With Android Jelly Bean, there is a new features for app encryption that has been introduced to fight against Android app piracies

http://paritynews.com/software/item/88-developer-switches-paid-android-app-to-free-citing-rampant-piracy

Millions of gaming passwords, email addresses released online

http://www.ingame.msnbc.msn.com/technology/ingame/millions-gaming-passwords-email-addresses-released-online-904730?__utma=14933801.1152634403.1342404140.1342666294.1343096710.5&__utmb=14933801.1.10.1343096710&__utmc=14933801&__utmx=-&__utmz=14933801.1342404140.1.1.utmcsr=(direct)|utmccn=(direct)|utmcmd=(none)&__utmv=14933801.|8=Earned%20By=msnbc%7Ccover=1^12=Landing%20Content=Mixed=1^13=Landing%20Hostname=www.nbcnews.com=1^30=Visit%20Type%20to%20Content=Earned%20to%20Mixed=1&__utmk=141152946

Find out how a talented trio called Nobrain used a variety of animation techniques, including 3D, 2D and stop motion, to create this striking and innovative animated short. Watch The Gloaming here

http://www.3dworldmag.com/2012/07/20/friday-animation-fun-the-gloaming/

THE government knowingly launched the national e-health records system despite warnings from its own e-health agency that it had more than 60 high-severity and critical bugs

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/government/e-health-records-system-went-live-despite-known-bugs/story-fn4htb9o-1226433298913

Famous patent troll Uniloc is suing the creators of popular indie title Minecraft, which it claims infringes a patent it holds on copy protection software

http://boingboing.net/2012/07/21/patent-troll-targets-minecraft.html

In a submission to a government review of the legislation's efficiency, NZ FACT claimed New Zealanders illegally viewed movies in the top 200 online 110,000 times in August last year — the month before the new law took effect — but only 50,000 times in September, despite the drop in the first month, NZ FACT noted there had been no “discernible progress” since then

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/309463,three-strikes-law-halves-nz-infringements-in-first-month.aspx

SCHOOLS are paying millions of dollars to use freely available internet resources under ''draconian'' copyright laws that have failed to keep pace with digital learning

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/schools-pay-millions-for-material-free-on-net-20120722-22ibg.html

New Mercedes-Benz GL SUV with lots of IT technologies

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/133068-mercedes-benz-gl-suv-hands-on-cutting-edge-technology-for-a-price

Apple Pulls Bitdefender's 'Clueful' Privacy App From The App Store without explanation

https://www.securityweek.com/apple-yanks-privacy-app-app-store

Victorian high schools will trial the country's first Year 12 computer science subject next year, in a bid to reverse a long-term decline in enrolments in hardcore computer science and engineering courses in Australian universities

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/hich-schools-to-trial-uni-computer-science-in-y12-20120719-22c99.html

Introduction to basic computer / IT Skills

http://www.forwardit.sa.gov.au/

A technique called super-resolution, which it’s possible to take a blurry or low-resolution image, and gain image quality by enlarging it

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/132950-csi-style-super-resolution-image-enlargment-yeeaaaah

Disney’s Paperman animated short is finished and by all accounts it’s phenomenal. Employing a technique called final line advection, artists were able to add a level of grace and expressiveness never before seen in an animated film

http://www.3dworldmag.com/2012/06/29/disneys-paperman-animated-short-fuses-cg-and-hand-drawn-techniques/

Artisan is a set of powerful organic modeling tools. It builds upon the subdivision tools in Dale’s previous plugin, Subdivide and Smooth, and adds new tools to SketchUp that provide unprecedented control over complex high-poly forms

http://artisan4sketchup.com/

How to DIY furnitures

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/06/another-geekdad-builds-a-cabin-bed/

Could The World’s Fastest Shoe Really Have Come From A Printer?

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670231/could-the-world-s-fastest-shoe-really-have-come-from-a-printer

THE peer-to-peer online file sharing model that has been the scourge of copyright owners may underpin the legitimate distribution of content on the NBN in future.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/telecommunications/the-nbn-may-adopt-a-peer-to-peer-model-for-content-distribution/story-fn4iyzsr-1226429609785

The iPad Game That Took 9 Years (And an Epic Disney Fail) to Finish

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/07/the-act-ios-game/

As part of a seismic shift in online learning that is reshaping higher education, Coursera, a year-old company founded by two Stanford University computer scientists, has announced that a dozen major research universities are joining the venture. In acouple of months, Coursera will offer 100 or more free massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that are expected to draw millions of students and adult learners globally

https://www.coursera.org/

How can schools get kids engaged in IT?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/opinion/data-crunch-how-can-schools-get-kids-engaged-in-it/story-e6frgcko-1226423558673

