The top scientific breakthrough of 2001 has been learning to wire up the tiny electronic components created from individual atoms and molecules by nanotechnology researchers
A lorry driver fired for wearing women’s clothes away from work is firing back with a web site attacking his former employer, Winn-Dixie Stores. The US supermarket chain is seeking to shut it down. Peter Oiler, the transvestite trucker who worked for the company for 21 years, is the figurehead of ShameOnWinnDixie.com, a web site supported and maintained by American Civil Liberties Union activists
RSA has improved the algorithm underpinning the security of wireless networks. This could halt drive-by hacking in its tracks — depending how it is implemented
More than 3000 generic Internet names until now barred from use in Australia on the grounds they would hand an unfair competitive advantage to their owner will be auctioned
The .au Domain Authority has put former administrator Robert Elz on notice that it intends to take the asn.au, org.au and id.au name spaces from his control within 60 days
The Linux community has applauded the recent police raids on the Australian Warez community, saying that stamping out pirated software will make open-source alternatives more attractive. Meanwhile, the Australian Federal Police has been lambasted for its participation in last week’s Internet piracy raids with some suggesting software houses should foot their own bill in the fight against illegal software use
Lineo, the embedded Linux developer, has delivered a scathing attack on Microsoft’s recently released white paper comparing Windows XP Embedded and embedded Linux. Lineo points out what it says are numerous inaccuracies and distortions designed to improve the image of Windows. At worst, the paper includes lies
Companies and organisations will no longer be able to sell or pass on clients’ personal details to other organisations without direct consent under tough new privacy laws set to come into force this week
The NSW Department of Fair Trading has refused to reveal the results of its investigations into claims that Nokia Australia has been knowingly selling mobile phones with inherent design faults
Kay Hammond had hoped to pull a rich businessman husband, but instead she’s been pulled off eBay’s auction service
Every person in the world would be fingerprinted and registered under a universal identification scheme to fight illegal immigration and people smuggling outlined at a United Nations meeting
Federal and state wildlife biologists planted false evidence of a rare cat species in two national forests. Had the deception not been discovered, the government likely would have banned many forms of recreation and use of natural resources in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and Wenatchee National Forest in Washington state
A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist network claimed that Islamic militants infiltrated Microsoft and sabotaged the company’s Windows XP operating system
Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, held in the United States since July on charges of violating the terms of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, has reached a deal with prosecutors under which he will be free to leave the country in exchange for testimony against his employer
Linux applications seem to be proliferating on the rebel operating system but are they ready for prime-time business? With more than 6 million free downloads so far, Sun’s StarOffice is the closest rival on Linux to Microsoft’s Office on Windows. But server application vendors are rushing to the platform with database packages, e-mail and accounting systems, plus a host of others
An obscure metal discovered 90 years ago has been used to demonstrate a feasible solution to a core problem facing computer chip makers. Their problem centres on chip insulation, as chip makers cram in more transistors to make chips more powerful
Genetic fingerprinting studies indicate that the anthrax spores mailed to Capitol Hill are identical to stocks of the deadly bacteria maintained by the US Army since 1980, according to scientists familiar with the most recent tests
Greenpeace vessels have been involved in a stand-off in the Antarctic with Japanese whaling ships in an attempt to disrupt the planned killing of 400 Minke whales
Large numbers of Adélie penguins are dying from an unidentified disease near the Australian Mawson base
The Mars Odyssey spacecraft has uncovered preliminary yet tantalising evidence for water near the surface of Mars and away from the permanently frozen north polar ice cap
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