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Researchers use Open Source virtual world for language teaching

Researchers use Open Source virtual world for language teaching

An international team of researchers is using a wireless Open Source virtual world to help promote language learning and let students practice.
Staff Writers Oct 14 2008 12:50PM Software
RIM smartphone takes the world by Storm

RIM smartphone takes the world by Storm

Vodafone today the announced arrival of BlackBerry Storm which will be the first "clickable" touch-screen smart phone, just in time for Christmas.
Emma Hughes Oct 9 2008 3:49PM Hardware
The inaugural SC World Congress

The inaugural SC World Congress

The inaugural SC World Congress takes place in New York December 9 & 10.
Staff Writers Sep 24 2008 2:13PM Security
ExitReality launches 3D browsing for 'the entire Web'

ExitReality launches 3D browsing for 'the entire Web'

Melbourne-based company ExitReality today launched software that renders two dimensional webpages into three dimensional scenes – like something out of a computer game.
Kathryn Small Sep 18 2008 4:11PM Software
Researchers find racial bias in virtual worlds

Researchers find racial bias in virtual worlds

Real-world behaviours and racial biases could carry forward into virtual worlds such as Second Life, social psychologists say.
Staff Writers Sep 11 2008 4:05PM Software
New satellite system to get developing world online

New satellite system to get developing world online

Plans are afoot to build a new system of satellites that could bring the internet to people in Africa, Asia and South America online.
Iain Thomson Sep 11 2008 9:08AM Hardware
Security world makes short work of Chrome

Security world makes short work of Chrome

Less than two days into its public life, Google's Chrome browser is being put under the microscope by security researchers.
Shaun Nichols Sep 4 2008 1:50PM Security
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
VIC government shuts down Second Life presence

VIC government shuts down Second Life presence

The virtual bulldozers have moved in on Melbourne Laneways on Second Life’s ABC Island, after Multimedia Victoria said it would not renew the lease.
Ry Crozier Aug 29 2008 10:20AM Software
Precocious phishers target teen world

Precocious phishers target teen world

A new attack spotted on virtual world Habbo Hotel is causing researchers to worry.
Shaun Nichols Aug 26 2008 3:13PM Security
Precocious phishers targets teen world

Precocious phishers targets teen world

A new attack spotted on virtual world Habbo Hotel is causing researchers to worry.
Shaun Nichols Aug 26 2008 11:44AM Security
Electric plane smashes world record for endurance

Electric plane smashes world record for endurance

A solar powered plane has more than doubled the record for flight endurance by staying aloft for 82 hours and 37 minutes.
Iain Thomson Aug 25 2008 3:55PM Hardware
Google's 3D world a bit too 'Lively'

Google's 3D world a bit too 'Lively'

Google has launched a new 3D world system designed to be safe for teenage users..
Shaun Nichols Jul 10 2008 3:01PM Software
Fake Storm Worm blast claims World War III is here

Fake Storm Worm blast claims World War III is here

The U.S. Army has just invaded Iran, sparking World War III -- or at least that is what the latest Storm Worm spam campaign wants you to believe.
Staff Writers Jul 10 2008 11:36AM Security
Spammers announce World War III

Spammers announce World War III

Hackers are deluging web users with malware-laden spam claiming that World War III has started following a US invasion of Iran.
Robert Jaques Jul 10 2008 9:05AM Security
World of Warcraft Trojan spreads from Asia

World of Warcraft Trojan spreads from Asia

Password stealing malware hits US and Turkey and accounts for almost 13 per cent of malware activity detected in a recent survey.
Simon Burns Jul 3 2008 9:55AM Security
Facebook and YouTube used for World Refugee Day awareness

Facebook and YouTube used for World Refugee Day awareness

To mark National Refugee Day, UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, has launched a vigorous online campaign in what it hopes will galvanise the online community into action, raising funds and spreading awareness for the plight of refugees worldwide.
Sylvie Barak Jun 23 2008 3:58PM Software
World leaders warned on imminent internet seizure

World leaders warned on imminent internet seizure

Experts speaking at international ministerial conference this week warned that urgent action was needed to prevent the internet becoming irrevocably gummed up.
Gareth Morgan Jun 19 2008 11:54AM Security
Computer downtime could solve world hunger

Computer downtime could solve world hunger

IBM hopes to eradicate world hunger using donated processing power to study the atomic make-up of rice protein.
Ambrose McNevin May 19 2008 12:18PM Hardware
New software opens up online world to the blind

New software opens up online world to the blind

Microsoft is helping to launch new software that will make it much easier to create documents accessible to blind and print-disabled people.
Ashley Clark May 14 2008 2:36PM Software

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