Australian Computers

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  Computer Scientist Faces Court Contempt Notice Over $1.2 Trillion Lawsuit

  An Australian computer scientist who claimed he invented bitcoin was on Friday accused of contempt of court after he filed a 911 billion-pound ($1.18 trillion) lawsuit against Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's payments firm Block in Britain.

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  Computer Scientist's Claim He Invented Bitcoin Is Not True: UK Court

  An Australian computer scientist who claims he invented bitcoin is not the pseudonymous inventor of the cryptocurrency, a judge at London's High Court ruled on Thursday.

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  Australian Man Claims To Have Invented Bitcoin, UK Court To Decide

  A court case starting in London on Monday will seek to determine whether Australian computer scientist Craig Wright invented bitcoin, the world's first and biggest cryptocurrency.

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  Self-Described Bitcoin Creator Asked To Pay $100 Million By US Court

  The Australian computer scientist who claims he invented Bitcoin was told by a U.S. jury to pay $100 million in damages over claims that he cheated a deceased friend over intellectual property for the cryptocurrency.

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  Boy Who "Dreamed" Of Working With Apple Hacked Its Systems From Home

  Apple Inc said on Friday no customer data was compromised after Australian media reported a teenager had pleaded guilty to hacking into its main computer network, downloading internal files and accessing customer accounts.

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  The World's Oldest Message In A Bottle Survived 132 Years. Now It's Been Found

  Before there were computers and GPS beacons to track the ocean's whims, there were slips of paper and bottles.

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  Computer Fails Irish Woman In Oral Test For Australian Visa. She Had 2 English Degrees

  An Irish vet has failed an English-language oral exam required to secure an Australian visa after voice-recognition software deemed the level of fluency in her native tongue to be below par.

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  Police Hunt Men Who Dumped Crocodiles In Australian School

  Australian police are searching for four men who left three malnourished saltwater crocodiles in a school, after breaking in to steal computer equipment.

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  Thought-Controlled Prosthetic Limbs Possibly Within Reach, Scientists Say

  Thought-controlled prosthetic limbs, wheelchairs and computers may be available within a decade, say Australian scientists who are planning to conduct human trials next year on a high-tech implant that can pick up and transmit signals from the brain.

• Australian Researchers Develop New Online Tool 'We Feel'

  Australian researchers has developed a new online tool called "We Feel" which analyses words from millions of tweets to display a real-time view of our emotions,

• Chinese spies may have read Australian MPs' emails for a year

  Chinese intelligence agencies hacked into Australian parliamentary computer network in 2011 and gained access to documents and emails of the political circle for up to a year, according to a media report today.

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  Cisco joins cloud computing race with $1 billion plan

  The company said it plans to deliver the service with and through partners including Australian telecom service provider Telstra, tech distributor Ingram Micro In, and Indian IT company Wipro Ltd.

• Australian central bank computers hacked

  Computer networks at the Reserve Bank of Australia have been hacked, officials said on Monday, with some reportedly infected by Chinese-developed malaware searching for sensitive information.

• Australian police arrest man on terror charge

  Australian police charged a man with terrorism offenses on Thursday following raids in which they seized firearms, computer equipment and a USB stick containing what they said were "violent extremist materials."

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  Anonymous claims it hacked Australian spy agency

  Hacking group Anonymous on Friday claimed to have shut down a computer server belonging to Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO.