Close correlation between environmental lead and criminal violence
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Health Recent research has suggested a very strong connection between the use of lead in petrol and paint and violent crime rates. …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Health Recent research has suggested a very strong connection between the use of lead in petrol and paint and violent crime rates. …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Space Following the January 9th close fly-by, asteroid Apophis’ orbit has been more accurately calculated. …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Security ASIO wants to hack into all kinds of devices to further their security interests. …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Security A legal stoush between a student and her school over RFID tracking has left the student looking for another school. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Deals Australian web-hosting provider Anchor has announced a partnership with Los Angeles based Magento, a subsidiary of eBay and a leading eCommerce platform provider. …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Market The average per-device data consumption for smartphones has overtaken tablets for the first time; iPhone 5 users are the biggest downloaders, but Galaxy S111 users lead in uploads. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Market Declining PC shipments signal a “structural shift” in the market towards tablets, according to analysts. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Market A report from leading US news agency Bloomberg says that Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell is considering taking the company private. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Market Global sales of Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphones now exceed 100 million. Meanwhile Apple iPhone 5 production has slowed and its share price has dropped below $500 for the first time in a year. …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot! Legal experts agree that nothing Swartz was charged with was likely to be proven. It probably wasn’t even a crime. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Space Two spatial science researchers have completed the first research in Australia to integrate the well-established GPS technology with an emerging satellite system, Galileo. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Regulation The suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz diminishes us all, but will hasten the demise of what he fought against. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Security January’s Patch Tuesday was last week, but Microsoft didn’t deliver a patch for a certain Internet Explorer vulnerability. But a fix is due in the next 30 hours. …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Networking Southern Cross Cable – which enjoys a monopoly on trans-Tasman fibre connectivity – has cut wholesale prices by 20 percent. …
Shortages of touch-enabled Windows notebooks led to a steeper-than-expected decline in PC sales last quarter, according to research firm IDC. …
As the dust settles over Las Vegas, it’s becoming clear that this year’s International CES ushered in a new era of in-the-air gesture control, says Mike Elgan. …
Aaron Swartz, the brilliant Internet pioneer, passionate political activist and computer programming prodigy, committed suicide on Friday as he faced hacking-related charges that could have landed him in jail for decades, according to published reports. read more
Are you desperately craving Siri-integration in your vehicle, but you don't want to go out and buy a new Chevy Spark or Sonic? read more
Perhaps you remember Surface RT. It was Microsoft's bid to become a legitimate computer hardware manufacturer–a Windows-based tablet with a clever, snappy, magnetically attached keyboard cover. It looked great. It felt great. It had all the pluck and presence of Grade A industrial design. read more
While fitness technology is hardly a new category of accessories, it is a growing one: The CEA announced that this year's CES has 25 percent more booths related to digital health and fitness technology compared to last year's event. Over 215 health- and fitness-related exhibitors are on hand in the …
LAS VEGAS–Lazy or inexperienced cooks across America long for a future where appliances instinctively know how to make a meal. Well, the future is almost here. read more
Even without Apple being at the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas, it proved to be a treasure trove of iPhone 6 revelations for those with the wit to look beneath the surface of things. read more
I buy house plants. I kill house plants. It's the circle of life, but these vicious cycles need not be predestined fate. At CES 2013, Parrot–the company best known for its iPhone-controlled quadricopters–gave us the first glimpse at Flower Power, a fork-like gadget that you stick in your plant's soil …
You know what's hard to do? Stand out at CES, a several-mile wide convention area filled with loud noises and seizure-friendly visuals. read more
Technology can lead to trouble for teenagers if they aren't careful, and for parents teaching their kids how to use their gadgets appropriately can be a difficult task. read more
Интернет-активист, соавтор формата RSS и сооснователь проекта Reddit Аарон Шварц покончил с собой. По данным его родных, молодой человек повесился в своей квартире в Нью-Йорке. Шварц выступал за свободное распространение информации, в связи с чем у него были трения с законом. Активисту было 26 лет. …