After two years of research scientists have found that computer games can be good for children.
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy, today welcomed school students, parents and teachers from across Australia who are in Canberra to attend the 2011 Cybersafety Summit.
Australian National Institute for Public Policy
As part of the ACMA’s ongoing program of research, the Technology developments in the digital economy report explores developments in information and communications technologies that underpin the digital economy.
The latest ANUpoll shows that far from increasing social isolation because users are in front of a computer screen, the Internet is actually having a positive effect on civil society
This is the first State of (Mobile) Web Development report, which focusses on mobile web and application development related aspects of a survey of over 1,300 professional web developers and designers in February 2011. Web Directions has been conducting this survey annually since 2008
Snapshot of Australian creative economy indicators, March 2011
The State Government today announced new supports for Queensland businesses prepared for the emerging global digital economy to be delivered in partnership with the nation’s peak ICT body.
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy has dismissed Brisbane City Council's rival broadband scheme which it plans to roll out through its sewer network amid warnings similar projects have failed.
Behavioural and activity-focused targeting for ROI.
Social gaming is poised to become a billion-dollar industry this year, according to new research from eMarketer.
HARVEY Norman should brace for a buyer backlash, according to online competitor Ruslan Kogan.
He believes Gerry Harvey's spearhead role in the fight against online retail and charging GST on purchases under $1000 has resulted in even more customers hitting websites.
The Fab Lab program is part of the MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) which broadly explores how the content of information relates to its physical representation. The Fab Lab program has strong connections with the technical outreach activities of a number of partner organizations, around the emerging possibility for ordinary people to not just learn about science and engineering but actually design machines and make measurements that are relevant to improving the quality of their lives.
What do we (all) want?
Open source drivers for this cool USB device, the drivers and/or application can run on any operating system – but completely documented and under an open source licence. To demonstrate the driver you must also write an application with one “window” showing video (640 x 480) and one window showing depth. Upload all of this to GitHub.
How get the bounty ($2,000 USD)
Anyone around the world can work on this, including Microsoft :) Upload your code, examples and documentation to GitHub. First person / group to get RGB out with distance values being used wins, you’re smart – you know what would be useful for the community out there. All the code needs to be open source and/or public domain. Email us a link to the repository, we and some “other” Kinect for Xbox 360 hackers will check it out – if it’s good to go, you’ll get the $US2,000 bounty!
"The Sydney Bloggers Festival is divided into Day Conferences and short presentation/networking events (about 1 hour per session); we have a variety of choices depending on your interests and experience. Hopefully there’s something for everybody. "
"AIIA has prepared a white paper that seeks to reinforce the message that ICT is powerful enabler of economic growth and that ICT innovations will deliver significant CO2 reductions for Australia. Our report builds on a number of significant other papers that have looked at the net benefits of using ICT to enable a low-carbon economy. "
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What is the digital economy? What does it look like as it emerges in Australia? Surveys, literature and other data about the uptake of digital technologies with a focus on Australian society, internet and social media use, and industry innovation.
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