Month: August 2012
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World Of Coffee – Episode 11
Check out the latest episode of this great show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIXwT7DA3ss&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Woolworths goes Google and iPad
Woolworths supermarket managers have a new tool to help with their daily tasks. read more
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The high costs of gaming in Australia
Gaming sure is a great hobby, but it sure gets expensive. Quickly. read more
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NASA to launch Android-powered nanosatellites
NASA is relying on a small team of engineers at its Ames Research Centre in the Bay Area’s Moffett Field to develop three nanosatellites powered by Android smartphones. read more
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DNA: the ultimate hard drive
When it comes to storing information, hard drives don’t hold a candle to DNA. Our genetic code packs billions of gigabytes into a single gram. A mere milligram of the molecule could encode the complete text of every book in the US Library of Congress and have plenty of room to spare. All of this…
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Metro Trains brings free wi-fi trial online
Metro Trains has kicked off a three-month trial of free wi-fi services at Melbourne’s Flinders Street Station. read more
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Inception helmet creates alternative reality
Christopher Nolan’s 2010 blockbuster Inception is set in a distant future where military technology enables one to infiltrate and surreptitiously alter other people’s dreams. Leonardo Di Caprio plays Dom Cobb, an industrial spy tasked with planting an idea into the mind of a powerful businessman. The film has a complex, layered structure: Cobb and the…
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Digital storm on the horizon
Michael Fraser calls it the ”rubbish web”. That is the internet we will be left with in five to 10 years unless governments and cyber corporations fix the holes that allow criminals to infiltrate the world wide web and strip global citizens of their identity, money and dignity, he believes. read more
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World Of Coffee – Episode 10
Check out the latest episode of this great show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePOQx82oDtI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Senate passes ‘lite’ data retention laws
Law enforcement agencies will be able to force internet service providers to store data on subscribers under new legislation approved by the Senate today. http://www.itnews.com.au/Article.aspx?CIID=312771&type=News