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QLD Govt. gives $10M for NICTA

QLD Govt. gives $10M for NICTA

The Queensland State Government has coughed up $10 million in funding for NICTA’s Queensland Research Laboratory (NICTA QRL).
Staff Writers Jun 30 2008 3:01PM Hardware
Russians offer to track asteroid threat

Russians offer to track asteroid threat

Russian scientists think a space probe should plant a radio beacon on the asteroid Apophis to determine whether it's going to impact Earth, a conference report said Friday.
Egan Orion Jun 30 2008 7:36AM Hardware
Smaller, quieter, cooler PS3 coming this autumn

Smaller, quieter, cooler PS3 coming this autumn

Gaming gargatuan, Sony has confirmed that the next batch of its Darth Vader's toaster for joypad jigglers will be slimmed down in a number of ways.
Stewart Meagher Jun 28 2008 12:01PM Hardware
Panasonic's tough new anti-Eee pc

Panasonic's tough new anti-Eee pc

Panasonic thinks Eee Pcs are for cissies and has today unveiled a notebook it says is worthy of real men. The rugged, hardy, strong Toughbook CF-U1, is the latest UMPC to be added to the company’s Toughbook line.
Sylvie Barak Jun 27 2008 11:54AM Hardware
Greenpeace updates tech rankings

Greenpeace updates tech rankings

Greenpeace has released the latest edition of its Green Technology rankings..
Shaun Nichols Jun 26 2008 10:30AM Hardware
PlayStation 3 costs Sony dear

PlayStation 3 costs Sony dear

Sony's games division is haemorrhaging cash because the PlayStation 3 console cost so much to develop and make that the company will find it difficult to recoup its losses..
Andrew Charlesworth Jun 26 2008 7:40AM Hardware
Breakthrough in Trend Micro/Barracuda showdown

Breakthrough in Trend Micro/Barracuda showdown

A search through the open source community has provided a breakthrough that could settle the ongoing patent dispute between Trend Micro and Barracuda Networks..
Iain Thomson Jun 26 2008 7:40AM Hardware
SMS Management & Technology wins DET tender

SMS Management & Technology wins DET tender

SMS Management & Technology will enter into negotitations with the NSW Department of Education and Training (DET), to establish a multi-year contract as prime systems integrator for the departments Student Email Service Replacement Project.
Staff Writers Jun 25 2008 4:31PM Hardware
Getronics grabs $4.5M ACCC outsourcing contract

Getronics grabs $4.5M ACCC outsourcing contract

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has awarded Getronics a three year outsourcing contract worth $4.5 million.
Staff Writers Jun 25 2008 3:53PM Hardware
IT departments can save the planet

IT departments can save the planet

According to a new report released by the Climate Group and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, changes to the way that businesses operate could have a dramatic impact on emissions and energy consumption, and can help reduce enterprise carbon footprints.
Jun 25 2008 2:03PM Hardware
DIAC extends IT service contract with CSC for $110M

DIAC extends IT service contract with CSC for $110M

The Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) has signed a two-year information technology contract extension with US-owned service provder, CSC.
Staff Writers Jun 24 2008 4:48PM Hardware
PC population reaches one billion

PC population reaches one billion

The total number of PCs in use today has broken the one billion mark says Gartner..
Iain Thomson Jun 24 2008 11:52AM Hardware
LHC won’t destroy the planet study finds

LHC won’t destroy the planet study finds

Fears that the firing up of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) later this year will destroy the planet are unfounded according to a new study..
Iain Thomson Jun 24 2008 9:05AM Hardware
Tiny GPS spy in your pocket keeps track

Tiny GPS spy in your pocket keeps track

A company called QStarz has just unveiled a tiny portable GPS tracker, which it claims will not only be able to show you where you are and where you’re going, but also tracks your trip so you can upload your travel map to a blog.
Sylvie Barak Jun 23 2008 3:58PM Hardware
Light-emitting particles to support new form of computing

Light-emitting particles to support new form of computing

U.S. physicists are using particles called excitons to develop transistors that could be better suited to fast communication.
Staff Writers Jun 20 2008 2:57PM Hardware
Telstra to join Optus and Vodafone on the iPhone bandwagon

Telstra to join Optus and Vodafone on the iPhone bandwagon

It appears as though Telstra will belatedly jump on the iPhone bandwagon and will offer Apple’s 3G mobile device some two weeks after rivals Optus and Vodafone make it available to the public.
Mitchell Bingemann Jun 20 2008 12:28PM Hardware
Chip uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode

Chip uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a low-power microchip which they claim uses 30,000 times less power in sleep mode, and 10 times less in active mode, than comparable commercially available chips..
Staff Writers Jun 20 2008 7:59AM Hardware
'Intrepid' supercomputer fastest for science

'Intrepid' supercomputer fastest for science

The US Department of Energy's (DoE) high performance computing system is now the fastest supercomputer in the world for open science, according to the Top 500 list of the world's fastest computers..
Clement James Jun 19 2008 10:21PM Hardware
Melbourne to host Australia's largest supercomputer

Melbourne to host Australia's largest supercomputer

The State of Victoria has invested $100 million in an effort to build Australia’s largest supercomputer and the world’s largest life sciences supercomputer facility.
Liz Tay Jun 19 2008 4:30PM Hardware
New top 500 supercomputer list tips up

New top 500 supercomputer list tips up

A new edition of the Top 500 supercomputers list was published today, giving IBM, Intel and even AMD a little something to brag about.
Sylvie Barak Jun 19 2008 3:35PM Hardware

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