IBM Research is experimenting with a chameleon-like computing device called the Meta Pad, designed to easily convert from a desktop machine to a handheld to a notebook and back again
Coders around the world will be flexing their digits over the coming weeks in an effort to write software whose sole purpose is to propagate across the internet and battle similar pieces of code to the death
Telstra will ditch up to 70,000 Easymail users amidst claims that the low-cost service is in the death throes of a dwindling customer base and no longer commercially viable
The Government took a significant step yesterday towards introducing Britain’s first compulsory identity card scheme since the Second World War, invoking a furious response from civil libertarians and anti-racist groups
Nanotechnology has held a special place in the hearts of science fiction writers for decades. Indeed, NASA’s nanotubes team at the Johnson Space Centre in Houston foresees the stuff playing a critical role in nearly every aspect of a ship — from speeding electronics to delivering drugs inside astronauts. But some of the first applications of the new technology of synthesising carbon nanotubes may be as prosaic as building stronger and lighter wall panels for manned spacecraft and casings for automated probes
A horse has given birth to a donkey in a scientific experiment that could point the way to saving rare breeds and endangered species. The foal is an extremely rare and prehistoric-looking animal called a Poitou
An anonymous hacker known online as Tron is Hollywood’s latest villain — the author of a piece of software called SmartRipper, which allows DVDs to be copied fairly easily to a computer hard drive, and from there burned onto recordable DVDs
A group of young unemployed people known as the Dole Army are claiming to have lured two commercial television stations into running stories about fictional drain dwellers to boost awareness of unemployment issues
A popular Indian film actor has crammed himself into a tiny cage and gripped its wire mesh to appeal for compassion for chickens as part of a campaign by an international animal rights group
Australia’s pay-television industry, bogged down by high programming costs and weak subscriber numbers, may soon be reshaped by the potential sale or merger of Austar United Communications
Loggers have formed an unprecedented alliance with conservationists in the Victorian town of Orbost to develop plans for diversifying the local economy and reducing its reliance on the timber industry
Richard Brunstrom, the head of North Wales Police, wants heroin possession to be decriminalised and people caught with small quantities of the drug to be treated. His comments are the latest proposal by a senior police officer for a more liberal approach to drug use
The American Academy of Paediatrics, which offers guidance to parents on child-rearing issues from spanking to nutrition, is announcing its support today for the right of gay men and lesbians to adopt their partners’ children
Some web sites hosted on AOL have been hit by outages, leaving their webmasters unable to update, view or transfer files on their home pages
An adult female hippopotamus attacked and fatally wounded Annetjie Mienie — a really stupid woman — who was photographing her calf in South Africa’s famed Kruger National Park
A Melbourne company is behind a breakthrough that could help solve the world-wide ecological problem of disposable plastic food wrappings. The new technology could earn Australia hundreds of millions of dollars
Australian Renewable Energy Corp Ltd shares plunged to a three-year share price low last week as investors showed their willingness to punish green energy stocks that fail to live up to expectations
European security officials expressed alarm at the weekend about what they considered an aggressive, go-it-alone stance staked out by the retarded monkey boy in his State of the Union address last week
Three New Zealand universities are planning legal action against two offshore web sites selling fake degrees in their names. The web sites are offering fake degrees branded Canterbury, Auckland and Otago universities
Electronic security experts have warned that businesses are failing to protect credit card details, putting customers and finance providers in danger of fraud
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