Archived News for IT Professionals
Locals scoop solar origins
Australian computer scientists have helped reveal the secrets of the origin of our solar system.
New mark on solar scale
Australian engineers have smashed the world efficiency record for a new kind of solar cell.
Phone fight on rural grounds
Telstra has accused Vodafone of being an infrastructure “freeloader” ...
Medcraft marks lack of trust
ASIC chair Greg Medcraft says a trust deficit in Australia's financial institutions will drive digital disruption.
Wotif watches value slide
Shares in the online travel firm Wotif.com are down by more than 30 per cent.
Ganging up on bad connections
Advocacy groups have joined forces to fight the “data drought” brought by dodgy internet in the bush.
Gun study shows little video effect
Product placement of real-world gun brands in video games does not appear to affect attitudes towards the gun, a new study shows.
Odd atomic context created
Australian researchers have helped demonstrate a key element of quantum computing.
Ziggy sees nothing in NBN article
NBN Co chair Ziggy Switkowski has been grilled by a parliamentary committee ...
AUSTRAC warns of criminal super risk
Finance authorities say Australia's $1.3 trillion superannuation pool could be used to fund terrorism.
Orange alert for TPP
US president-elect Donald Trump has issued his strongest warning yet about TPP global trade deal.
Public sector edits lose urgency
The Government could be walking away from its “urgent” review of offensive Wikipedia edits by public servants.
Locals reveal Hyperloop hope
Australia’s entry in Elon Musk’s SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition has been unveiled.
Meteor monitors pay off
High-tech sensors and citizen scientists have tracked down a new meteorite in WA.
Facebook seeks to suppress fakes
Facebook is taking steps to weed out hoaxes and false information, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says.
Lenovo links questioned
Some experts are concerned about plans to install Chinese technology on one of Australia’s most powerful supercomputers.
NBN sees rural complaints spike
Poor speeds and drop-outs are the biggest complaints for National Broadband Network (NBN) customers.
Satellite upgrades starting
The most advanced weather satellite ever built has been fired into space.