Science fiction fans know that many seemingly impossible technologies materialise years later — mobile phones, personal computers and of course, human spaceflight, being three examples. However this may not to be the case for warp drive, the idea of travelling through space faster than the speed of light
UK Government plans to archive all internet traffic and e-mail has been singled out for a controversial award at this year’s Big Brother Award ceremony
The Federal Minister for Communications and Information Technology, troglodyte Richard Alston, used his key note address at the opening of ATUG’s 2002 conference to describe those concerned that Australia is falling behind in broadband take up as baying dogs
Microsoft, whose Xbox game machine debuted in Japan 10 days ago, has said that several Xbox users had reported that the console was scratching game discs, but there was no need to recall the hardware or software
Both Windows XP and Windows 2000 will be rendered inoperable, and Microsoft will be unable to develop future new operating systems, if it is forced to separate IE from the operating system, according to court filings the company made on Friday. The US States still fighting Microsoft argue, on the contrary, that separation of this and other matters now ‘integrated’ into the OS is both feasible and necessary
The Nokia 8210 mobile phone has become a source of embarrassment for the Finnish manufacturer at WCIT 2002. When Nokia’s chief technical officer, Yjro Neuvo, was confronted with allegations that some of Nokia’s handsets carry inherent design faults during a press conference at the event this morning, he repeatedly said that he was unaware of the of the controversy surrounding phones
Joining Internode in the troubled residential broadband market, Pacific Internet‘s big selling point, flexibility, is based on users’ ability to customise their own plan, and the option of not having a contract
An electronic version of the Domesday Book compiled in 1986 is now unreadable. The computers needed to read the discs of the £2.5 million BBC Domesday Project are now obsolete. While the original Domesday Book compiled in 1086 is in fine condition in the Public Record Office, Kew
Lawyers who squared off in a trademark dispute between the operators of a tourism portal and Barcelona, Spain, disagree on whether a US District Court judge made the right call this month when he awarded the Internet address Barcelona.com to the city. But they agree that the judge broke new ground in US anti-cybersquatting law
The United States will this week choose a private contractor to develop the technology that will replace soldiers with robots on the battlefields of the future. The new battle network, known as Future Combat Systems, will enable sophisticated weapons to be deployed close to enemy lines with a minimum risk of casualties
Operating system maker Be has filed a federal lawsuit against Microsoft, alleging the software giant’s anti-competitive practices stunted the growth of the Be operating system
AOL’s sales tactics have landed it in federal court, where it stands accused of billing customers for unordered merchandise hawked in aggressive pop-up advertisements on its Internet service
Microsoft’s software monopoly is running out of time, says open-source guru Eric Raymond, and he’s got a precise figure for when the company’s position will no longer be sustainable: $350
According to web server information firm Netcraft, about 1 million Web sites are vulnerable to attack through recently discovered flaws in the popular PHP scripting language
Dennis Vieren, has designed and built the most beautiful aluminium case ever, called project Frozen
. He designed his case from the ground up using CAD software, and built it from plates of 3mm aluminium and 3mm acrylic glass. Now I know what I want for my birthday
Privacy advocates vow that they would have serious concerns if Australia followed US moves to allow organisations to track people’s location via their mobile phones
Describing broadband as the communications infrastructure of the future, Telstra CEO Ziggy Switkowski announced a AU$50 million dollar stimulus package targeted at applications developers working on broadband related packages. Meanwhile, Apertura and Optus have teamed up to offer cheaper satellite broadband services to regional and rural communities in Australia
DNA molecules are prime candidates for helping humans make microscopic machines because they have a long history of assembling things on the molecular scale. Researchers at New York University have taken a significant step forward in being able to instruct artificial DNA molecules to move in specific ways with a method that allows certain portions of DNA to bind to each other, and then release. This reversible binding method allows for control of the shape of a DNA molecule, or machine
Telstra’s poll rigger has come forward, alleging that members of the telco’s senior management found the entire situation incredibly funny and threatened him with legal action if he told his story
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and four major law school legal clinics announced the launch of a project and web site — Chilling Effects — to empower Internet with detailed information about their legal rights in to cease-and-desist letters designed to restrict online activities
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