Carat Tells You Which Apps Suck Up Your Battery Power

http://lifehacker.com/5918671/carat-tells-your-which-apps-suck-up-your-battery-power

The $99 Ouya game console: Exciting, innovative — and probably doomed

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/132751-the-99-ouya-console-exciting-innovative-and-probably-doomed

Apple is investigating fraudulent activity following reports of a Russian hacker who found and published a way to make illegal in-app purchases

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/apple-investigating-inapp-purchase-fraud-20120716-224uu.html

Build with Chrome: LEGO in your browser

http://www.gizmag.com/google-lego-build-with-chrome/23098/

The new 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet will go on sale in Australia and three other countries from today from $249, with a promised delivery date of mid-July

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/google-challenges-apple-and-amazon-with-hardware-blitz-20120628-213cv.html

The Economics of Diablo 3

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/131615-diablo-3-the-blizzard-sweatshop

Interview with Bill Gates. He argues for radical reform of college teaching, advocating a move toward a "flipped" classroom, where students watch videos from superstar professors as homework and use class time for group projects and other interactive activities

http://chronicle.com/article/A-Conversation-With-Bill-Gates/132591/

Turing said that a machine that fooled humans into thinking it was human 30 per cent of the time would have beaten the test. Just short of this, Eugene fooled its judges 29 per cent of the time

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/06/bot-with-boyish-personality-wi.html

DATA DETOUR: Spying? No, we're tracking for a web filter, says Telstra

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/data-detour-spying-no-were-tracking-for-a-web-filter-says-telstra/story-e6frea6u-1226409527757

Facebook lashed for changing user email addresses to @facebook without permission

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/facebook-lashed-for-changing-user-email-addresses-to-facebook-without-permission/story-e6frgakx-1226409685622

Google vs. Microsoft: A tale of two interviews

http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/281266/google-vs-microsoft-tale-two-interviews

Sony launches Google TV in Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/computers/blogs/gadgets-on-the-go/sony-launches-google-tv-in-australia-20120622-20szg.html

Space Station Live! NASA app puts the lab at your fingertips

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47937476/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.T-jwILXoJ8F

Schools risk being saddled with 'obsolete computers'

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/schools-risk-being-saddled-with-obsolete-computers/story-fn59nlz9-1226407026971

How To Download Torrents Directly Into Your Dropbox Account

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-download-torrents-directly-into-your-dropbox-account/

Crowd-sourced online translator

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/luis-von-ahn-the-crowdsourcerer-20120622-20tk1.html

50-gigapixel camera is straight out of science fiction

http://www.futureoftech.msnbc.msn.com/technology/futureoftech/50-gigapixel-camera-straight-out-science-fiction-840003

RIAA to CNET: Follow Google, ban video-to-MP3 conversions

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57457982-93/riaa-to-cnet-follow-google-nix-video-to-mp3-conversions/

Blackberry finally drops physical keyboard

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/blackberry-with-rims-new-operating-system-wont-have-a-keyboard/story-e6frgakx-1226404998350

Hackers shut down Twitter with denial of service (Tango) attack

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/hackers-shut-down-twitter-with-denial-of-service-attack/story-e6frgakx-1226404985657

Google releases Maps Coordinate tool to track workers' movements

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/google-releases-maps-coordinate-tool-to-track-mobile-workforces/story-e6frgakx-1226405095911

Can’t drink, can’t vote - but this teenager is hot property in Silicon Valley

http://www.smh.com.au/small-business/entrepreneur/cant-drink-cant-vote--but-this-teenager-is-hot-property-in-silicon-valley-20120620-20mt9.html

The June 23 centennial of Alan Turing's birth is providing an opportunity to look back at the brilliant life and tragic end of a pioneer in computer science — a Briton who was instrumental in cracking Germany's Enigma code and turning the tide of World War II

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/20/12324071-happy-100th-birthday-alan-turing?lite

Can Your 4 Year Old Make SketchUp Masterpieces?

http://www.archdaily.com/238243/can-your-4-year-old-make-google-sketchup-masterpieces/

Draw Something App to become TV show

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/popular-game-app-drawn-to-tv-20120619-20l0h.html

Microsoft announces Surface tablet

http://www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/gadgetbox/live-coverage-microsoft-announces-surface-tablet-834465

AT&T Toggle lets you use any Android or iOS phone for work

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/131207-att-toggle-lets-you-use-any-android-or-ios-phone-for-work

