Technology Of Human Extinction

The geeks may well inherit the earth, but will mankind survive cyber evolution?

The Students' World Of Laptop Radio

WHEN the pupils of John Paul College, a Catholic regional co-educational school in Frankston, say they are "on the air", they really mean they're working with their computers. The college has just done a deal, worth more than $200,000, to buy 50 Acer laptop computers and instal the lar

Palmtop Puts An Office In Your Pocket

Once upon a time, there was a startling innovation that shrank computers down from filling whole rooms. The desktop was born. Then the desktop shrank to the laptop, which could be carted round the world in a briefcase. With that, the office as we know it has begun to die. Being at work, or doing

Telstra Claims A World First

TELSTRA MobileNet is claiming a world first with its offer to digital mobile phone customers of a fully integrated remote- access Internet service. Telstra says this is the first time digital customers will have been able to connect their mobile phone to a laptop computer and access the Internet.

A Pc To Fit In Your Palm

JUST over 10 years after it first became widespread, there are signs that the desktop personal computer may already be dying - or at least feeling a little sick. Ever smaller and lighter laptop and notebook computers are being rushed into the market every week. In Australia this culm

Radical New Chip From Australia

RADICAL changes are ahead in the shape, size and scope of the personal computer, following major developments announced last week. Computers are likely to become smaller, more mobile (see below), and much more powerful. The Australian-controlled Ramtron group launched its long-await