Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 8 December 2015
08 December, 2015This week: Killer kittens vs robots, a salad-proof microwave oven, leap second decision put on hold, NASA's new robot, and US IT system runs US$140m over budget.
Government to invest $1.1bn in new innovation agenda
07 December, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe government has announced a new National Innovation and Science Agenda involving investing $1.1bn over four years to improve Australia's ability to commercialise innovative ideas.
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 1 December 2015
01 December, 2015This week: Solving Rubik's cube in 5 seconds, billion-dollar banking blunder, ACT drivers hit with old fines, and IT blooper forces Irish drivers to re-sit tests.
Engineer Lachlan Blackhall wins Batterham Medal
01 December, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingDr Lachlan Blackhall, the Australian founder of a company developing the first advanced energy storage control systems capable of trading distributed solar energy, has won ATSE's first Batterham Medal.
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 24 November 2015
24 November, 2015This week: Lost (power) in space, going off the email grid (but not by choice), Grinch stops the Christmas lights, teaching robots to say no, and how to be more productive at your desk.
Optus tops Vodafone in complaints; S Central ex-CEO jailed; Pilots’ iPad errors caused mishap
19 November, 2015 by Andrew CollinsOptus the most complained about telco, former S Central boss Peter Mavridis to be jailed over 'deception', and Qantas jet scraped its tail during take-off.
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 17 November 2015
17 November, 2015This week: Win 3.1 glitch grounds flights, IBM's mainframe man dies, China tops supercomputer rankings, Aussie IT education going backwards, and would you like worms with your coffee?
Atlassian's IPO; CryptoWall 4.0 emerges; Driverless cars headed for NSW
12 November, 2015 by Andrew CollinsAussie star Atlassian files for IPO in US, dangerous new CryptoWall ransomware emerges, and NSW Minister falls in love with driverless cars.
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 3 November 2015
03 November, 2015This week: Don't trust your GPS, laptops in orbit, world-leading Aussie quantum research, and are leap seconds for the chop?
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 27 October 2015
27 October, 2015This week: Are you the next Luke Skywalker?, face recognition denies twin a driver's licence, flying cranes, remote control firefighting and yet another bank IT failure.
Google offers free Apps for Work; WD in talks to buy SanDisk; Amazon sues over fake reviews
22 October, 2015 by Andrew CollinsGoogle wants to attract businesses by offering Apps for Work for free, SanDisk reportedly wants to sell itself to Western Digital, and Amazon sues overs "false, misleading and inauthentic" reviews.
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 20 October
20 October, 2015This week: Cars of the future… 1976 style, robotic warehouses, the depressing failure of medical apps, and reasons why IT projects fail.
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 13 October
13 October, 2015This week: Mushrooms to power batteries, computer glitches cause more airport headaches, and a smartphone that's also a robot.
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 6 October
06 October, 2015This week: Banks behaving badly, NRL's footy photo fail, nuclear nightmare from cyber attacks, quantum computing's future, and a knot-tying flying robot.
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 29 September
29 September, 2015This week: Controlling a shark with your mind, Russia gives up on cracking Tor, electronics to the rescue for ALS sufferers, and robot roos!
