Toshiba has announced that it plans to market a fuel cell powered notebook computer by 2004. This unit will have an operation time of about 10 hours, three or more times longer than conventional batteries, without charging
The future of SETI@home director David Anderson has spoken out to calm fears sparked by the project’s chief scientist, Dan Werthimer, that the project is under threat of closing
Two years from now the world’s smallest optical disc will let your mobile phone store five two hour movies, squirrel away 25,000 digital photos or hoard 48 hours of MP3 music
In the same way that the home computer gave users the ability to create documents that looked good, even if they didn’t necessarily read well, print-on-demand services now enable people to publish a book with ease, regardless of whether anyone else would want to read it
Canada’s Bombardier will roll out a jet engine-powered locomotive it has been quietly developing for years in partnership with the US Federal Railroad Administration
auDA’s New Names Advisory Panel has recommended new second level domain names based on Australia’s states and territories
There are indications that Nokia Australia’s customer care line may be operating under a policy that defies its agreements with the NSW Department of Fair Trading to repair Nokia 8210s carrying display faults
Microsoft has yanked another of its fraudulent user testimonials, in this case a fictitious twelve-year-old boy raving about a fictional homework assignment and the indispensable insights he received from MS Encarta Reference Library in preparing it
The future of SETI@home, an Internet-based distributed computing experiment to find radio signals from intelligent alien life forms, is in serious danger as academics behind the project face a funding crisis
Broadband download limits are coming under scrutiny as the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman questions the capping policies of major telcos
Universities in metropolitan Sydney will now be linked via a fibre optic network following the signing of a $2.1 million contract. The Australian Academic and Research Network signed the 10 year agreement with telecommunications carrier Uecomm
Telstra has spent $500 million weatherproofing its national telephone network, only to discover that the sealant used is a time bomb
causing widespread corrosion and could potentially disrupt millions of lines around the country
Cyber-stalkers from around the world could be jailed for up to 10 years in Victoria under Australia’s first legislation policing internet intimidation. Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls said the Crimes Act definition of stalking would be extended to cover e-mail communication, the manipulation of another person’s computer and the publishing of offensive material on the internet
The District Court of Western Australia dismissed the lawsuit by Perth-based direct marketing firm T3 Direct against anti-spam activist Joey McNicol, describing it as speculative and based on propositions (the plaintiff) knew to be incorrect
Robust walking robots are still surprisingly rare. The German-American Scorpion Project is trying to conquer 25 miles of targeted navigation into the Mojave Desert and back autonomously. The eight-legged robot is triple-jointed and must travel by day for two weeks alone without human intervention
Western hackers are developing programs to defeat the Internet censorship barriers of repressive countries overseas — and you can take part in the effort
Film and recording industry advocates are appealing to universities nationwide to help crack down on Internet-based piracy, which costs the entertainment world billions of dollars in lost revenues every year
The Brazilians use sugar cane alcohol to fuel their modification of a single engine crop duster called the Ipanema
. The company projects a 25% increase in revenue from the new alcohol planes and increased income to convert existing gasoline fuelled Ipanemas to alcohol — via Slashdot
A 24-year-old South Korean man died after playing computer games nonstop for 86 hours
Fines of up to $250,000 will be levied on mobile phone networks that fail to comply with new rules for mobile towers
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