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Researchers tout 'expanding targets' for older computer users

Researchers tout 'expanding targets' for older computer users

Expanding icons, headings, and hyperlinks could help older people make better use of computers, researchers suggest.
Staff Writers Sep 15 2008 5:16PM Hardware
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
Curious grey stuff could radically alter handset design

Curious grey stuff could radically alter handset design

Water damage – the bane of mobile phone makers and users alike – could be a thing of the past thanks to a plucky U.K. company, Peratech.
Tony Dennis Sep 5 2008 7:10AM Hardware
B4dly speld email? Blame the iPhone

B4dly speld email? Blame the iPhone

Three-quarters of people are willing to excuse spelling errors in emails sent from a mobile device like the iPhone, a survey has found.
Ry Crozier Aug 11 2008 6:30AM Hardware
Network Ten drives content online

Network Ten drives content online

Network Ten has embarked on a digitisation project to make its on-air content available online faster.
Ry Crozier Aug 6 2008 11:03AM Software
Multiple vendors cooperate to issue DNS design flaw fix

Multiple vendors cooperate to issue DNS design flaw fix

A DNS design flaw, which could have allowed remote attackers to silently hijack web sessions, prompted Tuesday's release of an unprecedented multivendor patch.
Dan Kaplan Jul 9 2008 9:41AM Security
Government invests $1.8M in tracking device for mentally ill

Government invests $1.8M in tracking device for mentally ill

The Australian Federal Government will invest almost $50 million in strengthening mental health services - $1.8 million of which will be spent on a mobile tracking systems.
Lilia Guan Jun 13 2008 3:34PM Hardware
Software: Safe by design

Software: Safe by design

A new industry alliance promises to pave the way for more secure software. Is SAFECode what we've been waiting for?
Mark Mayne May 16 2008 3:47PM Security
US boffins design 'iPod supercomputer'

US boffins design 'iPod supercomputer'

Researchers from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have suggested building a supercomputer based on low-power embedded microprocessors to improve global climate change predictions..
Robert Jaques May 8 2008 7:18AM Hardware
'Lego' design promises cheap solar cells

'Lego' design promises cheap solar cells

Researchers at a Dutch university have devised a method of "substantially improving" the production of relatively inexpensive dye-sensitised solar cells..
Robert Jaques Mar 25 2008 2:38PM Hardware
Jakob Nielsen warns on design mistakes

Jakob Nielsen warns on design mistakes

Design guru Jakob Nielsen has posted a list of the top ten application design mistakes commonly made my developers.
Staff Writers Feb 21 2008 7:25AM Software
UK decides intelligent design is not science

UK decides intelligent design is not science

Schoolchildren should not be taught neo-creationism, rules government.
Iain Thomson Jun 27 2007 2:08PM Strategy
Intel fires up first mobile WiMAX baseband chipset design

Intel fires up first mobile WiMAX baseband chipset design

Development marks next step toward integrated WiMAX/Wi-Fi.
Robert Jaques Dec 7 2006 9:56AM Hardware
Boffins go ballistic over next-gen transistor design

Boffins go ballistic over next-gen transistor design

'Radical' computing chip bounces electrons around.
Robert Jaques Aug 22 2006 10:22AM Hardware
Quark signs Scholastic

Quark signs Scholastic

Publishing software giant Quark has taken the first steps to regaining market share lost to rival Adobe InDesign, inking a new distribution deal with Scholastic Australia.
Matthew JC Powell Jul 14 2005 2:42PM Software

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