Australia continues to fall in technology-ready global rankings because it is too risk-averse and conservative with IT spending. The 2013 Global Information Technology rankings, produced by the World Economic Forum and released Thursday, put Australia at 18th, out of 144 nations

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/australia-falling-further-behind-in-it-ranking-20130411-2hnjy.html

Science Minister Don Farrell demanded answers from the CSIRO after Fairfax Media reported that officials and others involved in a spin-off joint venture knowingly passed off cheap Chinese chemicals as their trade-secret formula.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/call-for-inquiry-as-csiro-comes-under-the-microscope-20130411-2hojm.html

Zuckerberg's nemeses revealed as Bitcoin moguls

http://www.smh.com.au/money/investing/zuckerbergs-nemeses-revealed-as-bitcoin-moguls-20130412-2hp5h.html

A crush of apps allowing us to do discrete tasks for small sums of money might be the future. But the atomization of paid labor leaves workers vulnerable.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/welcome-to-the-micro-gig-no-job-is-too-small/274843/

Hijacking airplanes with an Android phone demo-ed.

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=14733

UC San Diego Computer Scientists Develop First-person Player Video Game that Teaches How to Program in Java

http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/news_releases/release.sfe?id=1347

Bitcoin crashes, losing nearly half of its value in six hours. Possibly due to DDos attack.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/04/bitcoin-crashes-losing-nearly-half-of-its-value-in-six-hours/

The evolution of Gmai:l 9 years on

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/techknow/the-evolution-of-gmail-nine-years-on/story-fnddkch1-1226618074569

Shodan navigates the Internet's back channels. It's a kind of "dark" Google, looking for the servers, webcams, printers, routers and all the other stuff that is connected to and makes up the Internet. Scary stuff, if it got into the wrong hands.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/04/08/technology/security/shodan/index.html?iid=HP_LN

Google Fibre debuted in Kansas City and in November began providing users there with Internet service that moves data at a blazing gigabyte per second, about 100 times faster than the speed provided by typical broadband connections in the US (and Australia's NBN).

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/google-superfast-internet-service-to-spread-to-austin-texas/story-e6frgakx-1226616965419

In a male-dominated industry, Siobhan Reddy is at the top of her game. Siobhan Reddy of Media Molecule, makers of the hugely successful Little Big Planet video game.

http://m.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/pixel-queen-20130401-2h235.html

WIKILEAKS has launched its own search engine. At midnight this morning - via Skype, from the Equadorian embassy - Julian Assange unveiled the new search engine named PLUS D (The Public Library of United States Diplomacy).

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/plus-d-what-google-should-be-like-says-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange/story-fn7bfu22-1226615344710

Manufacturing jobs in decline. Stunned Holden workers stormed out of the Elizabeth plant today after they were told 400 of its 2150 assembly line jobs will be cut by August. Another 100 jobs will go in Victoria.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/holden-set-to-make-major-announcement-regarding-jobs-at-south-australian-and-victorian-plants/story-e6frea83-1226614971545

Opening a Gateway for Girls to Enter the Computer Field

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/opening-a-gateway-for-girls-to-enter-the-computer-field/

How to keep your smart phone safe

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/keeping-out-smartphone-snoops-20130405-2hb1z.html