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Cannabis DNA database a boon to busts - AFP
Thursday, 17 July 2008. A comparison of DNA of plants in the database showed that some seizures shared DNA profiles, perhaps because they had been grown from cuttings - the main means of propagation in hydroponic operations - which produces clones. A copy of the Monograph, Applications of new DNA markers for forensic examination of Cannabis sativa seizures - developmental validation of protocols and a genetic database, can be accessed from the time of the launch at .
Federal Government - Published 3 days, 17 hours ago
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The End of Radio
Broadcast radio effectively ended on Friday 11 July 2008. While it may take some time for the implications to work themselves out - perhaps as much as a decade - historians will stick a marker in the ground, noting that the release of iPhone 3G spelled the beginning of the end for radio broadcasting. Why is this? Last year I was invited to give a private talk to the online services crew for Triple-M, Australia's "adult rock" radio station. Radio had not, to that point, seen any serious numbers showing audience erosion - unlike television and motion pictures. This, I suggested, was simply a case of technological overhang - the facilities for hyperdistribution of media were most actively applied to television and movies, after having decimated the recording industry. Although television broadcasting, per se, has largely been unaffected by hyperdistribution, pre-produced (that is, non-live) television programs are now hyperdistributed globally immediately after being broadcast anywhere. There is no market for repeats, and there's a slowly shrinking market for first-to-air broadcasts of pre-produced programming, simply because there's a hyperabundance of it available through so many other outlets. While it has proved difficult (though certainly not impossible) to live stream broadcast television ...
Future of Media Summit - Published 1 week ago
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Veda Advantage's response to COAG decision
COAG decision welcome, Credit Reporting Law reforms must be next. Veda Advantage welcomes the Council of Australian Government’s decision to bring responsibility for all consumer credit under the federal government. This important agreement paves the way for much anticipated credit reporting law reforms by December 2009. Within weeks, proposals to expand allowable data on consumer credit reports are expected to be made public by the Government, following receipt of a report by the Australian Law Reform Commission. The credit reporting industry is looking forward to swift action from the Government to modernise Australia’s laws and introduce comprehensive credit reports containing negative and positive data in line with most other OECD nations, except France and New Zealand. Consistent with international trends, a recent Access Economics study found comprehensive credit reporting would result in downward pressure on interest rates and lower default rates, potentially boosting household spending power by $1.7bn. - ENDS - Further information: Sally Robertson at Launch Group: 0400 927 003 or 02 9270 0233. About Veda Advantage: www.vedaadvantage.com. Veda Advantage has been at the forefront of the information business for many decades. Issues such as privacy, data security and business intelligence have been part of our commercial landscape since ...
Veda Advantage - Published 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Access Economics Report: How credit reform will boost the economy
Creditreform will benefit economy, lower interest rates, lower defaults 26 June, 2008 – Much needed reform of the Australian credit reporting system could boost the Australian economy by $1.7bn*, help lower interest rates, and lower default rates, according to a report by Access Economics, commissioned by Veda Advantage and released today. The report reveals the move to a comprehensive credit reporting system could also decrease the number of Australians who are financially over-committed and suffering from debt-related stress. The Access Economics report, The Benefits of Broadening Access to Credit via Comprehensive Credit Reporting, provides insight into economic and social implications of Australia adopting a comprehensive system of credit reporting. This system currently exists in all other OECD countries with the exception of New Zealand and France. The Report found that under a reformed comprehensive credit reporting system, banks and credit institutions will have better access to information that will enable them to better manage risk and therefore make more responsible lending decisions. Under the current credit reporting privacy laws**, information on a credit file does not show a person’s full credit history, or reflect their ability to meet financial repayments. Credit reports currently can only show an individual’s defaults over ...
Veda Advantage - Published 3 weeks, 6 days ago
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Lab test: Oracle Database 11g shoots the moon
Oracle's enormous 11g release rumbles with an impressive array of performance and management aids, elegant application testing, standbys that earn their keep, and the promise of lower storage requirements + ...
