A SYDNEY real estate agency taking property deposits in virtual currency bitcoin is out to woo the growing number of Chinese investors buying into the Australian market.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/technology/agency-adopts-bitcoin-in-bid-to-lure-chinese/story-e6frgakx-1226866846522#

How to boost your WiFi speed by choosing the right channel

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/179344-how-to-boost-your-wifi-speed-by-choosing-the-right-channel

Microsoft relents: Office for iPad launches with freemium strategy, but is it too little too late?

http://www.extremetech.com/mobile/179366-office-for-ipad-launches

This is my rig: Bill Howard’s million-photo $10,000 digital photography workstation (hardware profile). For Photoshop, the number of processor cores matters more than CPU speed.

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/178929-this-is-my-rig-bill-howards-10000-digital-photography-workstation

Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance has been scanned in 3D for the first time, producing images of the St Kilda Road landmark as it has never been seen before. Invented by CSIRO scientists after six years in development, the hand-held scanning device known as Zebedee is so sensitive it records the ripples on a corrugated iron roof after a single walk-by.

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/sci-tech/melbournes-shrine-of-remembrance-scanned-in-3d-using-csiros-zebedee-tool-20140326-35itl.html

Facebook will buy virtual reality company Oculus VR for about $US2 billion ($2.2 billion), in its first push into the hardware-technology industry.

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/facebook-to-buy-virtual-reality-company-oculus-for-2-billion-20140325-zqn0e.html

Google Glass partners with Ray-Ban, Oakley

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/google-glass-partners-with-rayban-oakley-20140325-35f5p.html

An important ruling in Florida has made it more difficult for copyright holders to extract cash settlements from alleged BitTorrent pirates. District Court Judge Ursula Ungaro dismissed a lawsuit filed by Malibu Media, arguing that the IP-address evidence can't identify the person who actually downloaded the pirated file.

http://torrentfreak.com/ip-address-not-person-140324/

In the unverified digital world, are journalists and bloggers equal?

https://theconversation.com/in-the-unverified-digital-world-are-journalists-and-bloggers-equal-24702

Academics Spy Weaknesses in Bitcoin’s Foundations Game theory suggests the rules governing Bitcoin may need to be updated if the currency is to endure.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/525676/academics-spy-weaknesses-in-bitcoins-foundations/

COMPUTER programming could be mandatory for schoolchildren from age eight pending a key government review as a public-private funding arrangement to spend $23 million training teachers in tech is mooted.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/technology/primary-students-learn-to-program/story-e6frgakx-1226863685973#

The (Flappy) Bird is no longer the word – the latest craze is a puzzle game called 2048. The game requires players to pair tiles containing similar numbers together to create tiles with larger figures.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/the-latest-gaming-craze-is-2048-20140325-35f1h.html

Australian citizens now have the right to remain anonymous or use a pseudonym when interacting with government agencies, private health service providers, and large organisations under new privacy laws. The Australian Privacy Foundation says the laws, which came into effect on March 12, are a huge win for those who don't wish to use their real identity when interacting with organisations and companies

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/want-to-be-anonymous-now-you-have-a-right-to-be-20140323-hvly4.html

Big businesses are turning to criminology methods to work out how to sell you more stuff. How? Because of the mass amounts of data businesses have on you, which can include your purchasing behaviour, demographic information, internet history, media consumption, financial history and more. But the challenge facing many corporations is how to make sense of all the information.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/brand-communities-centrifuge-42-employs-criminology-methods-to-decipher-big-data/story-fni0bykg-1226861316802