Archived News for IT Professionals - November, 2014
The Australian Government has announced it will seek a new free trade agreement, this time with the nation of Germany.
Prime petaflops planned for US Government
The US Government has struck a deal with tech giants to build the world's fastest supercomputers to date.
Complexity coded for better life map
New software could add a greater depth to our understanding and ability to model evolution.
Asylum data leak found in breach of Privacy Act
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) has been found in breach of the Privacy Act by posting the personal information of approximately 9,250 asylum seekers on a public website.
Victoria's dodgy education dealings laid out
New revelations have woken up debate over a former Victorian Labor government's IT project, with reports that education department officials had shares in and even took jobs with the company given a $60 million government contract.
Energy harvester hums along
Engineers in Finland have demonstrated an exciting new technique for generating electrical energy; harvesting power from vibrations.
New Pi for more to learn electronic love
Raspberry has released a new version of the Pi computer – a tiny credit card-sized Linux PC that costs less than $25.
Federal funds for clean burn in SA
Funding has been secured for a demonstration-scale fuel plant in South Australia, which converts marine microalgae into green crude.
Scallop scoops new age of tiny help
One the scale of ‘Things from Sci-Fi That Would be Useful in Real Life’ – the nanobots that inhabit the bodies of Star Trek’s Borg species are near the top.
Tech giant to improve sea search
IBM has linked with an energy company to research faster ways to find oil and gas reserves under the sea floor.
Tech world forms new front to fight Ebola
The tech world is looking to aid the fight against Ebola, as the outbreak nears its 5000th fatality.
Big reveal shows low cost of tax-cheating
Insiders have leaked a huge tranche of Luxembourg tax deals, exposing the schemes and scams used by Australian and international companies to pay virtually no tax.
Big fund for young projects to bring broad reward
The Federal Government has poured almost $100 million into Australian research, giving $30 million for university infrastructure and $70 million for 200 new research projects.
Roast toasts three-year run
The ABC has axed Australia’s only nightly satirical news program, The Roast, after three years on air.
Talking photons on quantum quest
The delicate dance of two photons has allowed researchers to clear one more hurdle on the long path to the quantum-computing future.
Crash won't knock back private space age
The future of private space travel has taken a blow, with the death of a test pilot after Virgin’s Galactic SpaceShipTwo went down during a test flight.
Silence on complaints could see captions closed
There is concern that TV stations will no longer have to caption their programs, in a move that could cut off large parts of the deaf and hearing-impaired community.
Microscopic move could bring new Nobel knocking
The researcher awarded the Nobel Prize for changing the world of microscopy may have done it again.