Twitter played a key role in distributing information during the 2011 Queensland floods, according to a new report recently released by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI).
The old adage ‘you can’t improve what you can’t measure’ seems particularly apt when it comes to bringing data centres up to a point where their power consumption, and corresponding carbon emissions, can be properly reported back to the business.
A new workspace at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) will open in 2012 to foster the entrepreneurial skills of technically advanced computer science students.
A new Cloud cache system developed at the University of Sydney promises to simplify the deployment of applications with large memory requirements.
Australian youth are becoming increasingly apathetic about internet piracy, a discussion forum held by the Australian Communications and Media Authority has revealed.
Despite some security loopholes remaining, near field communications technology is gaining a foothold in Australia, according to Visa A/NZ.
Brighton Grammar School in Victoria will soon replace textbooks with tablets in a move aimed at enhancing current learning and teaching capabilities.
TechnologyOne (ASX:TNE) has released its results for the full year ending 30 September 2011, with the company reporting record revenue and profits.
An open source software program that promises to enable mobile phones to communicate, despite normal phone lines being down, has made the finals of a global innovation competition.
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has announced plans to integrate Microsoft’s Windows Azure Cloud with its high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure.
Both buyers and sellers of classifieds websites are being targeted by scammers, SCAMwatch has warned.
A new online psychology clinic has been founded to help people with anxiety disorders better manage their symptoms.
The Asia Pacific digital games market will be worth more than $30 billion in 2016, according to Ovum.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia has launched its presence on Google+, aimed at improving its customer service and support.
Educating employees on how to protect data on their smartphones and tablets is crucial to bring-your-own-device (BYOD) security, according to a panel of security experts.