Students embrace remote learning on the red planet

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 11:01 pm in Fairfax Digital by SMH.com.au Staff
THERE is a little bit of Sydney on Mars. And now Mars has come to Sydney, in a unique project that brings school students and scientists together in a simulated mission to the red planet at the Powerhouse Museum.

NBN Co ditches bidders

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 11:00 pm in Fairfax Digital by SMH.com.au Staff
The company installing the $36 billion national broadband network froze negotiations over vital contracts, alleging exorbitant demands from construction companies.

NBN tender halted over ‘price gouging’

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 11:00 pm in Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories
THE company given the job of rolling out the $36 billion National Broadband Network has received exorbitant demands from construction companies.

Conroy takes war to detractors

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 11:00 pm in Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy has cranked up the public relations war over the $36 billion NBN project.

Google’s App Engine gets new search feature

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 10:40 pm in Computerworld by Computerworld Staff
The Python SDK (Software Development Kit) for Google's cloud platform App Engine has a new search feature that can be used to build notification, monitoring, or filtering services, Google said in a blog post on Wednesday.

HP gives developers access to SDK for WebOS TouchPad

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 8:28 pm in Computerworld by Computerworld Staff
Hewlett-Packard is giving developers early access to the webOS 3.0 SDK (Software Development Kit), hoping that they will start working on applications for the company's upcoming TouchPad tablet, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday.

MacTel avoids NextDC $1m proposal

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 5:20 pm in iTNews by iTnews
Clarifies comments.

Shock jocks sully NBN image: Conroy

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 3:48 pm in Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories
STEPHEN Conroy cranked up the public relations war today between pro-NBN forces and Sydney-based radio presenters attacking the $36 billion project.

Digital society a must for smart cities

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 3:20 pm in Australian IT by AustralianIT.news.com.au | Top Stories
LOCAL governments and utilities have been urged not to leave digital natives behind in their quest to build "smart" cities.

Feds seek comments on draft open source guide

Posted on March 31st, 2011 at 3:17 pm in iTNews by iTnews
Offers licensing, risk mitigation advice to complement 2011 policy.
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