Watchdog set to oppose share registry buy-out

A PRE-EMPTIVE strike by the competition watchdog has put a potential kink in the $2 billion float plans for the share registry group Link Market Services and the profit ambitions of its stockbroker, Austock.

ACCC kink in Link's share registry plans

A PRE-EMPTIVE strike by competition chief Graeme Samuel has put a potential kink in the $2-billion-plus float plans for share registry group Link Market Services, and the profit ambitions of stockbroker Austock.

An Eye For Innovation

New technology is about to change the way we drive.

Model Watch V8 Holdens Put On Fuel Diet

IN A fast-changing world, Holden is set to introduce fuel-saving technology on its big V8s that effectively turns them into four-cylinder engines.

Saying 'i Do' To The Use Of It

AFTER the rebuilding of Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School at Tarro students from kindergarten to Year 6 enjoy state-of-the art learning using the latest technology.

Expertise In It Security Paves Way To Jobs

IN a world where security is paramount, it is little wonder these five Information and Technology Honours graduates have scored themselves top jobs in the corporate sector.

Flunking The Technology Test

Why, in this computer age, are students using paper and pen in their exams?

Impressive Show, Despite Robotic Performance

THE violinist Megan Lee is used to performing orchestral masterpieces with other teenaged musicians in the Sydney Youth Orchestra. Yesterday she lowered her standards to perform Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with a violin-playing robot named RoboFiddler at the National Information and Communication Technology Australia centre in Kensington.

From Coder . . . To Midwife

Eti Tamir, 44, is not afraid of change. The former computer programmer has moved countries and loves her role helping new mothers.

Internet Dangers Are Everyone's Responsibility

IN THIS modern world where computer technology is becoming a big part of people's everyday lives, it is very easy for children to get lost in cyberspace.

Litres Of Technology

STAGE three students at St Therese's PS, New Lambton, have been the first school to put in to use the LITRE project. LITRE stands for Learning In a Technology Rich Environment.

Gps Technology To Give Victorian Farmers A Cutting Edge

THE extension of GPS technology to cover most Victorian grain farms could create more than $500 million in economic benefits over the next 20 years.

Technology Adds Muscle To Long Arm Of The Law

TECHNOLOGY is helping curb traffic crime in the Illawarra with cameras and computers detecting stolen and unregistered vehicles.

New School Computers Use Chips Off The Old Block

STATE school students will be saddled with new computers described by experts as old technology, slow and a "dog of a product" - and they'll have to use them for at least four years.

Technology On Song

New Buffalo (aka singer/songwriter Sally Seltmann) tells Darren Levin she's not anti-technology, despite her new earthy approach.

Giving The Finger To Digital Technology

FOR the past two Mondays I've been living in computer hell.

Cancer Technology Aids Quality Of Life

REVOLUTIONARY technology at Wollongong Hospital is helping neck and head cancer survivors enjoy a greater quality of life after treatment.

Now Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Computer

TWO Sydney researchers have created computer software that can distinguish a beautiful female face from a less attractive one.

Digital And Dominating

Technology is opening up whole new worlds, but it may be a while before we see them here, writes Nick Miller.

Ffa Happy With The Score On Goal-line Technology

WITH players and coaches forming a queue to endorse the introduction of goal-line technology in the A-League, Football Federation Australia has refused to buy into the debate over whether the game should throw off its traditional Luddism and embrace the use of technology to adjudicate on contentious goal rulings.