AI + ML
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
25 Jul 2017 07:03 | 12
Science
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
10 Jul 2017 07:30 | 71
Science
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
29 Jun 2017 07:02 | 93
Security
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
13 Jun 2017 07:05 | 35
Star Wars New Hope @ 40
PAH! Four decades of Star Wars: No lightsabers, no palm-sized video calls
Sort of. Leia's a New Hope
24 May 2017 10:31 | 55
OPINION
Go ahead, stage a hackathon. But pray it doesn't work too well
Are you ready for an idea from the playground to challenge your organisation?
23 May 2017 06:01 | 21
Science
Facebook is abusive. It's time to divorce it
And lament that early browsers gave up on web site authoring tools and created monsters
08 May 2017 07:03 | 253
Personal Tech
TVs are now tablet computers without a touchscreen
And that's good because apps can handle codecs that broadcasters abandon
26 Apr 2017 07:27 | 134
Security
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
10 Apr 2017 06:56 | 77
SaaS
OVH-VMware deal skips Australia, will snuff vCloud Air's public bits
Focus will be on Europe, US
05 Apr 2017 11:17 |
Science
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
27 Mar 2017 06:01 | 39
On-Prem
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
13 Mar 2017 07:57 | 178
Edge + IoT
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
27 Feb 2017 08:05 | 121
On-Prem
Kids these days will never understand the value of money
Nor should they, because the folding stuff is disappearing into phones and cards
13 Feb 2017 07:02 | 89
Personal Tech
'Grey technology' should be the new black
When the elderly can't access services or communicate, we all lose
31 Jan 2017 01:02 | 83
Personal Tech
Too much landfill, too little purpose: CES 2017
Tech sector needs decluttering
10 Jan 2017 01:56 | 52
Science
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
28 Nov 2016 07:02 | 31
On-Prem
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
14 Nov 2016 08:03 | 95
Security
Good luck securing 'things' when users assume 'stuff just works'
Making devices secure by design requires more effort than vendors currently allow
27 Oct 2016 06:02 | 70
Personal Tech
Virtual reality is actually made of smartphones
From the HoloLens to the PlayStation VR, all VR kit is descended from the first iPhone
13 Oct 2016 06:02 | 61
AI + ML
Zombie Moore's Law shows hardware is eating software
Customised CPUs are doing things software just can't do on commodity kit
22 Sep 2016 05:58 | 77
Software
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
25 Aug 2016 06:58 | 12
Review
Star Trek Beyond: An unwatchable steaming pile of tribble dung
Trek works when the struggle is within, not when the fights are fast and furious
20 Jul 2016 15:02 | 218
Personal Tech
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
13 Jul 2016 06:29 | 128
On-Prem
Hackathons aren't just for hipsters
Done right, they can be a training tool that engages and produces rapid results
16 Jun 2016 07:05 | 6
Personal Tech
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
02 Jun 2016 02:29 | 20
SaaS
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
20 May 2016 06:33 | 35
On-Prem
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
06 May 2016 05:02 | 14
Legal
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
20 Apr 2016 06:02 | 72
Personal Tech
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?
13 Apr 2016 12:58 | 37
Legal
Australia's broadband policy is a flimsy, cynical House of Cards
Prime Minister Turnbull is strangling our economy
06 Apr 2016 22:25 | 37
On-Prem
It's nuts but 'shared' is still shorthand for 'worthless'
But it won't be long before sharing's wealth-creation potential is realised
23 Mar 2016 06:03 | 46
Applications
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
09 Mar 2016 07:57 | 26
Software
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
25 Feb 2016 07:29 | 26
Security
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
11 Feb 2016 08:21 | 26
Personal Tech
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
28 Jan 2016 08:01 | 42
Legal
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
14 Jan 2016 01:14 | 14
Software
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
16 Dec 2015 06:02 | 37
Personal Tech
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 ...
26 Nov 2015 07:58 | 74
On-Prem
Hackathons: Don't try them if you don't like risks
Rules and tools to get the most out of your pizza-replete staff
12 Nov 2015 01:56 | 14
On-Prem
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
29 Oct 2015 01:29 | 27
On-Prem
Junk your IT. Now. Before it drags you under
Legacy systems tie you to unproductive legacy thinking and lead to stagnation
15 Oct 2015 01:31 | 81
HPC
Grounded: Can big data do for agri-business what it's not doing for retail?
Agriculture proving fertile ground for analytical startups
24 Sep 2015 02:30 | 6
Science
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
10 Sep 2015 02:01 | 55
Software
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
27 Aug 2015 02:01 | 106
Networks
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
06 Aug 2015 01:29 | 18
Personal Tech
Today's smart home devices are too dumb to succeed
You want me to do what? And remember it? On how many apps? Fuggedaboutit
27 Jul 2015 02:05 | 57
Personal Tech
Smartphones are ludicrously under-used, so steal their brains
Who needs computers everywhere when the one in your pocket is ready for work?
09 Jul 2015 02:30 | 73