World governments all want Google Users' Private Data

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/06/17/u-s-government-requests-for-google-users-private-data-spike-37-in-one-year/

Samsung Galaxy S3 Face Unlock Tricked by Photograph

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/353445/20120618/samsung-galaxy-s3-face-unlock-flaw-photograph.htm

Parliament passes adults-only rating for computer games

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/parliament-passes-adults-only-rating-for-computer-games/story-e6frea6u-1226399223939

Most Android users get infected when they "side-load" apps. "This is the act of loading programs from non-official sources ... Often they are 'paid' apps offered for free by pirates who load them up with mobile Trojans.

http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/top-5-android-malware-troublemakers-idd-828191

Virtual 3D Titanic completed with Maya and rendered using Deadline and Mental Ray, comping was done in Nuke

http://www.3dworldmag.com/2012/06/11/cool-3d-animation-hoxton-redsox-creates-awesome-titanic-experience/ Meet the 3D artist: Giancarlo Bonati http://www.3dworldmag.com/2012/06/11/meet-the-3d-artist-giancarlo-bonati/

Sony 3D TV for one person?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/exec-tech/sonys-glasses-free-3d-but-through-a-gauzy-curtain/story-e6frgazf-1226391652317

Australian Tax department after people selling more than $20,000 on ebay

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/treasury/sellers-on-ebay-targeted-for-welfare-fraud/story-fn59nsif-1226396080869

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is funding research into using controversial bracelets to measure how engaged students are in a classroom

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/brains-and-bracelets-gates-funds-wrist-sensors-for-students-20120614-20bqa.html

The Evolution of the Computer Science Degree

http://h30565.www3.hp.com/t5/Feature-Articles/The-Evolution-of-the-Computer-Science-Degree/ba-p/4456

Developers make four times as much with Apple than with Google's Android, according to the analytics firm Flurry

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/developers-are-key-to-mobile-success-20120613-20aak.html

Skype to insert advertising into calls

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/skype-to-insert-advertising-into-calls-20120614-20bfp.html

Super-cool HTML5 WebGL experiments!

http://data-arts.appspot.com/globe http://www.chromeexperiments.com/detail/traveling-wavefronts/

First images of Unreal Engine 4 revealed

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/05/ff_unreal4/all/1

MBP with Retina display, but not too many apps supporting it yet

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/130819-analyzing-the-macbook-pro-with-retina-display/2

Apple iOS 6 vs. Android: Google has some work to do

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/130797-apple-ios-6-vs-android-google-has-some-work-to-do

Apple will be partnering with TomTom on maps

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/apple-signs-deal-with-tomtom-to-provide-maps-for-the-iphone-and-ipad/story-e6frgakx-1226393736974

Jobs go begging as students shun IT courses

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/jobs-go-begging-as-students-shun-it-courses-20120612-208be.html

A draft 10-year NSW government blueprint for the digital economy "doesn't say much at all and will deliver little benefit to the economy as far as technology is concerned"

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/heavy-fog-on-information-superhighway-as-action-plan-scorned-as-fluff-20120611-20661.html

.getready as the Internet set to make history — again

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1209643--getready-as-the-internet-set-to-make-history-again?bn=1

Apple unveils iOS6, MacBooks and challenges Google with maps

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/apple-unveils-ios6-macbooks-and-challenges-google-with-maps-20120612-206j0.html

Pentagon's Robot Sewing Machines Take Aim at China's Factories

http://www.livescience.com/20814-pentagon-robot-sewing-machines-aim-china-factories.html

How are passwords hacked?

http://allthingsd.com/20120607/a-bad-week-for-passwords-and-one-way-to-make-it-better/

How To Add A “Do Not Disturb” Toggle To Enable Or Disable All iOS Notifications On The Fly (Cydia)

http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-add-a-do-not-disturb-toggle-to-enable-or-disable-all-ios-notifications-on-the-fly/

Vjay For iPad Lets You Create Your Own Audio Visual Mashups

http://www.redmondpie.com/vjay-for-ipad-lets-you-create-your-own-audio-visual-mashups/

AUSTRALIA risks missing out on lucrative digital commerce if it doesn't accelerate adoption of the new IPv6 internet addressing system, one of the world's biggest internet advocate groups warns

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/telecommunications/tardy-ipv6-takeup-risks-e-commerce-in-australia/story-fn4iyzsr-1226386332448

LinkedIn confirms passwords stolen

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/millions-of-linkedin-passwords-stolen/story-e6frgakx-1226386921640

Apple may be soon dropping Google Maps in iOS devices

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/google-strikes-first-in-apple-maps-war-20120607-1zxas.html

