2008 February: Computing

2008 February: Computing

Anchor: Base Index
Other months: January March
Other areas: Business climate education health international Internet science social technology Others
Topics: Companies embedded history machinery modelling operating systems patents projects robots security simulation skills software speech systems translation video gaming

Companies

(see also in Internet)

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Embedded Computers and Robots

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Reuters, Rogue robot warning, The Age, 2008 Feb. 27 (Noel Sharkey, professor of artificial intelligence and robotics at the University of Sheffield said he believed falling costs would soon make robots a realistic option for extremist groups)

History

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Machinery

(see also in Technology)

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Operating Systems

(see also Software)

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Projects and Systems

(see also in Business)

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Technology and Government: Making it happen, Economist, 2008 Feb. 16 (technology is only half the battle; part of a special report)
Technology and Government: Notional Health Server, Economist, 2008 Feb. 16 (a flagship service adrift; part of a special report)
Technology and Government: The good, the bad and the inevitable, Economist, 2008 Feb. 16 (the pros and cons of e-government; part of a special report)
David Rood, Smartcard runs two years late, The Age, 2008 Feb. 5 (State Government concedes card may not be fully operational until early next year)
Tony Levene and Hilary Osborne, Just too taxing for Revenue & Customs as website crashes, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 1 (systems failure on busiest day of the tax year allows self-assessment deadline to be extended by one day)
Stephen Moynihan, Transport ticket fiasco looms, The Age, 2008 Feb. 1 (Victoria taxpayers could be left picking up a multimillion-dollar bill if the company behind Sydney's failed T-Card ticketing system is liquidated)

Security

(see also in Internet and Technology)

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Simulation and Modelling

(see also Video Gaming)

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Drug testing: The invisible man, Economist, 2008 Feb. 2 (a new way of using computers to test drugs gets its first outing)

Skills

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Owen Gibson, No relaunch for £50m BBC Jam, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 28 (project pulled following vehement complaints by commercial providers of educational software)

Software

(see also Operating Systems)

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Quin Parker, Computers offer breakthrough in Alzheimer's diagnosis, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 22 (computer software can diagnose Alzheimer's disease from brain scans more reliably than clinical experts, new research published today by the journal Brain suggests)

Speech Processing and Translation

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AP, Keyboards are toast: Bill Gates, The Age, 2008 Feb. 27 (people will increasingly interact with computers using speech or touch screens rather than keyboards)

Video Gaming

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Asher Moses, R-rating risks influx of excessively violent games, The Age, 2008 Feb. 25 (the most violent video games available could soon be sold in Australia after the Federal Government said it was considering updating the classification system for games to include an R18+ rating)