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UTS plan to hatch better Aussie tech-preneurs
With a growing innovation ecosystem, the university wants students to create their own IT businesses.
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Offline shops the new online retail trend
Aussie internet merchants are clicking onto the value of bricks and mortar.
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Australian innovation a G20 sideshow
At least world leaders are paying attention to Australia's R&D.
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Skills
UTS master plan to hatch better Australian tech-preneurs
Beverley Head With a growing innovation ecosystem, the University of Technology, Sydney aims to power up students to create their own IT businesses.
Retail
Online retailers click that bricks and mortar have lasting value
Sylvia Pennington Aussie internet merchants are realising that an old-school shop front is still vital for building brand and sales.
Broadband
NBN Co execs give 'no guarantees' they can meet new targets
David Braue Project ramping up in 2015 but there are so many ifs and buts, its may change dramatically again.
Innovation
Australian innovation a G20 sideshow
Australia technology was on show along the G20 Summit with world leaders paying special visits to innovation hubs.
Broadband
Local councils want to connect residents, become NBN internet providers
David Ramli Local councils are hoping to keep residents online, as they consider becoming ISPs.
Security
Indian tech support firm claims tech support scams are ruining its business
Brian Krebs A 'legitimate company' which falsely claimed to be a Microsoft partner is alleging 'corporate identity theft' at the hands of Indian scammers.
Internet of things
Samsung in internet of things push as phone profits fade
Jungah Lee Samsung sizes up market projected to be worth $US7.1 trillion by 2020 as it works to build a future beyond mobile phones.
Hackers target pro-Tibet G20 protesters
Rachel Olding Experts say attack would be one of many during Brisbane summit.
Surveillance
US spies on mobile phones from the sky
US justice officials are scooping up mobile phone data from unwitting people as part of a sophisticated airborne surveillance program designed to catch criminals.
Ultranet's costly failure an education in politics and procurement
Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie and Ben Preiss Good intentions and vision undermined by cost-cutting and flawed bidding process.
Innovation
NanoPolice, NanoRescue: nanotechnology's quest to replace dogs
Matthew Hall Get ready for the NanoPolice, NanoDoctor and, if lost in the bush or caught in an earthquake, the NanoRescue team as nanotechnology seeks to replicate a dog's acute sense of smell.
Business
BlackBerry enrols Samsung in mobile security solutions push
BlackBerry has unveiled its new mobile-device management and security platform and struck wide-ranging partnerships to bolster its capabilities, sending its shares more than 6 per cent higher.
Security
Microsoft patches two-decade old Windows flaw
Microsoft has issued an emergency patch for a dangerous flaw that has existed in the Windows operating software for nearly two decades.
Strategy
Microsoft makes .Net tools open source, good for Mac and Linux
Dina Bass Microsoft .Net programming tools will be freely available to enable the company's software to work with rival technologies.
Start-up
Legal peer-to-peer movie sharing on the way
Stuart Corner A Sydney start-up is aiming to revolutionise the way people watch movies over the internet with a legitimate peer-to-peer technology and a device that will stream movies in HD.
Cloud
Amazon to keep investing in cloud despite margin pressure
Deepa Seetharaman Amazon.com plans to build data centers in every large country over time as part of a broader investment push that will eventually make the internet retailer's cloud computing arm the largest part of its business.
Ultranet's biggest losers
Benjamin Preiss The biggest losers in the expensive and embarrassing Ultranet debacle have been the schools, parents and students who were supposed to benefit most.
Threat to subpoena Victorian education chiefs over Ultranet deal
Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie Ultranet IT project sparked a lawyers' letter to former education minister Bronwyn Pike.
Courts
Apple must face lawsuit over iMessage Android issues
Judge orders Apple to face claims it interfered with mobile contracts by not disclosing that it's operating system would obstruct the delivery of "countless" messages from other Apple device users if iPhone users switched to non-Apple devices.
Shares and jobs scandal snares education department
Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie and Benjamin Preiss Senior Victorian education department officials bought shares in and took jobs with the company given a $60 million contract to deliver the failed Ultranet schools IT project.
