Technology
Google admits Wave failure, ends service
GOOGLE Wave, the much-hyped messaging system that let users chat, share files and collaborate on documents, is gone.
Hackers 'ready to attack iPad, iPhones'
APPLE'S iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch have serious security problems, German government agency claims.
Prepare for poll booth with Below The Line
SOFTWARE developer is on a one man mission to ensure you make the most of your vote this election.
Futuristic bus drives over the top of traffic
A RADICAL new concept for public transport involves a giant bus that drives over the top of other cars.
Wednesday, 4 August
Terrorists - we know what you're thinking
READING the minds of terrorists to know where and when the next attack will occur is no longer the stuff of sci-fi films.
Thursday, 5 August
Social networkers' guide to the election
IF the federal election was decided on social networking sites, Australia would have a Labor Government, a Greens Opposition and a minor third party in the Liberals.
Wednesday, 4 August
Solar fireworks set to follow sun blast
A WAVE of violent space weather has begun rolling over the Earth after a huge explosion on the sun.
BlackBerry's 'iPhone' - email and fun?
BLACKBERRYS still fly off the shelves, but not enough so RIM don't think their Torch is essential to the company's survival.
Tuesday, 3 August
Twitter fake is identity theft - blogger
ANDREW Bolt hits back against
$100m and two years buys you ... the US
ESPIONAGE specialist lays out blueprints for cyber army capable of crashing through US defences.
Bill Cosby denies death rumours on Twitter
COMEDIAN Bill Cosby has sent a message to fans on Twitter to let them know he's still alive after rumours he was dead swept the internet.
'I'll rehire Zuckerberg if I win Facebook'
THE man who would be the new owner of Facebook has an offer for its current owner - come work for me.
Apple and Amazon scrutinised over e-books
DEALS with major book publishers to get the lowest prices could lead
to a stranglehold on e-book sales.
Case for manmade global warming thaws
STUDY of Arctic trees suggests global warming may be linked to solar activity, not emissions.
Greenpeace launches anti-Facebook page
GREENPEACE takes war against Facebook's use of coal power right to the pages of the social networking giant
Monday, 2 August
Hot wheels, want d8? Drivers text plates
A NEW social networking system now lets motorists text each other through their number plates.
Private pics of Facebook boss published
MEDIA blog stalks Facebook boss for week and publishes pics to teach him "privacy lesson".
'Blind faith' in GPS leaves family trapped
POLICE rescue family that spent three nights in ute after GPS unit directed them onto closed road.
Wikileaks accused was helped, says hacker
THE army private accused of giving classified material to Wikileaks had help from a civilian, a hacker says.
De-stress drug helps find instant serenity
SCIENTISTS are working on a single injection to help people relax without slowing down.
Alone and lonely? Try talking to the robot
JAPANESE scientists have created a robot that mimics any caller's speech and gestures sent by video-phone.
US scientists developing vaccine for stress
SCIENTISTS are working on a single injection to help people relax without slowing down.
Critics have come out in droves to claim this amazing whale picture was Photoshopped. But is it so easy to spot a fake?
BP disaster - doctoring pics | Dolphins watch TV |
Pump up the volume
If it's good vibrations you are after these latest advances in sound may be the way to go.
Technology Pictures
Australian Museum Eureka Prize 2010
Some of the best entries in the 2010 New Scientist Australian Museum's Eureka Prize for Science Photography.
Nine ways augmented reality can help you
Whether it's for productive uses, or just to make work that little bit more bearable, augmented reality offers a stack of possibilities for ...
WISE - Shooting the sky
NASA's project to photograph the sky completes its first run, with the WISE telescope sending back images collated from more than 1.3 millio...
Great Lego Re-Inventions
Check out these re-inventions of common machinery. Built using Lego and ingenuity.
Stephen Hawking's aliens
See visions of aliens as imagined by the world's best brian - theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking
World's Fastest Supercars
Forget your 110kmh speed limit - these super speedy road-huggers will crack that in 1st with your foot barely on the throttle
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Australian IT
Gillard raids 'Gershon' IT fund
JULIA Gillard will raid $448 million to help pay for election commitments from a savings scheme earmarked for IT projects.
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