IT Software & Applications Feature Articles

A breakthrough which brings us closer to solving problems more complex than any current supercomputer can address, in codebreaking, physics, and clean energy, has been achieved by ...

Over the past decade, Australia's increasing reliance on new technologies has brought with it forecasts for the demise of many industries.

Australian computer users and businesses are being warned to consider more closely the risks associated with cloud computing, as well as its many advantages.

I just did a count of the systems I use that require a password and gave up at 40. I know I’m not alone; for many of us, it often seems we have too many passwords to manage.

A UNSW-led team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough that brings the prospect of a network of ultra-powerful quantum computers – connected via a quantum internet – closer to ...

Conservatism not charisma is the vital ingredient for a successful business leader, a new study claims.

UniSA researcher Dr Ross Smith has presented his digital foam technology at the recent Mini Maker Faire in Adelaide.

Engineers have optimised the carrying capacity of fibre optic cable, providing a way to boost the performance of networks like the NBN.

In the past year, there has been significant progress made on some reforms to support Australia's manufacturing sector, notably in the anti-dumping area.

The Monash Centre for Additive Manufacturing (M-CAM), built to drive the establishment of high-end, waste-free, tailored manufacturing for the aerospace industry was launched in ...

Growth in the creative economy is one way Australia can offset the impact of a slowdown in mineral and commodity exports, according to Stuart Cunningham, an eminent researcher and ...

There is no right to privacy, in fact the push for more rights to privacy is irrelevant in the face of social media and technological advances, Deakin University’s Head of the Law ...

Australian family business operators are increasing their risk of insolvency by failing to plan for the future, according to Antony de Vries, a Sydney insolvency expert.

It may seem like something from science fiction, but pretty soon you'll be reading your favourite newspaper in a digital device embedded in your bathroom mirror and then polish off ...

Unemployment rates in Australia have significantly hiked from 5.2 per cent last year to the current level of 5.4 per cent. Job advertisements have slumped to their lowest level in ...

A grant worth $122,000 has been awarded to researchers at the University of South Australia, to develop augmented reality (AR) technology on mobile phones.

Adelaide 'car-to-car' communications technology company Cohda Wireless has attracted a substantial, undisclosed investment deal from global networking equipment firm Cisco Systems ...

From hot property to unwanted waste: it's time to rethink the way we design, produce and reuse new products.

As Australian companies prepare for the New Year ahead, business information analysts at IBISWorld reveal the five industries expected to soar and the five expected to sink in 2013. ...

Australians love their GPS' and mobile location apps, but do they understand what’s happening as they go from A to B?