GOOGLE, a pioneer of driverless cars, is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make Nevada the first state where they could be legally operated

http://smh.drive.com.au/motor-news/googles-newest-engine-has-no-driver-20110511-1ej0n.html

US in new push to break China internet firewall

The Falungong developed the so-called Global Internet Freedom Consortium, a software to evade China's internet firewall.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/us-in-new-push-to-break-china-internet-firewall-20110511-1ehze.html

Facebook exposed user data to advertisers: Symantec

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/facebook-exposed-user-data-to-advertisers-security-firm-20110511-1ehy1.html

Aussie uni lecturers are resisting putting recorded lectures online because they fear students will mock their off-the-cuff flubs in YouTube

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/teachers-online-elearning-mocking-fears-20110511-1ehmw.html

Microsoft's $7.9bn Skype deal 'a headscratcher'

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/microsofts-79bn-skype-deal-a-headscratcher-20110511-1ehyu.html

New Intel chip - Sandy Bridge features

-Sandy Bridge architecture placed the graphics and processors on the same die, and with tight integration, a machine can manage even 3D gaming tasks without a separate graphics cards. The result was reduced power consumption and increased battery life.

-online movie industry would benefit as the chips contained decryption technology to enforce digital rights, using a service called Intel Insider.

-in the US, for about $US50 a year, you can pay a service provider who can dispense a poisoned pill to your notebook at the CPU level if it's lost or stolen

-it is working to reduce the width of transistors from 32 nanometres to 22 nanometres

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/exec-tech/mad-for-sandy-bridge-more-options-for-less-juice-with-new-super-processor/story-e6frgazf-1226052780848

A DEVICE that makes it easier for the visually impaired to build a picture of graphic information could soon be trialled in Victorian schools

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/it-business/moved-by-good-vibrations-tablet-prototype-helping-the-blind-to-see-diagrams/story-e6frganx-1226052853812

Internet boom 2.0 is here, but starting to look bubbly

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/biz-tech/internet-boom-20-is-here-starts-to-look-bubbly-20110509-1eesv.html


and, How Malcolm Turnbull made his fortune in the heady dotcom boom days


http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/how-malcolm-turnbull-made-his-fortune-in-the-heady-dotcom-boom-days-20110505-1e9kr.html

Meet the thumb-sized $23 PC

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/meet-the-thumbsized-23-pc-20110509-1eenu.html

Canberra uni team in Microsoft's Imagine Cup

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/canberra-uni-team-in-microsofts-imagine-cup/story-e6frgakx-1226051066528

Telcos forced to pay up for tardy work

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/telcos-forced-to-pay-up-for-tardy-work-20110506-1eb74.html

TomTom Australia says it is planning to sell GPS data collected about its customers' journeys to road authorities and private companies

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/cartech/outrage-over-tomtom-speed-traps-for-motorists-20110506-1ebc2.html