Tag: Information Technology
Apple to sell copy protection-free songs
Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the iPod and iPhone said.[MORE]
'Toxic e-waste legacy' warning ahead of Xmas
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A study ahead of Christmas shows that millions of e-waste products are clogging landfills.[MORE]
Fridge-sized tape recorder could crack lunar mysteries
A 1960s tape recorder the size of a household fridge could be the key to unlocking valuable information from NASA's Apollo missions to the moon.[MORE]
Broadband deal close: Bartlett
Tasmania's Premier David Bartlett says the Government is 'really close' to reaching an agreement with a private company to improve the state's high-speed broadband internet connections.[MORE]
Hobart keeping pace with technology
The CSIRO has officially opened its $30 million Information and Communication Technologies Centre in Hobart.[MORE]
Video games slow maturity: Greenfield
Former Adelaide thinker-in-residence Baroness Susan Greenfield has returned to Adelaide as part of a national speaking tour.[MORE]
Minister defends police 'censorship'
New South Wales Police Minister Tony Kelly has defended the new system which police have adopted to inform the media about crimes.[MORE]
New computer program predicts emergency dept loads
Townsville Hospital will trial a computer program that predicts how many patients will turn up at emergency depts.[MORE]
Regional broadband push starts in SA
Yorke Peninsula in SA achieves a regional first in Australia for wireless broadband.[MORE]
New supercomputer for University of Melbourne
A $100-million dollar supercomputer will be built at the University of Melbourne for biomedical research.[MORE]
GPS tracking to boost rail safety
A GPS train tracking system will be tested on the line between Adelaide and Port Augusta in SA.[MORE]
Gates invites Kimberley teacher to Microsoft HQ
A Kimberley teacher who used computer technology to improve the literacy levels of Indigenous students has received a personal invitation from Bill Gates to visit the Microsoft Corporation's headquarters in the United States.[MORE]
Slow down the fury of so-called progress
Our experience of work and social life is so saturated in rapidly changing technologies, it is no wonder that we expect them to be the essence of a better future. But as Albert Einstein once asked, "What does a fish know about the water in which it swims all its life?".[MORE]
Hologram addresses business conference
A real-time hologram has addressed a business conference in Adelaide, beamed in from Melbourne.[MORE]
Greens demand answers on Basslink
The Tasmanian Government is again being urged to release a timeframe for commercialisation of the Basslink fibre optic cable.[MORE]
IT company hopes to hire defence staff
Unisys Australia says it is keen to hire Defence Force staff at the Oakey base again when it takes over an information technology (IT) contract later this year.[MORE]
China reaches out to Taiwan
A senior Chinese Communist Party leader has called for an increase in understanding between Taiwan and mainland China.[MORE]
Microsoft opens door to open-source software community
Microsoft has announced it is increasing the openness of its software to appease antitrust regulators and please businesses trending toward more diverse computer systems.[MORE]
Software crackers crave a challenge
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Considered gods by some, software crackers say the challenge is a bigger motivation than the glory.[MORE]
New info system improves disaster response in Asia Pacific
Response times to natural disasters in the Asia Pacific are expected to become quicker under a new information sharing system developed in Australia. [MORE]
Defence urged to investigate Unisys contract
The Australia Defence Association (ADA) is urging the Defence Department to fully investigate reports that the company it plans to outsource information technology to has been accused of failing to detect cyber security breaches.[MORE]
Iraqis mock US soldiers and themselves on YouTube
United States soldiers are lampooned, policemen are shown as buffoons and Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is irreverently cheered by penguins, as Iraqis turn to YouTube to express their dark-edged humour.[MORE]
Google building its own version of Wikipedia
Google is building its own version of communally-constructed online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which consistently ranks among the most visited websites in the world.[MORE]
Voice recognition could soon read emotions: expert
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There are few things as frustrating as that phone call where you end up talking to a computer that just doesn't understand. [MORE]
Internet take up rate slow, but improving
Internet access across the the Territory lags behind the rest of the country, according to the latest report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. [MORE]
