Warm response to funding for coding education Government to spend $3.5 million to expose students to programming

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/557429/warm-response-funding-coding-education/

Raspberry Pi Founder Shows Off Incoming Touch Panel For Making DIY ‘Pi Pads’

http://techcrunch.com/2014/10/21/pi-pads/

THE makers of the film Dallas Buyers Club are hunting Australians who downloaded or shared the movie illegally. They’ve filed a discovery order in the Federal Court in a bid to get names and contact details from five Aussie telcos: iiNet, Internode, Dodo, Amnet and Adam Internet.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/hollywood-hunts-illegal-aussie-downloaders/story-fnjwnvrz-1227098811212

Doctor Who has been pressganged into the BBC’s “Make it Digital” push to help kids understand computers rather than just playing with them. Its answer: an educational video game. The cunning plan is to sweeten the task of understanding basic coding by sneaking it into something that is fun

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/20/dr_who_and_the_dalek_bbc_kids_coding_game_review/

3D-printed gun maker draws jail term in Japan MORE LIKE THIS Japan police arrest man who made 3D-printed guns The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2014 (so far!) 3D vendor sells $1,500 part to make metal guns on IDG Answers Corrupt Lotus Notes NSF File Yoshitomo Imura, 28, was sentenced to 2 years as the court backed Japan's stiff gun controls

http://www.itworld.com/article/2836037/3d-printed-gun-maker-draws-jail-term-in-japan.html

iCloud hack: Chinese authorities accused of 'malicious attack' on service during launch of iPhone 6

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/chinese-authorities-accused-of-malicious-attack-on-icloud-service-during-launch-of-iphone-6-9807585.html

The self-described “math geek” from Perth, who represented Australia at the 1988 International Math Olympiad, obviously spent a lot of time with big numbers growing up. But those numbers must pale into comparison with the return he has delivered by betting $US500,000 on Snapchat, the ­social media phenomenon that has recently been valued at $US10 billion ($11.43bn).

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/australian-math-geek-in-silicon-valley-looking-at-billiondollar-payday/story-e6frg8zx-1227095431135?nk=ac173db0895bbfc1f72b1252adb7ae86

EVERY company is becoming a software company — whether they know it or not, whether they like it or not. This presents both an opportunity, but also a threat to our current standard of living.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/technology/our-chance-to-lead-the-way-in-software-revolution/story-e6frgakx-1227096546877