http://www.technologynews.com.au/ Tech News en Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:44:00 GMT Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:44:00 GMT info@technologynews.com.au info@technologynews.com.au http://www.technologynews.com.au/how-the-experts-quantify-sports/ From identifying raw talent to measuring team chemistry, experts discuss the statistical side of sports. This year's Sports Analytics Conference, held by MIT's Sloan School of Management, drew a great... http://www.technologynews.com.au/how-the-experts-quantify-sports/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/how-the-experts-quantify-sports/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:44:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/your-web-20-beneficiary/ A startup promises to manage your login information after you die. In late February, Stephanie Bemister, sister of deceased journalist William Bemister, contacted consumer-rights blog the Consumerist with a problem... http://www.technologynews.com.au/your-web-20-beneficiary/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/your-web-20-beneficiary/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:29:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/new-material-breaks-surfacearea-record/ One gram of a new hydrogen-storing nanomaterial has the surface area of a football field. A new nanoporous material has a surface area higher than was thought to be physically... http://www.technologynews.com.au/new-material-breaks-surfacearea-record/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/new-material-breaks-surfacearea-record/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:27:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/why-electric-vehicles-will-be-a-long-time-coming/ Automakers tout EVs but also believe that conventional cars will dominate for decades. Don't be fooled by all the electric-vehicle announcements in recent months: these vehicles won't be taking over... http://www.technologynews.com.au/why-electric-vehicles-will-be-a-long-time-coming/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/why-electric-vehicles-will-be-a-long-time-coming/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:24:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/ebay-ceo-was-paid-225m-in-2008-much-in-options/ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- EBay Chief Executive John Donahoe received compensation valued at $22.5 million in 2008, according to a Monday regulatory filing, but a large part of his pay... http://www.technologynews.com.au/ebay-ceo-was-paid-225m-in-2008-much-in-options/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/ebay-ceo-was-paid-225m-in-2008-much-in-options/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:21:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/report-genentech-roche-near-95pershare-deal/ NEW YORK (AP) -- Genentech's board of directors is close to striking a $95-per-share sale to cancer drug partner Roche, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Neither... http://www.technologynews.com.au/report-genentech-roche-near-95pershare-deal/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/report-genentech-roche-near-95pershare-deal/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:18:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/creating-cell-parts-from-scratch/ A newly made synthetic ribosome is an important step in the quest to create artificial life forms. Researchers at Harvard University have built a functional ribosome--the cell's protein-making machine--from scratch... http://www.technologynews.com.au/creating-cell-parts-from-scratch/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/creating-cell-parts-from-scratch/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:14:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/tissues-that-build-themselves/ Specially engineered cells arrange themselves into three-dimensional microtissues. Cells coated with sticky bits of DNA can self-assemble into functional three-dimensional microstructures. This bottom-up approach to tissue engineering, developed by scientists... http://www.technologynews.com.au/tissues-that-build-themselves/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/tissues-that-build-themselves/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:09:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/crash-course-video/ Thanks to my friends at Kendall Media Group, here is the video of my recent Venture Capital Crash Course at the Silicon Flatirons. I give a 25 minute presentation and... http://www.technologynews.com.au/crash-course-video/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/crash-course-video/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:06:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/making-robots-give-the-right-glances/ By mimicking nonverbal actions, robots could become better assistants. If robots are to become a common sight in homes and public spaces, they will need to respond more intuitively to... http://www.technologynews.com.au/making-robots-give-the-right-glances/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/making-robots-give-the-right-glances/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:01:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/how-twitter-could-bring-search-up-to-speed/ Some say that Twitter may be as important to real-time search as YouTube is to video. When Twitter was introduced in late 2006, asking users to post a 140-word answer... http://www.technologynews.com.au/how-twitter-could-bring-search-up-to-speed/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/how-twitter-could-bring-search-up-to-speed/ Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:56:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/mtvcom-marketing-morning-after-pill/ If you went to MTV.com in the past week or so, you might have noticed banner ads for Plan B., otherwise known as the morning-after pill which has been shown... http://www.technologynews.com.au/mtvcom-marketing-morning-after-pill/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/mtvcom-marketing-morning-after-pill/ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:39:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/a-lowenergy-water-purifier/ A Yale spinoff hopes to solve the big problem with desalination. Access to clean water is severely limited in many parts of the world, and while desalination plants can separate... http://www.technologynews.com.au/a-lowenergy-water-purifier/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/a-lowenergy-water-purifier/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:16:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/fuel-from-coaleating-microbes/ A process for converting coal into natural gas could help reduce emissions. Luca Technologies, a startup based in Golden, CO, has raised $76 million to scale up a process that... http://www.technologynews.com.au/fuel-from-coaleating-microbes/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/fuel-from-coaleating-microbes/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:13:00 GMT http://www.technologynews.com.au/new-epaper-technology-speeds-up/ Research shows that photonic crystals can change color as quickly as other technologies. Researchers at the University of Toronto, in Ontario, have increased the speed of their new color-changing material... http://www.technologynews.com.au/new-epaper-technology-speeds-up/#comments http://www.technologynews.com.au/new-epaper-technology-speeds-up/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:09:00 GMT