Topix - Published 1 month ago
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Exploring the cosmos with the world's biggest radio telescope
Swinburne astronomers are working with the world’s largest and most powerful low frequency radio telescope in a research program that may help unravel the history of the universe and where it may be heading. This collaborative effort between Swinburne, Curtin University, Australia Telescope National Facility and India’s National Centre for Radio Astrophysics will combine the power of the Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in India with Swinburne’s supercomputer, one of the most powerful in the Southern hemisphere. “The GMRT is an exciting instrument consisting of 30 radio telescopes,” said Director of Swinburne's Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Professor Matthew Bailes. “Working with astronomers in India we hope to develop a single set of software tools and a significant computing cluster at the GMRT to do some new science.” In the past, radio telescopes have attempted to process the data they take within milliseconds of the radio waves hitting the telescopes. “The amount of information coming into a radio telescope is enormous and if you try to store it for any length of time you get a data explosion,” Bailes said. With the development of supercomputers, the raw data recorded at radio telescopes can be stored and processed offline to deliver ...
Universities Australia - Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Matrikon
In today&squos competitive global environment, where commodity prices fluctuate, equipment costs remain high and expertise is diminishing, organizations are required to extract more value from their mining assets and processes. Matrikon software can help your business improve asset reliability, optimize process performance and better manage production of your mining operation. Matrikon helps your company: Track material through your mining value chain Reduce costs and improve operating margins Improve asset availability, utilisation and effectiveness Ensure safety and regulatory compliance MINING ASSET MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE Monitor, enhance and maintain the performance of your critical mining assets with Matrikon software. The company assists you to predict failures and disruptions, plan and achieve optimised maintenance, and ensure the availability and integrity of all assets and processes. Matrikon solutions enable your business to: Significantly extend mining equipment life with Matrikon mobile equipment monitors Enable condition-based maintenance and identify under-performing assets with Matrikon mobile equipment monitors Maintain and improve product quality with Matrikon process performance monitors Identify missed opportunities and reduce production downtime with Matrikon downtime reporters Manage your mines process control security with Matrikon network security managers MINING OPERATIONS OPTIMISATION &dash MONITORING, REPORTING AND COMPLIANCE Matrikon solutions address the day to day activities of mining ...
Mining Technology - Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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See this is the future of television. So why haven't the networks ...
Three events in the past two weeks have convinced me traditional television and traditional television viewing is being e radically transformed. On Friday German publishing giant Axel Springer and Dutch consumer electronics producer Philips announced they had developed a system that will make it possible for television viewers to create personalized channels from their favorite TV and Internet video content. And last Tuesday Sony, along with six of the biggest US cable operators Comcast Corp, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Charter Communications, Cablevision Systems Corp and Bright House Networks, signed a deal that enables US consumers buy digital televisions that can receive a cable service without a set-top box. Finally, last week a syndicate of Japan's largest electronics manufacturers announced that it may have reached agreement on a standard for a new internet television and new set, which will let users browse websites and watch streaming programs at the touch of a remote control, could be on sale as early as March 2008. In each case, the opportunity was clear to all but those in what is now called "heritage media". Traditional network based and free-to-air television is being increasingly forced into a wider choice set that sees the television ...
DIFFUSION - Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Business Credit Enquiries Decline
Veda Advantage data shows decline in business credit enquiries in first quarter of 2008. 27 May 2008 – Australian business enquiries for credit have dropped off considerably in the first three months of 2008, according to Veda Advantage’s Business Credit Demand Index , released today. Veda Advantage’s analysis of its database of more than five and-a-half million business credit files revealed the first quarter of 2008 recorded a 7% fall in business credit enquiries when compared with the same period in 2007. The decline corresponds with a broader industry slowdown of credit uptake.* This data follows on from a slow fourth quarter in 2007, with Veda Advantage business enquiries recording only a 1.6% increase. Growth in business credit enquiries fell into negative territory in October and December 2007 for the first time in 12 months. The slowdown of business credit enquiries in the first quarter of 2008 compares to a 6.2% increase in business credit enquiries in the first quarter (January to March 2007) over the same period in 2006, a 9.0% increase in quarter two (April to June 2007), and a 5.8% increase in credit enquiries in the third quarter (July to September) of 2007. There was a 5.7% ...
