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Tuesday, 26-September-2017 16:14:27 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Australia will soon have its own space agency. Most developed nations have a space agency, including New Zealand, and there are concerns Australia may be not be capitalising on the growing industry. The Federal Government will detail the long-term plans at the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, where the Opposition will also reveal its own plan. Discussion in this thread.
TomsHardware reckon the iPhone 8 is comfortably the world's fastest. The "Bionic" part in the name of Apple's A11 Bionic chip isn't just marketing speak. It's the most powerful processor ever put in a mobile phone. We've put this chip to the test in both synthetic benchmarks and some real-world speed trials, and it obliterates every Android phone we tested.
Here's an interesting blog: This Day in Tech History. Yesterday for example, marked the anniversary of probably the first Personal Computer - and it's not the one you might have expected. September 25, 1973. Micro Computer Machines of Canada introduces their MCM/70 microcomputer at a programmer’s user conference in Toronto. Possibly the earliest commercially manufactured device that can now be considered a personal computer, the MCM/70 gained customers at companies such as Chevron, Mutual Life Insurance, NASA, and the US Army. The company worked closely with Intel on the design of their computer and made very early use of the Intel 8008 processor, of which the basic design was used for the future Intel 8086.
Microsoft, Facebook and Telxius just laid down the fastest trans-Atlantic cable. The cable is capable of transmitting 160 terabits of data per second, the equivalent of streaming 71 million HD videos at the same time, and 16 million times faster than an average home internet connection, Microsoft claims. The cable will be operational by early 2018.
Telstra meanwhile have quietly turned on their Internet of Things network. The network was upgraded with long-time partner Ericsson to enable CAT-M1 devices, a technology that allows low-power, wide-area technology to connect to licensed spectrum. CAT-M1 devices can run on a single battery for years and are suitable for mobility, voice support and moderate bitrates in the order of hundreds of Kbps, such as vehicle telematics, asset tracking, consumer and healthcare wearables and smart electricity metering. Telstra’s IoT network covers three million square kilometres across Australia and 99 percent of the population.
Hisense have a competition to win a 4K TV and a 3-day trip to PAX in Melbourne. If you could choose a video game to visit or live in, which would it be and why? Perhaps you dream of exploring the stars and naming flora and fauna like in No Man’s Sky? (Kinda). Perhaps you’re an old-school adult who remembers the first ever iteration of Super Mario Bros and you’ve longed to visit a world down a drainpipe? Hrm, looks like it might require a FB account to enter.
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