Sure, HoloLens is cute, but Ford was making VR work before it was cool
Interview Elizabeth Baron found genuine use for virtual reality in the design process
Science18 Sep 2017 | 12
The bigger the drone, the bigger the impact
Fast book delivery is a first world problem, but cargo-carriers might just slow down the growth of cities
On-Prem11 Sep 2017 | 35
In the Pearl River Delta's electronics souks, AI lets the haggling happen
With three different forms of Chinese spoken across one mega-city, smartphone translation is essential
AI + ML25 Jul 2017 | 12
Good luck building a VR PC: Ethereum miners are buying all the GPUs
Once the tap turns on again, GPUs will restore PCs and edge computing to glory
Science10 Jul 2017 | 71
Robots will enable a sustainable grey economy
Oldies will retain mobility and independence when Teslas can self-drive them to work or be sent out to do the shopping
Science29 Jun 2017 | 93
Connectivity's value is almost erased by the costs it can impose
The internet made information flow on the cheap, but making it anti-fragile will cost plenty
Security13 Jun 2017 | 35
PAH! Four decades of Star Wars: No lightsabers, no palm-sized video calls
Star Wars New Hope @ 40 Sort of. Leia's a New Hope
Science24 May 2017 | 55
Go ahead, stage a hackathon. But pray it doesn't work too well
OPINION Are you ready for an idea from the playground to challenge your organisation?
Devops23 May 2017 | 21
Facebook is abusive. It's time to divorce it
And lament that early browsers gave up on web site authoring tools and created monsters
Science08 May 2017 | 253
TVs are now tablet computers without a touchscreen
And that's good because apps can handle codecs that broadcasters abandon
Personal Tech26 Apr 2017 | 134
Machine vs. machine battle has begun to de-fraud the internet of lies
Standards help, too, as we fight to ensure the cost of sharing doesn't outweigh the benefits
Security10 Apr 2017 | 77
OVH-VMware deal skips Australia, will snuff vCloud Air's public bits
Focus will be on Europe, US
SaaS05 Apr 2017 |
Trump's America looks like a lousy launchpad, so can you dig Darwin?
The space boom is lifting off and there's only so many places close to the equator with heavy industry and stable government
Science27 Mar 2017 | 39
Can you ethically suggest a woman pursue a career in tech?
Efforts to engage women with STEM are useless if 'Bro culture' means they face years of harassment and frustration
On-Prem13 Mar 2017 | 178
Autonomous cars are about to do to transport what the internet did to information
Matter is going to move more freely and cheaply than ever before
Edge + IoT27 Feb 2017 | 121
Kids these days will never understand the value of money
Nor should they, because the folding stuff is disappearing into phones and cards
On-Prem13 Feb 2017 | 89
'Grey technology' should be the new black
When the elderly can't access services or communicate, we all lose
Personal Tech31 Jan 2017 | 83
Too much landfill, too little purpose: CES 2017
Tech sector needs decluttering
Personal Tech10 Jan 2017 | 52
The future often starts as a toy, so don't shun toy VR this Christmas
We won't know the possibilities of VR or any other technology until we play with it
Science28 Nov 2016 | 31
The sharks of AI will attack expensive and scarce workers faster than they eat drivers
Your career is now a game of musical chairs: you need to be ready when the song stops
On-Prem14 Nov 2016 | 95
Good luck securing 'things' when users assume 'stuff just works'
Making devices secure by design requires more effort than vendors currently allow
Security27 Oct 2016 | 70
Virtual reality is actually made of smartphones
From the HoloLens to the PlayStation VR, all VR kit is descended from the first iPhone
Personal Tech13 Oct 2016 | 61
Zombie Moore's Law shows hardware is eating software
Customised CPUs are doing things software just can't do on commodity kit
AI + ML22 Sep 2016 | 77
Vale, LOGO creator Seymour Papert, who taught us that code can be creative play
Arduino-fiddling kids, and the rest of us, owe Papert a debt of gratitude
Software25 Aug 2016 | 12
Star Trek Beyond: An unwatchable steaming pile of tribble dung
Review Trek works when the struggle is within, not when the fights are fast and furious
Legal20 Jul 2016 | 218
Smartphones aren't tiny PCs, but that's how we use them in the West
In China, they get it, QR codes are like money and mobile payments are everywhere
Personal Tech13 Jul 2016 | 128
Hackathons aren't just for hipsters
Done right, they can be a training tool that engages and produces rapid results
On-Prem16 Jun 2016 | 6
8K video gives virtual reality the full picture for mainstream use
Reg man gets his hands on Samsung's only-in-Korea Gear 360 VR cam
Personal Tech02 Jun 2016 | 20
If you know what's good for you, your health data belongs in the cloud
Connected diabetes monitors show the more you share, the more you can be helped
SaaS20 May 2016 | 35
When careers don't last much longer than primary school, play is the new training
Drag and drop tools that teach through experimentation have a place beyond the classroom
On-Prem06 May 2016 | 14
Clucking hell! Farcical free-range egg standard pecked apart by app
Software as an instrument of transparency has the potential to scramble politics for good
Legal20 Apr 2016 | 72
Grab your Hammer pants – it's the '90s again: Facebook brings Virtual Reality back
But why exactly does it want to be a hardware company?