Veda Advantage - Published 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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ORELOGY
ORELOGY is a mining planning consultancy focused on providing innovative and effective mine planning solutions to its clients. ORELOGY was established in March 2005 and is based in Perth, Western Australia from where it services the international mining industry. The ORELOGY approach to mine planning is composed of three key principles: SOLVE complex mining challenges using industry standard world-class techniques and software platforms CREATE innovative and practical systems to resolve these complex problems INTEGRATE the solution within the client's organisation by providing the necessary systems, training and documentation ORELOGY personnel have extensive operational and consulting experience throughout the world in a range of different commodities. As such, ORELOGY brings a global understanding of the mining industry to our assignments and develops practical solutions within a strategic framework suitable to each client. ORELOGY offers a wide variety of mining engineering services to the mining industry encompassing all facets of mine planning and engineering. SCOPING STUDIES ORELOGY can undertake all aspects of a scoping type study or provide specific mining engineering contributions as part of a larger team. This style of study involves initial assessment of the practical and economic viability of a project, with a view toward confirming whether further, more ...
Mining Technology - Published 1 month, 4 weeks ago
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LANDER Simulation &Training Solutions
LANDER Simulation & Training Solutions specialises in the design, manufacture and installation of mining training simulators. As well as producing complete training simulators designed for the mining industry, we also design instruction processes to deliver an all-round tool. SIMULATION-BASED MINING TRAINING Our mining training simulators realistically simulate the potentially critical situations that can face a mine operator or driver in a day's work. By presenting trainees with these situations in a safe environment, our simulators ensure that they will be well-equipped to deal with mining work in reality, leading to a safer and more productive mining environment. LANDER simulation projects strongly focus on: The educational needs of simulator users at a virtual mine Human risk and error analysis The technical and functional characteristics of each underground drill rig simulator, specifically designing each one to solve its user's specific needs according to identified present and future educational requirements The physical construction of the simulator and its systems: mining jumbo's instructor station, student station, display and audio system Programming computer modules The truck, tramcar and underground drill rigs that are set up at our installations allow us to continue to research training simulators, so our products are constantly being developed. INSTALLATION OF ...
Mining Technology - Published 2 months ago
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Google AdWords Adds Landing Page Load Time to Reports
Earlier in March, Google AdWords announced that landing page load time will become a factor in calculating your Quality Score. Google have now updated AdWords reporting to display this information before it starts to become a Quality Score factor in mid-June. Below I've provided an example of what this looks like for one of our keywords with a "Great" quality score: To access this information, simple hover your mouse over the magnifying glass next to each keyword and click on the quality score "details and recommendations" link. If you've found your load time to be poor, you may wish to optimize different areas of your page to improve speed. Some of these key areas to watch are: Server speed - the computer that hosts your website Database - how reliant is your web page on a database HTML code - how much code makes up your web page Images and Media - what's the size of the images and rich media on your page Scripts - the use of Javascript and other scripts on your page Some basic tips include; optimizing your images to be less than 50kb, trimming down on excess HTML code, ensuring your site is hosted on ...
James Bull | Perth Web Industry News Digest - Published 2 months, 1 week ago
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Article on setting up of WAMP server presented by Onegeek Software
Onegeek Software provides articles on usability, standards and design of software application and programming.
Ferret Product - Published 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Application Security, Inc.'s DbProtect 2007
Application Security's DbProtect 2007 is a suite of enterprise database security products that helps organisations discover and manage database vulnerabilities.
Secure Computing - Published 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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Nicholas Weston moves to browser-based trade mark management
Nicholas Weston , the law firm behind the Australian Trade Marks Law Blog has moved to so-called 'cloud computing' technology architecture with the adoption of the WebTMS browser-based trade mark management system . According to Nicholas Weston , this infrastructure purchase will significantly strengthen this practice area and prove a real asset to the firm. WebTMS enables Nicholas Weston to offer clients browser-based trade marks portfolio management applications that utilise the same infrastructure powering major US and UK law firms, and US Fortune 500 corporate IP departments. A list of users can be found HERE . Key Features of WebTMS The following key features of WebTMS are set out in detail below and can be summarised as follows: the most secure, robust and advanced trade mark management and docketing system available and has been used by the world’s leading firms for over 5 years; real time access for Clients to the cases Nicholas Weston is handling for them with 24/7 worldwide secure access to a Client's trade mark portfolio details from any computer with an internet connection; foreign Agents can update the cases they are handing for Nicholas Weston ; a repository for all trade mark and intellectual property data, ...
Australian Trade Marks Law Blog - Published 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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