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Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
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The ASUS Eee PC is the standout “portable PC” of the moment, officially selling for AUD $499 and coming complete with Linux OS, Open Office,
Skype, Firefox and plenty more. Initially selling out and for sale
through Myer stores only, the Eee PC retains its iPhone-like popularity
into 2008, with ASUS signing up plenty of new Australian retailers to
meet the strong demand.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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Possibly reflecting increased supply of its popular subnotebook, Asus has announced the Eee PC will be available through mass-market outlets.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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Pipe Networks says it has signed sufficient contracts with keystone customers for the board to approve the construction of its 6,900km, $200m undersea cable, known as PPC-1 linking Sydney to Guam with a spur connecting Madang, Papua New Guinea.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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With Pipe Networks due to announce details of Project Runway, its submarine cable to Guam, later today, it has been pipped at the post by iiNet naming itself as the first customer, with a 15 year capacity deal.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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Deliberately malformed media files and streams have proved successful ways of taking control of computers, so it's not surprising that malware writers and security researchers continue to target software involved in their playback.
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Written by Stephen Withers
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Sales of Apple's iPhone in the United Kingdom have been disappointing, according to one report.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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In a move timed to steal the thunder from Pipe Networks' expected announcement later today of the go-ahead for its Project Runway submarine cable the Telstra-lead Australia-Japan Cable issued a press release last week - embargoed to today 14 January - announcing that an extra 40Gbps of capacity had been added to its system linking Australia, Guam and Japan.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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Adelaide-based Australian Satellite Services has installed a new hub on the US west coast that will enable it to provide a range of IP-based broadband services to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands.
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Written by William Atkins
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An international team of scientists used the Hubble Space Telescope to find a never-before-seen double Einstein ring. The important discovery helps astronomers learn more about dark matter, dark energy, and curved space of the universe.
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Written by Stan Beer
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A survey of ads on Internet jobs boards in Australia during December 2007 revealed particularly strong demand for IT and Telecoms staff compared with the same period in the previous year.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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A employer survey by an IT staffing company has identified management of 'millennials' - the 18-31 age group and source of the future IT workforce - as one of the toughest management challenges facing employers.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) is leading the charge to make 2008 'the year of the sustainable workplace' but says the concept of a sustainability in IT must be much wider than environment or 'green' issues and must address the threat posed to the industry's long term viability by a diminishing pool of human resources and increased competition for those resources.
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Written by Stuart Corner
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Australia's Internet Industry Association has appointed its first communications director in preparation for what it says will be an escalation of its activities in several key policy areas during 2008.
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Written by Stan Beer
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A secretive power storage startup that claims it has developed a revolutionary super battery based on ultracapacitor technology may wipe the smirks off the faces of skeptics by signing an exclusive deal with defence giant Lockheed Martin. News of the Lockheed deal with Texas based Eestor also sent the stock of Canadian electric car maker Zenn Motor Company soaring because it has an exclusive license to use Eestor ultracapacitors in small electric vehicles.
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Written by William Atkins
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Smith’s Cloud, a gigantic cloud of hydrogen gas, is heading toward our Milky Way Galaxy at over 540,000 miles per hour (864,000 kilometers per hour)—or about 150 miles per second. And, a collision is about to happen ....
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Written by William Atkins
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U.S. researchers at Advanced Cell Technology have developed a method to make embryonic stem cells that do not harm mice embryos. It is likely that the method can be applied to human embryos.
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Written by Mike Bantick
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Finally a PS3 exclusive you can be proud to own, something to thumb your nose at other console owners as you take Nathan Drake through a tomb raiding pulp story line with a smattering of Gears of War style gun play.
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Written by Stan Beer
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With Amazon now offering DRM free tracks for 89c compared to Apple iTunes 99c for its DRM restricted tracks, why would music fans continue to buy music from iTunes? However, it's Amazon's threat to the iPod not iTunes that Apple should be worried about.
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