Stories about: Bureau of Meteorology

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    Sangean DPR-99 DAB+ Radio 14/04/2009 09:30:00

    The Sangean DPR-99 DAB+ Radio is a portable Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB+) and FM radio with a 2.5in speaker. It can receive DAB+ signals in addition to DAB and FM radio signals. It is a simple white rectangular box with a volume control knob on the right side, power and headphone ports on the left side and button controls on the fascia, next to the 2.5in speaker.
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    BOM, Sun to build $30M supercomputer 19/03/2009 12:09:00

    Amid rumours of Sun Microsystems being snapped up by IBM, the company has announced a whopping $30 million deal with Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) to build one of the largest high-performance computing environments in the southern hemisphere.
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    Everywhere you go: 100 years of weather forecasting 08/05/2008 16:53:30

    The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) recently celebrated its 100th birthday: a century predicting the weather.
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    Budget 2005 - winners and losers 11/05/2005 08:28:17

    In what is likely to be his last Budget between the Prime Minister's office or the back bench, Treasurer Peter Costello has bet the farm on a series of across-the-board tax cuts, backed by an ambitious series of welfare reforms where big picture IT simply does not figure - at least not for this year. IT Minister Helen Coonan's portfolio is marginally poorer, while security agencies including the Department of Immigration and Attorney have walked away with significant funding boosts for biometrics, identity management and data-drilling.
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    Australian government delves into open source 11/02/2003 10:00:52

    The increasingly influential role of open source software as an alternative to proprietary solutions has prompted the federal government to put together a new seminar looking at the demand for open source systems across departmental agencies.
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    Uni supercomputer models Antarctica 10/02/2003 12:34:40

    Simulating the Antarctic environment may involve a wealth of scientific know-how, but for the team involved with the Tasmania Partnership for Advanced Computing (TPAC), it's also about having the most advanced and steadfast computing power at your fingertips.
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    Home weather station 28/01/2000 11:58:31

    Gadgets and Gizmos: Home weather station
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    Losing skills to technology 01/08/1997 11:26:23

    Use it or lose it!
 
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