Archived News for IT Professionals
Skills switch could leave labour lagging
ANZ has warned that Australia’s shift to a services economy could create a skilled labour shortage by 2030.
ACS wants NBN and cyber security boost
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) says a faster National Broadband Network needs to be delivered.
All sectors to see robo-disruption
The Productivity Commission has again warned of the rise of the machines.
Light sheets to illuminate new chips
Engineers have developed a new way to turn electricity into light.
Locals improve quantum view
Australian tech-heads have improved the method for detecting the entanglement of quantum particles.
More waves bathe LIGO
Australian scientists have helped detect the gravitational waves emitted by colliding black holes for the second time.
F-35s finally taking to skies
The Australian Government may finally get to see the F-35 stealth fighter next month.
Ziggy's views make poorly-timed news
Martin Parkinson, the head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC), has rebuked the chief of the NBN.
Salt bath gives battery boost
Australian researchers have found a way to squeeze more out of rechargeable lithium batteries.
Big cable back in action
Tasmania’s Basslink power cable is back up and running, after almost six months offline.
Brain pools' processing assessed
Scientists have spotted one of the ways that our brains deal with the millions of different scenarios we face.
Health help through DNA databases
Experts in high-tech healthcare want better sharing of genomic information.
Huge bid links big players
Microsoft is moving to buy a bigger slice of the business-tech market, with a $35 billion bid to buy LinkedIn.
Software seen as democratic distortion
A former Liberal MP has slammed the party’s use of voter-tracking software.
BoM faces uploading millenium
The Bureau of Meteorology is transferring mind-boggling amounts of historical weather data to an online database.
Gut window gives visceral vista
Researchers can now make real-time observations of the gut’s nervous system.
Water storage spotted from space
Australia is often wracked by both flood and drought at the same time, leading many to wonder; just how much water is there?
Glass broken for tech embedding
A new method has been developed for embedding light-emitting nanoparticles into glass.
Tech tips open new offices
Tech designers say the offices of the future could serve your favourite coffee to you.