Personal Tech13 Apr 2016 | 37
Australia's broadband policy is a flimsy, cynical House of Cards
Prime Minister Turnbull is strangling our economy
Legal06 Apr 2016 | 37
It's nuts but 'shared' is still shorthand for 'worthless'
But it won't be long before sharing's wealth-creation potential is realised
On-Prem23 Mar 2016 | 46
Home Ebola testing with a Tricorder? There's an app for that
DNA-testing peripherals for smartphones are here. And DNA can change your day
Applications09 Mar 2016 | 26
Wikidata makes Wikipedia a database. Let the fun begin
What are the ten largest cities with female mayors? For the first time, machines can answer
Software25 Feb 2016 | 26
Bitcoin's governance bungles stain the blockchain's reputation
If the cryptocurrency can't organise its own evolution, we lose a chance at better security
Security11 Feb 2016 | 26
Sensors, not CPUs, are the tech that swings the smartphone market
The more your phone knows about the world, the more useful - and invasive - it becomes
Personal Tech28 Jan 2016 | 42
A granny and a marriage celebrant show Turnbull's 4ked the NBN
Immersive cameras are mainstream, but our networks aren't built to deliver the content
Legal14 Jan 2016 | 14
Rebels defeat the Empire (again) by giving BB-8 an API
Disney omitted an API for The Force Awakens' star droid. The Force of the internet decided that wasn't good enough
Software16 Dec 2015 | 37
Samsung Gear VR is good. So good 2016 could be year virtual reality finally makes it
But can anyone make VR content? Ask whoever runs your local film school ...
Personal Tech26 Nov 2015 | 74
Hackathons: Don't try them if you don't like risks
Rules and tools to get the most out of your pizza-replete staff
On-Prem12 Nov 2015 | 14
Insurance companies must start buying security companies
Insurers have no idea how to protect the digital realm. So they need to buy those who do
On-Prem29 Oct 2015 | 27
Junk your IT. Now. Before it drags you under
Legacy systems tie you to unproductive legacy thinking and lead to stagnation
On-Prem15 Oct 2015 | 81
Grounded: Can big data do for agri-business what it's not doing for retail?
Agriculture proving fertile ground for analytical startups
HPC24 Sep 2015 | 6
Batteries on wheels are about to reshape our cities and lives
Cars as we know them shaped our cities in bad ways that IT will untangle
Science10 Sep 2015 | 55
The Raspberry Pi is succeeding in ways its makers almost imagined
Kids don't want to code. They want to solve problems us oldies can't perceive
Software27 Aug 2015 | 106
Telcos' revenge is coming as SDN brings a way to build smart pipes
Wanna watch the Olympics in 8K with no jitter? Hand over your credit card, kid
Networks06 Aug 2015 | 18
Today's smart home devices are too dumb to succeed
You want me to do what? And remember it? On how many apps? Fuggedaboutit
Personal Tech27 Jul 2015 | 57
Smartphones are ludicrously under-used, so steal their brains
Who needs computers everywhere when the one in your pocket is ready for work?
Personal Tech09 Jul 2015 | 73
The slow strangulation of telework in Australia
We need uploads if we're not just watching TV
Networks25 Jun 2015 | 46
Teaching kids to code is self-defence, not a vocational skill
Kids should learn to strangle Python, not just Scratch out a few lines of code
Software11 Jun 2015 | 66
There's data in your dashboard, so liberate it from Big Auto's grasp
It's time to listen – really listen – to your car
Personal Tech28 May 2015 | 38
Nobody should have to see their own rear, but that's what Turnbull's NBN will do to Australia
4K is just the beginning: Virtual Reality's second coming will need even more bandwidth
Networks22 Apr 2015 | 17
The Internet of things is great until it blows up your house
How to stop hackers letting the gas flow in your connected oven? Bitcoin has the answer
Networks17 Apr 2015 | 126
Netflix fail proves copper NBN leaves Australia utterly 4Ked
The rest of the world is accelerating, while we hesitate and are lost
Networks08 Apr 2015 | 64
When cash is King, mobile money means economic freedom
Kenya's M-PESA mobile payment service is beating bitcoin
On-Prem26 Mar 2015 | 8
Australians! Let us all rise up against data retention
Comment State surveillance will force us to build privacy tools that degrade our polity
Security11 Mar 2015 | 51
Assemblers were once people: My aunt did it for NASA
We all owe plenty to the mainframe age's pioneers
Software26 Feb 2015 | 37
Over 50? Out of work? Watch out because IT is about to eat itself
AI is coming to take sysadmins' jobs, but greybeards have an escape route
On-Prem11 Feb 2015 | 124
Biting the hand that feeds IT