Billionaire Sean Parker, the first investor and founding president of Facebook, said he’s "bored" by the social network. That’s partly why he introduced a new service today that allows users to chat by video and share files with friends and strangers

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/bored-billionaire-sean-parker-launches-chatroulettestyle-app-for-facebook-20120606-1zveq.html

15yo writes PhD paper and helps to solve quantum computer problems

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/06/ari-dyckovsky/

3D Printing Is The Future Of Manufacturing And Neri Oxman Shows How Beautiful It Can Be

http://singularityhub.com/2012/06/04/3d-printing-is-the-future-of-manufacturing-and-neri-oxman-shows-how-beautiful-it-can-be/

Scientists Find Truth in "Mad Scientist" Stereotype: There Is a Link between Genius and Insanity

http://medicaldaily.com/news/20120604/10149/genius-insanity-schizophrenia-bipolar-disorder.htm

3D printers are finally becoming cheap enough ($1000) for home users

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/exec-tech/d-printers-are-finally-becoming-cheap-enough-for-home-users/story-e6frgazf-1226383853583

Microsoft will soon let Xbox 360 owners control their console using their iPhone or iPad

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/blogs/screenplay/xbox-coming-to-a-small-screen-near-you-20120605-1zsna.html

Google World Wonders Project - Travel the world without leaving your computer

http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/worldwonders/

HIGH rates of computer use are helping Australian students outperform their international counterparts when it comes to using digital texts

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/australian-students-show-their-net-worth-to-outclass-global-rivals-in-digital-literacy-20120603-1zq5d.html

Microsoft gets with the robot program

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/microsoft-gets-with-the-robot-program-20120603-1zqdg.html

Facebook users get to vote on privacy changes

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/facebook-users-get-to-vote-on-privacy-changes-20120604-1zqmj.html

Why you shouldn't get into IT software (in reader's comments section)

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/get-into-it-westpacs-message-to-youth-20120601-1zlkz.html

New overclocking world record set by renowned OCer 'HiCookie,' one in which he used the company's Z77X-UD3H motherboard to achieve a fully validated 7.03GHz clockspeed on an Intel Core i7 3770K processor

http://hothardware.com/News/Gigabyte-Motherboard-Helps-Set-World-CPU-Clockspeed-Record-for-Ivy-Bridge/

How anyone can make a chart-topping app

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/craig-from-coogee-rivals-angry-birds-a-victory-for-the-common-man-20120530-1zj7r.html

Hidden iPad tricks in iOS 5

http://apcmag.com/hidden-ipad-tricks-in-ios-5.htm

Information Overload Is Not a New Problem

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/information-overload-is-not-a-new-problem/

A RESEARCH breakthrough is tackling one of the most difficult problems for games developers - to create animated characters in computer games that move more efficiently, naturally and intelligently

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/algorithm-a-moving-games-experience/story-e6frgakx-1226370405429

German teen Shouryya Ray solves 300-year-old mathematical riddle posed by Sir Isaac Newton

http://www.news.com.au/technology/german-teen-shouryya-ray-solves-300-year-old-mathematical-riddle-posed-by-sir-isaac-newton/story-e6frfro0-1226368490157#ixzz1w3LI5N1w

Maker of Diablo III, Blizzard said that it has pushed back the launch of its real-money auction house (a place gamers will be able to use real money to to buy and sell virtual "Diablo 3" items) indefinitely

http://www.ingame.msnbc.msn.com/technology/ingame/blizzard-fixing-updating-bedeviled-diablo-3-794723

LG's 55-inch OLED TV due in July for $10,000, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs)

http://www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/gadgetbox/lgs-55-inch-oled-tv-due-july-10-000-795697

Geekiest Uses (So Far) of Google’s Moog Synthesizer Doodle

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/05/best-moog-google-doodle/

Hackers hit Telstra site: 35,000 affected

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/hackers-hit-telstra-site-35000-affected-20120524-1z69h.html

Why Diablo 3′s always-online DRM is a good thing

http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/129688-why-diablo-3s-always-online-drm-is-a-good-thing

Half Of PC Users Are Pirates, Says Study

http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/half-of-pc-users-are-pirates-says-study-78879

That 'Minority Report' interface? It's now only $70 away

http://www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/gadgetbox/minority-report-interface-its-now-only-70-away-784828

$675,000 for 30 songs: court won't budge on fine

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/675000-for-30-songs-court-wont-budge-on-fine-20120522-1z1x0.html

Australians driving the hightech Startup Bus of Dreams

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/geeks-get-ticket-to-ride-on-bus-of-startup-dreams-20120520-1yz27.html