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  • Troubled times ahead for tech?

    If you believe the US credit crisis has little to do with the technology industry, think again.

  • The challenge for start-ups

    Analyst Neal Goldman says savvy entrepreneurs can still prosper, but in a computer industry where elephants dance, they must first figure out how to avoid getting trampled.

  • Start-ups take control of home devices

    As industry heavyweights alternately invest in and abandon the nascent home-networking market, a growing number of start-ups are testing the waters with products that integrate and manage media types in the home.

  • Aussie tech SMEs to receive export assistance

    The new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre of Excellence plans to focus on helping small and medium-sized Australian businesses export IT products in a bid to reverse the negative balance of trade in ICT.

  • ASP Trap: The complete guide

    The ASP industry is young, and it's still got a lot of kinks. You can't always tell when you're about to be bamboozled or marooned. But some common traps have doomed a disproportionate number of partnerships. Here's how to avoid getting burned.

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  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Australian Govt funds IT start-ups

    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Silicon Beach Australia

    A group of Australian Web technology thinkers and entrepreneurs have started a new Google Group to build the Down Under version of California's famous high-tech development locality. They call it: Silicon Beach Australia.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    StartupCamp Melbourne: The review

    StartupCamp Melbourne looks to have produced just as interesting ideas as the Sydney event which immediately preceded it, but the Victorian start-ups appear to have stumbled during execution. Sydney 1, Melbourne 0.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    StartupCamp comes to Melbourne

    In early October, Melbourne will get its own version of the StartupCamp project that saw three new technology start-ups launched last weekend.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Is Streem just Scopical take two?

    When I wrote about Sydney-based social news start-up Streem earlier this week, the group was less than forthcoming about the real history behind its operations.

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  • The challenge for start-ups

    Analyst Neal Goldman says savvy entrepreneurs can still prosper, but in a computer industry where elephants dance, they must first figure out how to avoid getting trampled.

  • Database start-ups bet on open source

    Databases have been available with an open-source licence for many years. But the past few months have seen a growing number of partnerships and products aimed at maturing the industry of add-ons and support services -- vital to winning over corporate customers.

  • Don't interrupt: Options for uninterrupted power

    Power spikes, surges, sags, blackouts, and noise can all play havoc with your expensive equipment and vital data. We look at seven options for keeping your power uninterrupted.

  • Start-up redesigns fuel cells

    A start-up company says it has developed a way to make fuel cells out of silicon, a change that potentially could increase the performance of cells and make them easier to manufacture.

  • Start-ups search for hard-drive replacements

    The only question is which approach will work best -- using molten silicon, designer molecules, or maybe protein globules?

Reviews (192)

  • Start-up redesigns fuel cells

    A start-up company says it has developed a way to make fuel cells out of silicon, a change that potentially could increase the performance of cells and make them easier to manufacture.

  • Start-up brings hard drive to the masses

    A new hard drive from Cornice is small enough to fit into MP3 players or cameras but costs less than memory cards and other tiny drives.

  • Linux start-up eyes consumer electronics

    MontaVista Software is set to unveil a version of the open-source OS for consumer-electronics devices, seeking to have its software used in everything from karaoke wares to high-end TVs.

  • Start-up beats IBM for Linux software

    A revamped version of key disk drive management software in Linux will be based on a project from a start-up, spurring a retreat by IBM programmers working on competing software.

  • RegRun 3.5: Manage your Windows start-up executables

    This sophisticated utility suite helps you manage the executables Windows runs upon start-up-many of which never show up in your Startup program group or your system tray. But is RegRun 3.5 useful for everyone? Our reviewer tries it out.

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