Brisbane Lord Mayor Jim Soorley has called on Australians to return their terrorism kits
to the Federal Government. But don’t mark it return to sender
, address it to John Howard personally and, if you really want to mess with the little toad, send it registered post
Electronic security experts have warned that face recognition and other biometric systems are categorically not
an answer for airport security and identity checking
Three Victorian detectives and a former detective were today arrested by corruption investigators and charged with trafficking cannabis worth at least $100,000
The US Fish and Wildlife Service will ease the federal protections that allowed the wolves to make a comeback. As early as next year, all federal protections for wolves could be removed and their management turned over to the states. Conservationists fear the move will lead to the wolves’ numbers dropping off again
The growth of three private water utility companies in the past 10 years raises fears that mankind may be losing control of its most vital resource to a handful of monopolistic corporations
The widow of the only Australian to die fighting the war against terrorism has slammed the Federal Government for failing to review a death and injury compensation scheme before deploying more troops to the Gulf
Aalfred the pet eel, who was threatened with eviction from a German family’s bathtub where he has lived since 1969, can stay at home provided he gets a piece of pipe to sleep in
Paul Lawton, a submarine buff, sifted through disparate accounts of a WWII ship’s demise in New England waters to get history rewritten
The next round of globalisation is sending upscale jobs offshore. They include basic research, chip design, engineering — even financial analysis. Can America lose these jobs and still prosper?
The next time your computer crashes or your surfing flounders, try appealing to a higher power. The Internet is going to receive its very own patron saint. Saint Isidore of Seville, who died more than 1400 years ago, is the most popular candidate
Computer security experts say the recent SQL Slammer
worm, the worst in more than a year, is evidence that Microsoft’s year-old security push is not working
A Bush administration overhaul of decades-old labour regulations could force many Americans to work longer hours without overtime pay
Scientists have been shocked to discover that four dormant volcanoes in South America are in fact active
Some of the biggest failures in console gaming were the Halcyon, a US$2500 laserdisc system with only two games and Nintendo’s Virtual Boy, a stereoptic system that had red-on-black simulated 3D graphics — via Slashdot
If you think your prized collection of DVD movies will last a lifetime, think again — some are already starting to DVD rot while others are falling apart. Unofficial estimates put the number of affected discs at between one and 10 per cent. Yet some of the largest distributors for Hollywood Studios are accused of refusing to accept the problem exists and replace faulty products
Internet users are mystified by a tricky browser add-on that installs itself without permission and defies attempts to remove it. Some are calling the program the most insidious thing on the Web
Australian and US researchers have moved much closer to finding effective anti-malaria drugs by identifying 500 points in malaria DNA where drugs could shut the parasite down
Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor who gave us the World Wide Web, a system built on languages
largely created by Berners-Lee. He’s now working on a sequel, called the Semantic Web
Melbourne scientists, from the CSIRO and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, have made a landmark discovery that could lead to new drugs able to stop the spread of diseases such as cancer, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis
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