Tag: Wireless Technology
Education boss defends cheap laptops
The New South Wales director-general of education says a proposal to provide cheaper wireless laptops for students will not affect quality.[MORE]
Sailor receives emergency help device after refusing to leave damaged yacht
A sailor on board a yacht drifting off the coast of Perth has been given an emergency device to call for assistance if his situation worsens.[MORE]
Hologram addresses business conference
A real-time hologram has addressed a business conference in Adelaide, beamed in from Melbourne.[MORE]
New York cops use iPods to study
The New York Police Department is handing out iPods to academy recruits for the first time to allow them to listen to and watch coursework on the subway.[MORE]
Labor makes no promises on remote primary teachers
The ALP says its education revolution doesn't extend to promising that all Northern Territory students in remote communities will get a primary school teacher. [MORE]
New IT to help visually impaired people vote
The Australian Electoral Comission has developed a computer allowing the blind and visually impaired to keep their voting preferences private.[MORE]
Regional broadband funding clarified
The Federal Government says Telstra has not been locked out of a funding program which is meant to ensure that people living in regional areas have access to broadband.[MORE]
Councils keen to expand southern broadband
Two councils in Adelaide's southern suburbs are aiming to have full broadband coverage of their regions within a year.[MORE]
Commonwealth appeals against green zone GPS ruling
The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) believes a magistrate was wrong to question the accuracy of global positioning systems (GPS).[MORE]
Microsoft unveils challenge to iPod
Software giant Microsoft has unveiled a "Zune" MP3 player and online store to challenge Apple Computer's internationally popular iPod-iTunes personal entertainment duo. [MORE]
Apple's iTunes starts selling movies
Apple says it has begun selling movies at its iTunes online store. [MORE]
World's top PDA maker averts shutdown
The maker of the BlackBerry wireless device, Research in Motion (RIM), has averted a potentially catastrophic US shutdown as a judge declined to issue an injunction in a long-running patent case. [MORE]
New technology proves hard sell in SA
A technology company in South Australia's Barossa Valley says it has been unable to market its product within SA, despite being given a Federal Government grant to expand into overseas markets.[MORE]
Machines set to overtake humans on the Internet
Machines will overtake humans to become the biggest users of the Internet in a brave new world of electronic sensors, smart homes, and tags that track users' movements and habits, the United Nations' (UN) telecommunications agency says.[MORE]
'TV mouse' takes hand-wringing out of changing channels
A simple wave of your hand might let you turn your television on and off, change channels or record a program, say researchers who are developing a new device.[MORE]
Apple unveils hybrid phone, new iPod
Apple Computer has unveiled a mobile phone that works like an iPod music player, in a bid to extend its domination of the digital music market into the wireless arena. [MORE]
Electronic patient charts deemed a success
Royal Darwin Hospital staff involved in Australia's first trial of electronic patient charts say the technology has been a great success and they want it to be used permanently.[MORE]
