The race to hypersonic speed: will air passengers feel the benefits?

Jan 26, 2016 01:21 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology

When Concorde entered service 40 years ago, it more than doubled the speed of air travel at a stroke. Following Concordes retirement, airliners today fly once more at subsonic speeds, but engineers worldwide are looking to...

The heavy price we pay for 'free' Wi-Fi

Jan 25, 2016 11:06 am UTC| Technology

For many years, New York City has been developing a free public Wi-Fi project. Called LinkNYC, it is an ambitious effort to bring wireless Internet access to all of the citys residents. This is the latest in a...

IBM Acquires Ustream To Expand Its Cloud Platform

Jan 25, 2016 06:53 am UTC| Technology Business

IBM on Thursday announced the acquisition of Ustream, Inc., a provider of cloud-based live video streaming services, in a move to extend theIBM Cloud platform to help enterprise clients utilize the unparalleled value of...

Nine business bets for our emerging digital economy

Jan 21, 2016 01:30 am UTC| Technology Digital Currency

Every year seems like an accelerated version of the previous one. Every year we think we have reached the peak and then following year comes, paling everything before it. Will 2016 be the same? Every available sign...

Hack attack on a hospital IT system highlights the risk of still running Windows XP

Jan 21, 2016 01:16 am UTC| Technology

A virus attack on the computer system of one of Melbournes largest hospital networks is cause for concern because it affected machines running Microsofts Windows XP, an operating system no longer supported by the software...

The ideas boom – where to from here on?

Jan 20, 2016 05:40 am UTC| Technology Science

The Commonwealth Government has quite wisely recognised Australias long-term prosperity is unlikely to rely on our traditional areas of excellence. The exporting days for coal are numbered; easy power from open-cut mining...

Ultrasound could transform 3D printing for a future of smart materials

Jan 19, 2016 02:36 am UTC| Technology

The advent of 3D printers supposedly means we can manufacture anything in our homes. But in reality most existing home 3D printers can only make things out of certain plastics, although there are industrial systems that...