Stories by Rohan Pearce

How Icaros Desktop brings the Amiga experience to x86 PCs

In recent decades, with the ascendency of Apple, the '80s are more likely to be remembered for the 1984 debut of the Macintosh than that of the Amiga. But as revolutionary as the Mac was, the Amiga -- the first Amiga was released in 1985 -- also deserves to be remembered for its powerful (at the time) multimedia capabilities.

Swinburne Uni studies universe's secrets with new GPU-based supercomputer

Swinburne University has launched a new supercomputer dubbed gSTAR — "GPU Supercomputer for Theoretical Astrophysics". The new 120-teraflop computer will be used by students and staff at the university's Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing for modelling and processing the vast amount of data produced by telescopes.

Developers push paperless, Cloud-based future for minesites

The paperless office is still far from a reality for many -- if not most -- industries. But there's a big difference between having a stack of snail mail correspondence taking up desk real estate and juggling multiple technical drawings, when primitive document management practices can have financial, safety or legal implications

ICANN screws up (again)

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' program to expand the number of domains on the internet has suffered another embarrassing setback.

Australian banks, universities set sights on new top-level domains

More than 30 Australian businesses and non-profit organisations have applied for new top-level domains, under a process managed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) which will result in a dramatic expansion of the internet's namespace.

LinkedIn: No account breaches in wake of hack

Social networking site LinkedIn has revealed details of attempts to increase security in the wake of 6.5 million usernames and hashed passwords being published on a Russian hacker forum.

Conflict brewing for over 10% of new TLDs, ICANN reveals

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has released statistics about the applications for new top-level domains — so-called 'dot word' domains along the lines of .web and .bank — ahead of the unveiling of the list of TLDs applied for that will occur tonight.

WA physiotherapist seeks .physio domain in ICANN TLD round

Tonight, at 10pm Australian EST, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will unveil the list of applications for new top-level domains (TLDs), which will allow organisations to register 'dot word' domains along the lines of .bank and .web.

Amazing NASA photos of the Venus transit

The transit of Venus has provided an amazing opportunity for images as it passes between the Earth and the Sun. NASA has taken some stunning images of the second planet from the Sun during the transit. There won't be another sight like this one until 2117, as it only happens every 105 or 121 years.

Judge.me: A 'small claims court for the internet'

In the world of freelance Web design and contract programming, it's not unheard of for client and contractor to come to (virtual) blows. And it's not unusual for a freelancer to be burnt when a client refuses to pay up, citing one excuse or another. And what can you do about it?

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