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Microsoft has revealed it was made to grant over a thousand requests for personal information from the Australian government in the first half of this year alone.
Optus swoops on NSW contract
Optus has beaten its perennial Australian rivals to secure a government contract for IT services.
Race kicks off at the speed of Sun
Years of work, millions of dollars but only a few kilograms of weight will be shooting down the highway from Darwin this weekend, with the start of the 3000 km World Solar Challenge race.
WA Health in outbreak of ICT cost-cutting
Western Australian Government departments are continuing on their warpath towards budgetary savings, this time hacking away at the health sector’s IT spending.
Centre to teach science, maths and tech. for tomorrow
A new centre at an Australian university wants to create a new way to get young students into studying education in science, engineering and health.
Talk to halt female-techie's interests stopping short
An event this week has shown 50 high-achieving Year 10 girls what future awaits them in the worlds of engineering or IT.
Ziggy's star dusted by past
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the constituents of the reformed NBN Co. executive board, with three members remaining while four resign.
App to interrupt big binges
A new treatment method is being investigated which could alert people to their binge-eating ways.
China ditching console ban, companies rush to new ground
Citizens of China will be able to leap into the console revolution they had been missing, with the China State Council lifting a ban on video game units.
High speed needs help kids connect overseas
Year seven students in New South Wales are helping fulfil one of the Coalition’s visions for the country, using a technology they may not support.
Nanotube CPU tested as silicon fades
Another technology is being tried as a potential replacement for silicon in computer processors, with scientists creating a CPU made from carbon nanotubes.
New model for streamers in full view
In extremely small scale technologies for some of the world’s most mind-boggling devices, there are factors at play that can ruin a project from a microscopic scale.
Programmers remodel the master's hand
Computer scientists at Princeton University have created a computer algorithm which simulates paint brush strokes in considerable detail.
Scaling down for laser physics fun at home
Everybody wants their own particle accelerator, but colliding hadrons in the comfort of the living room has been impossible for most – until now.
School's new way to take power from students
Improved health, a more active mind and free energy – it is hard to imagine a better combination of benefits from a single device.
Talks halt on Foxtel's run for triple threat
Clandestine negotiations have been going on between Telstra and News Corporation to launch a Foxtel-branded broadband service, but reports say the talks have now hit a snag.
Uni's face-off for cybernetic supremacy
Engineering students from schools around the country will be putting their custom-built robotic companions into battle for the 2013 National Instruments Autonomous Robotics Competition.
Clear thoughts found amid the noise
New research has digitally remastered our view of the brain, leading to a clearer picture which could help define better methods for brain-computer interfacing.
Firms to patch cannon-balled broadband plans
Several companies in the telecoms industry are taking the uncertainty over the future of the National Broadband Network as an opportunity to drum up some profits.
Lack of communication costs Vic. government
An audit has found Victoria’s three largest government agencies cannot be confident they are managing their spending on telecommunications.
Neurons shine in nanoscale photo-op
The average brain contains about 100 billion neurons, each with one to ten thousand synapses each. A technique has been tested which allows scientists to view the electrical activity of just one synapse at a time amid a torrent of trillions.