Genetic material has been used to store information for around five billion years. Now scientists have discovered a way to use it to store the information we desire
Telstra is considering launching a 128kbps symmetrical ISDN product before the end of the financial year in a move to extend high-speed Internet access across its regional user base
Members of the W3C are leading by fiat, not example, according to the third biannual survey, published by Helsinki, Finland-based Web designer Marko Karppinen. It showed that a vast majority of the W3C member home pages do not pass the standards body’s own test for compliance with W3C recommendations
The South Australian Government is drafting legislation to fight identity theft — the process of assuming another persons identity for nefarious reasons
Telstra is rigging a major upgrade of its network switching gear from 1 gigabit a second to 10 gigabits a second
Amnesia, a small Australian dot-com, claims to have found the solution to the problem of selling music online in a way that satisfies both consumers and record labels, and has received backing from Telstra to bring it to market
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service took careful note last summer as computer hobbyists Jason Kaczor and Brad Haines invited participants to help find access points to wireless networks in Red Deer, Alta
Computer games that simulate killings of particular races are being sold over the internet and Australian laws are ineffective to deal with them
A lawsuit over possibly fraudulent withdrawals from cash machines in London could gag academic research into the vulnerabilities of banks’ cryptographic systems
Arch rivals AOL and Microsoft say illicit e-mail has so overwhelmed their efforts to stop it that they are joining forces to press for tough federal legislation to stymie the spammers
Experts have poured cold water on claims sweeping the Internet that Swiss researchers have cracked the ubiquitous SSL protocol
Intel is setting ambitious targets for the battery life of a laptop and hopes people will be able to use the newest machines for up to eight hours before they need to be recharged
A new algorithm that spots jumps in a word’s rate of usage could indicate fast-emerging trends in weblogs or customer complaints
A malicious attacker broke into computer systems and gained access to several million Visa and MasterCard accounts in the US in one of the largest security breaches to affect the two credit card companies
Major record companies have instigated a legal battle with Australian universities over students’ alleged use of university networks to engage in illegal file swapping. But while the major music companies may fret over falling revenue, one label saw its business jump 33 percent last year — thanks in part to the recordable compact discs that the industry says are hurting its sales. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is using CD-Rs, to ensure that each release in its extensive catalogue is always available
An online civil liberties organisation has raised serious concerns about the implementation of an email monitoring policy for NSW education institutions, while a teachers’ body has issued a guarded response
IBM and Ipex are likely to escape penalties over their failure to meet industry development requirements under their federal government outsourcing contracts, after the Government suggested it would water down the provisions. While Senator Richard Alston’s equally weak reaction to the tight and unpopular download caps imposed by broadband ISPs is that they were almost inevitable
The NSW government is moving to clamp down on crime rings’ stealing and trafficking in credit card data following recent thefts involving information from users of ATMs
The beggars are making their pleas for help via the Web. Some are struggling single mums or recent university graduates loaded down with student loans and maxed-out credit cards. Others are childless couples seeking treatment for infertility. One even makes a pitch for a cat named Buster
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