Archived News for IT Professionals
If humans are ever to wield robotic limbs, we will need to know what they are feeling. New research has taken the first steps toward that ability.
Study probes maths-brains for mind-monitoring
A recent study has shown a little bit more of the mind’s inner-workings, and taken steps down the path to mind-reading devices.
Delivery drones to rain knowledge from the sky
An Australian Company is looking to fill the skies with drones, but not the nasty kind - the kind that delivers knowledge-bombs in the form of textbooks.
Laser sights set on finite device
Australian scientists have started a countdown to create one of the most precise atomic clocks yet, and then fire it into space.
Printed plastic prosthetic is a peek of new age
An exhibition in London has seen a glimpse of either the future of prosthetics – or the first stages of a cut-price, plastic Terminator.
Start-ups start dropping millions on engineers
There is one Twitter employee whose disproportionate paycheque is no doubt the talk of the water cooler, after revelations one engineer is paid $10 million a year for his skills.
AliBaba hints at chance of gross gains for grocers
A senior executive has detailed the challenges faced by China’s central force in online business – AliBaba – which could lead to opportunities for Australian businesses.
Better IT could usher new age of health
A recent report suggests Australia’s health industries are falling behind on the benefits of IT integration into services.
Delays hit Tas. hardest as NBN work rolls up
Figures reportedly obtained by Australian media sources show work on Tasmanian sections of the National Broadband Network has ground to a halt.
Google sliding sideways in security stakes
The company many consider to be a beacon for good practice in a sea of ‘evil’ may have switched to the dark side.
Quantum computing speeds up, one photon at a time
A team has created a device which can only deliver very little, but also gives out a lot.
Questions to check if tech. has really helped
A Monash University expert has questioned the place of digital technology for higher education, finding that sometimes the old way is still the best for students and teachers.
Google book to give managers a piece of Schmidt
Now that he has left one of the most coveted positions in the IT-business arena, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been using his time to write, it seems.
CSIRO helps shoppers face reality online
The risk of buying clothes online is well-known to shoppers these days, but science may help remove that fear.
Adobe hacked, source codes and info jacked
Millions of users on some of the most popular software in the world will have to wonder who holds their data, with Adobe revealing it was hacked and had masses of information stolen.
Chair's future furnished in 3-D
A mysterious new company is aiming to print wooden furniture in three dimensions.
Changes could come in TWTR push for profit
With Twitter’s planned billion dollar stock market float coming up, speculation abounds as to what changes may be made in a push for profitability.
Fast-track to force piracy opinion, agreement
Pending some large-scale revolution, in just one month the Australian government will sign-off on the Trans-Pacific Partnership – a trade agreement that will allow media companies broad powers to enforce copyright and censorship laws online.
Giddings to pin Turnbull on NBN promise
A lively phone discussion is set to take place this week between the Premier of Tasmania and the federal Communications Minister, with Lara Giddings accusing Malcolm Turnbull of bailing on a pre-election NBN promise.
Japanese strategise to attract hackers
Japan is facing a shortage of government internet security experts, and so is actively trying to create hackers to help.
Lasers get deep on graphene discs
A new storage medium is being developed in Australia which could make blu-ray seem like a floppy disc.