Category: Technology news
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Cash crackdown boss floats nano-chips in notes
The man charged with cracking down on the “black economy” has revealed how he would like to keep track of your $100 and $50 notes. Read more
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Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 10 Build 1507 And Pushes Creators Update
While WIndows 10 is the last release of Windows to get a new version number, it will continue to be updated by Microsoft. At the moment, there are two feature releases each year. But the first build of Windows 10 that was released, designated Build 1507, will no longer receive security updates. Read more
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How Blockchain Can Solve Real Problems
Of all the technology I read about, blockchain most feels like a solution people are trying to apply to the wrong problems. The application of blockchain as a platform for crytopcurrencies is the most well-known use, but governments and private businesses are looking to use it in other areas, notably identity. Dr Mark Staples, from…
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Microsoft To Use DNA To Store Data In The Cloud
An article at MIT Technology Review says some early work at Microsoft Research is looking at how to encode documents in DNA. The aim is to have some sort of working model by the end of this decade, with the tagline “Your Storage with DNA” being bandied about. Read more
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TAG has announced its new smartwatch known as the TAG Heuer Connected
We’ve known about TAG Heuer’s plans to release a high-end Android Wear device for months now, and the luxury watchmaker has finally made it official. At its press event, TAG took the wraps off its new connected smartwatch, the TAG Heuer Connected. read more
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Three years on, a fundamental part of Aaron Swartz’s legacy is at risk of being snuffed out
To HACKERS, activists and netizens everywhere, November 8 is known as Aaron Swartz day. read more
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Telstra backs mobile network investment during digital summit in Sydney
Telstra’s chief executive Andy Penn said the telco giant will continue to invest more in its mobile network to maintain its dominance in the Australian market. read more
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Dell agrees $67bn EMC takeover
giant Dell has agreed a deal to buy data storage company EMC for $67bn (£44bn). read more
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BAE Systems touts 3D battlefield vision technology
KEEP your head up, eyes out and your finger on the trigger with this new breakthrough that provides a see-through display of critical mission data — all by just clipping BAE System’s Q-Warrior to your helmet. read more
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Mitch Fifield opens possibility of increased FTTP NBN
New Communications Minister, Senator Mitch Fifield has signalled that the Turnbull government is open to including more fibre-to-the-premise in the national broadband network as the $56 billion project rolls out. read more