM Hardware
Boffins build printable solar panels

Boffins build printable solar panels

Boffins at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets.
Staff Writers Jul 23 2007 2:20PM Hardware
Synetek documents email policy

Synetek documents email policy

Aussie on-demand business applications vendor for the SME market, Synetek Systems has made available a Corporate Email Policy Document for businesses.
Staff Writers Jul 23 2007 2:13PM Security
Asia storms ahead in fibre-to-the-home

Asia storms ahead in fibre-to-the-home

New global ranking reveals FTTH leaders and laggards.
Staff Writers Jul 23 2007 1:28PM Telco/ISP
'Malware 2.0' raises its ugly head

'Malware 2.0' raises its ugly head

Signature-based security unable to cope with 'zero-minute' threats.
Staff Writers Jul 20 2007 4:55PM Security
Rockstar's Table Tennis comes to the Wii

Rockstar's Table Tennis comes to the Wii

The highly controversial Manhunt 2 may be on the backburner following a string of complaints, but a far more sedate title from Rockstar Games is about to make its way onto Nintendo's Wii.
Staff Writers Jul 20 2007 6:42AM Software
IBM puts SSD drives in new blades

IBM puts SSD drives in new blades

IBM is to start offering Flash-based SanDisk solid state drives in its blade servers.
Staff Writers Jul 19 2007 4:49PM Hardware

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