A new report which finds photo-messaging seems to be the next breakout capability
of new-generation mobile phones is adding fuel to the fiery debate over the privacy implications of multimedia devices
Handwriting experts fear that the wild popularity of email and IM, particularly among kids, could erase cursive within a few decades. I personally hate writing in cursive, I print faster and neater and have my own personal shorthand that negates any cursive benefits. I refused to continue cursive writing when I hit high school and got in quite a bit of trouble due to my stubbornness
While the number of those who have fallen victim to fraud when using online auctions remains low, the number is growing
Seduced by the siren song of wireless access throughout the home, many a user has experienced the discrepancy between the manufacturer’s advertised claims (150 feet indoors, 300 outside) and real-world implementation (the living room and upstairs bedroom may as well be on different continents). In steely-eyed determination to exercise his inalienable right to network access anywhere on his property, Paul Boutin hired a WiFi engineer to help him bathe his property in 802.11 waves, using only mass-market consumer hardware — via Slashdot
Mobile phone users should be able to keep their phone numbers if they switch to other wireless carriers, a federal court ruled yesterday, rejecting an appeal from big US mobile phone providers
The .zip compression format has known remarkable stability and compatibility for many years, but that may soon change. PKWare and WinZip, makers of competing compression and encryption products, are fighting over the .zip standard — which means that .zip archive files created by one program may not be accessible by the other
A patent underlying the popular GIF format is set to expire soon. That could make PNG, created as a royalty-free alternative, obsolete — unless other issues come into play
In the past four years, ever lighter electronics and a growing grid of satellites, along with a network of programmers, tinkerers and trekkers, have brought real-time connectedness to the world’s most remote places
UK boffins have demonstrated unbreakable quantum cryptography over fibre links longer than 100km for the first time. Researchers at Cambridge-based Toshiba Research Europe say their work paves the way for commercial quantum cryptography systems within three years
So what does a Canadian cabinet maker who’s a closet techie do during those long winter months? You modify a 17″ monitor case to house your computer and call it the iMike
Telstra may pay a rebate to ADSL customers affected by a major outage on Wednesday evening, and will soon introduce a service level guarantee for cable customers following unstable network performance this year
Applying modern technology to the task of corralling chickens for the slaughterhouse results in a chicken-catching machine that surprisingly is not as gruesome as it appears. Scientists are already researching ways for the chickens to fight back
Adelaide University has unveiled a new super computer capable of one trillion calculations per second. The $1.7 million Hydra is also 250 times faster than the best desktop computer and is among the three fastest computers in Australia and the 80 fastest in the world
Palm plans to buy Handspring to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices. It also has finalised plans to spin off its PalmSource software unit
Police Chief Gregg Jarvies put three officers on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of an investigation into Erin Carter‘s, a Chapel Hill High School student, allegations that two of the investigators misrepresented themselves as members of an FBI Cyber Crime Task Force
Fears that the UK government may not have a finger on the pulse of modern technology were exposed in the House of Lords, as some Lords debated unsolicited spam email, while others discussed the tinned meat of the same name. Lord Renton asked: Will the Minister explain how it is that an inedible tinned food can become an unsolicited email, bearing in mind that some of us wish to be protected from having an email?
Telstra has been accused of offering better services for ADSL customers who buy directly from the market leader, rather than through another internet service provider — bit of a problem when almost half of Australia’s ADSL users now connect via non-Telstra ISPs, according to figures released by the telco
Sydney-based web developer Paul Knapp has unveiled a web-based storage system, with some differences. Membox offers a personal information repository, managed through an internet-connected web interface. Each individual record in a Membox is known as a Mem. There is a search and categorisation functionality to manage them
An Australian online legal information service is expanding to span the globe. The new World Legal Information Institute, WorldLII, is operating from its Sydney base with the aim to provide free access to crucial legal documents internationally
Invasions of privacy on the Internet are less likely to happen in Europe because laws are generally stricter than in the United States about what can be published about individuals. When balancing freedom of speech against personal privacy rights, the default in Europe is more toward privacy rights. And that default is not just legal but deeply cultural
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