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• CSIRO develops hands-free technology for mining repairs

  The CSIRO has developed hands-free technology which allows mining technicians to remotely repair equipment.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 25 May, 2012 11:46

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  CSIRO wins $220m settlement for Wi-Fi

  The CSIRO has been awarded $220 million after settling litigation against companies in the US to license its wireless local area network (WLAN) technology.

  By AAP | 02 April, 2012 08:26

  Tags: csiro, networking, WiFi, wireless

• CSIRO partners with Korea for 8000km 'virtual' telescope

  A partnership between Korean astronomers and the CSIRO has created a 'virtual' telescope that is 8000km across. The combined telescopes have 100 times the resolving power of the Hubble Space Telescope.

  By Stephanie McDonald | 19 March, 2012 10:29

  Tags: astronomy, csiro, radio telescope, space, Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope

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  CSIRO to mesh Azure Cloud with HPC infrastructure

  The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has announced plans to integrate Microsoft’s Windows Azure Cloud with its high performance computing (HPC) infrastructure.

  By Diana Nguyen | 16 November, 2011 11:33

  Tags: cloud computing, cloud security, computed tomography (CT) reconstruction, csiro, CT reconstruction, John Taylor, security, virtualisation, Virtualization, virtual labs, Windows Azure Cloud

• CSIRO sourcing hardware for Pawsey SKA supercomputing environment

  The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has announced that it will shortly move toward the procurement phase of its multi-stage petascale and real-time supercomputing Pawsey Centre project.

  By Tim Lohman | 18 May, 2011 09:53

  Tags: ASKAP, csiro, Pawsey High Performance Computing Centre, ska, supercomputing

• CSIRO develops geospatial data network

  The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in collaboration with AuScope have developed an open-access network of geospatial data and supporting infrastructure -- the Spatial Information Services Stack (SISS) -- for the exploration of Australia’s geology.

  By Chloe Herrick | 02 May, 2011 15:21

  Tags: csiro, geospatial

• Tasmanian ICT centre gains $50 million funding

  The Federal Government has committed $20 million to the Tasmanian ICT Centre, forming part of a $50 commitment that will ensure the centre’s survival for five years and introduce further research into broadband-based applications.

  By Computerworld Staff | 02 May, 2011 08:40

  Tags: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), csiro, funding, Tasmanian ICT, Tasmanian ICT Centre

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  CSIRO works out pay deal

  The CSIRO says it has finally struck a pay deal with staff, ending months of negotiations and stopwork protests.

  By AAP | 28 April, 2011 07:40

  Tags: careers, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), csiro, pay deal

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  CSIRO boffins stage pay protest

  Leading Australian scientists have staged a nationwide protest in their battle for better pay and conditions.

  By AAP | 14 April, 2011 12:12

  Tags: careers, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), csiro, protest

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  CSIRO strike grows to 2000 nationally

  Strike action across the nation will be ramped up as Australia's leading scientists continue their push for more pay.

  By AAP | 22 March, 2011 08:52

  Tags: careers, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), csiro, strike

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  CSIRO staff to strike from Tuesday

  CSIRO spokesman Huw Morgan said the strike action was disappointing.

  By AAP | 15 March, 2011 10:40

  Tags: careers, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), csiro, strike

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  CSIRO staff threaten to strike

  Leading Australian scientists at CSIRO have threatened to strike as early as next week after failing to win a pay rise.

  By AAP | 04 March, 2011 10:04

  Tags: careers, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), csiro, pay rise demand

• CSIRO to trial Ngara wireless in Armidale, December

  The CSIRO will move to the next stage of testing its Ngara wireless technology in December this year with plans for field trials in the NSW town of Armidale.

  By Tim Lohman | 21 February, 2011 12:26

  Tags: Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation, csiro, Dr Ian Oppermann, National Broadband Network (NBN), nbn co, ngara, wireless

• Wireless smartphones essential to e-health: CSIRO

  While e-health has to date largely focused on doctor-patient videoconferencing over fibre networks, wireless-enabled smartphones could soon grow to become the health service delivery platform of choice for many Australians, according to the CSIRO.

  By Tim Lohman | 17 February, 2011 16:49

  Tags: csiro, e-health

• Cloud computing self-regulation needed: Analyst

  Self-regulation would lead to a more trustworthy, local Cloud provider industry and avoid contractual hassles, according to an analyst firm.

  By Hamish Barwick | 17 February, 2011 10:46

  Tags: cloud, csiro, Longhaus, nicta, westpac