If you had a smallpox vaccination as a child and think you are still protected, think again — almost everyone vaccinated before smallpox was eradicated in the mid-1970s has now lost their immunity
The CSIRO’s Dr John Rankin and Dr Terry Norgate told the Green Processing 2002 Conference in Cairns that metals can help in achieving globally sustainable development
Former tennis star Steffi Graf won a court case against Microsoft Germany on Tuesday over fake nude photos of her that were posted on a Web site run by the company
Esphion’s anti-denial of service attack tool performed well for the armed forces of five nations. The Auckland company was the only private sector organisation invited to last week’s Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration that attended. The Echelon boys will be well pleased by the result
The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association has officially launched a campaign to stem mobile phone theft, which could lead to changes in both the Telecommunications Act and the Crimes Act
OzEmail has announced plans to launch its OzEdsl service, following a small-scale trial of its new broadband service which has been running since 20 May
The religious zealots who photograph women entering abortion clinics and posts their photos on web sites have privacy advocates interested in their moronic tactics. Apparently, the group is run by some of the people involved in the Nuremberg Files
Australian scientists announced a breakthrough in efforts to clone the extinct Tasmanian Tiger, saying they had replicated some of the animal’s genes using DNA extracted from preserved male and female pups
A mobile phone made of paper, which is sent as a letter
, has won a competition sponsored by Sony
I found an odd little French search engine called KartOO, which presents its results in Flash, allowing you to refine your query interactively
International environmental criminals are outpacing slow-moving enforcement agencies as they line their pockets by plundering the planet
The Pentagon plans to use genetically modified bugs that eat
the enemy’s fuel and ammunition supplies without harming humans. Should be loads of fun when that escapes into the surrounding environment
Users of the TiVo digital video recorder have reacted angrily to a new sponsorship feature that automatically records certain programmes, adverts and other promotional material
A British man has been threatened by a gang of spammers after reporting its activity to his ISP
Former Labor MP Andrew Theophanous was a self-styled champion of multiculturalism and immigration. This week, the one-time ALP high-flyer was found guilty of taking bribes, the first federal MP ever to be convicted of corruption
The US spacecraft Mars Odyssey has reportedly discovered vast quantities of frozen water just below the planet’s surface — a finding being hailed as one of the most important ever made about the red planet
National Party Senate leader Ron Boswell has said, a legislated right of country people to the latest technology must be a part of any further sale of Telstra
Japanese computer giant NEC will close its plants in Britain and Malaysia as part of a plan to move production to China
Telstra expects to have to pay up on its decision to offer rebates to ADSL customers for loss of service
Mummified, rotting moths are being used as a slow-release pesticide. Roundworms grown inside the moths’ bodies contain a bacteria which emerge to kill other soil bugs. If the moths are coated in clay and starch they can be easily scattered among crops