Stories by: Liz Tay

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    UTS tags podcasting as future teaching tool 07/06/2007 09:47:18

    In response to student demand for more flexible learning options, the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) is investigating the use of online technologies to supplement, or replace, lectures of the future.
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    Web host turns to Gmail in Microsoft boycott 06/06/2007 08:53:36

    In a move that could alienate it from a lion's share of free e-mail account holders, Canadian Web host GaltGroup Internet Services has turned its back on Windows Live Hotmail - as well as all the products, services and partners of Hotmail's parent company, Microsoft.
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    LG U310 05/06/2007 12:26:55

    The LG U310 is nothing special, but its simplicity could very well be the basis of its appeal. Featuring a solid clam-shell design and user-friendly software, the U310 offers an intimidation-free first look into the world of 3G.
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    Scientists cash in on fixing spreadsheet errors 01/06/2007 16:36:39

    Spreadsheets are a tool commonly used by businesses to track everything from payroll to accounts receivable. However, experts claim, there could be erroneous code, programming or formulae in spreadsheets that is costing businesses billions of dollars.
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    Finger lengths could point out technophobia 29/05/2007 16:53:44

    The measurements of a person's ring and index fingers may come in handy in the early identification of developmental disorders, career paths, and behaviourial issues such as technophobia, psychologists claim.
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    The role of spiral pasta in nanoscale electronics 29/05/2007 11:24:45

    Tiny, spiral-shaped carbon tubes and fibres could give way to new kinds of components for nanoscale electronics, say researchers who are studying what has been dubbed "nanoscale spiral pasta" in the hope of developing nanoscale switching and memory storage devices.
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    Next-Gen PC design made in Melbourne, for China 25/05/2007 14:07:02

    Twenty-one year old John Leung was awarded a $US25,000 first prize by Bill Gates himself last week, in Microsoft's annual Next-Gen PC Design Competition. An undergraduate architecture student at the University of Melbourne, Leung's MADE in China submission took a novel approach to computing products and services, with the aim of bringing PCs to the emerging Chinese market.
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    ACS warns of 'Google-Schmoogle' syndrome 22/05/2007 17:09:59

    "Google, schmoogle," declared Philip Argy, president of the Australian Computer Society (ACS).
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    Symantec's Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0 launched for SMBs 21/05/2007 13:34:50

    Symantec has announced the release of a new backup and recovery product that aims to equip small to medium businesses (SMBs) with the means to quickly and easily recover lost data.
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    Software pirate extradition a first of many, legal expert predicts 18/05/2007 13:49:49

    It took three years of legal debate before Hew Raymond Griffiths, an Australian resident and British citizen, was surrendered to the U.S. for his involvement in the international software piracy group Drink or Die (DoD).
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    Enterprises join third party developers at Microsoft's DevCon 17/05/2007 10:32:20

    Developers were ushered into Microsoft's mobile world as the software vendor ramped up its enterprise focus at the Microsoft Mobile and Embedded DevCon 2007 (MEDC) in Sydney this week.
 
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