botObjects, a New York-based hardware and software company, has recently announced that it will be shipping what they are calling the world’s first full-color desktop 3D printer.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/154902-3d-printing-just-got-a-lot-more-colorful-with-the-prodesk3d

ALASKA — Students at a Ketchikan middle school tricked their teachers to gain administrative access to school-owned laptops, school officials said.

http://www.adn.com/2013/04/30/2884902/students-at-ketchikan-middle-school.html

E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) League has admitted to embedding Bitcoin mining code inside league’s client software. What began as an April fool’s day joke, the code ended up mining as many as 29 Bitcoins worth over $3700 for ESEA league in a span of two weeks.

http://paritynews.com/web-news/item/1034-esea-league-stuffed-bitcoin-mining-code-inside-client-software

PLAYING videogames can prevent and even reverse deteriorating brain functions such as memory, reasoning and visual processing, according to a study.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/video-games-reverse-mental-decay/story-e6frg6so-1226633587028

THE slowdown in Australia's manufacturing industry worsened in April, with activity in the sector contracting at the fastest rate in four years. Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox said the high Australian dollar, unit labour costs and energy prices were hurting the sector.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/manufacturing-slowdown-worsens/story-e6frede3-1226632872843

Pendulum swings back: Chinese manufacturing costs to equal US by 2015. But The swing towards China has also reduced the number of skilled domestic manufacturing workers in both the US and Australia over the past decade, making a move to re-shore manufacturing a risky one.

http://www.electronicsnews.com.au/news/pendulum-swings-back-chinese-manufacturing-costs-t?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Electronics%20Newsletter%20-%20send%20-%3E%2022/04/2013%2010:41:40%20AM&utm_content=

Australian startup snapshot: Mathspace “In the next three to five years, the textbook will be completely dead,” says co-founder Mohamad Jebara.

http://www.techworld.com.au/article/457179/australian_startup_snapshot_mathspace/

Iceland's Pirate Party, a file-sharing activist movement, had wind in its sails in the country's election, becoming the first of its kind to win seats in a national Parliament.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/internet-activists-turned-pirates-sail-into-icelands-parliament-20130429-2iota.html