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Office space, incubator program and more than a couch to crash on are on offer.

Office space, incubator program and more than a couch to crash on are on offer.

Physics professor Steven Prawer can cook diamonds up in five days using the microwave-like reactor at his Parkville laboratory.

Physics professor Steven Prawer can cook diamonds up in five days using the microwave-like reactor at his Parkville laboratory.

Parents should not stalk their children online warns a leading US cyber safety expert visiting Australia.

Parents should not stalk their children online warns a leading US cyber safety expert visiting Australia.

Robots and remote control mines could be the solution to some of the biggest challenges facing Australian miners today, according to industry giant Rio Tinto.

Social media is bringing about profound changes in PNG culture, and its impact on politics is only beginning to be explored and understood.

Police have raided the Sydney arm of an alleged global piracy outfit which they say was selling unlicensed pay TV subscription packages offering over 1000 channels for $50 a month.

Police have raided the Sydney arm of an alleged global piracy outfit which they say was selling unlicensed pay TV subscription packages offering over 1000 channels for $50 a month.

If you ever saw Comet Lovejoy, you would even say it glows.

The backpacks at Albert Park College look a little small. But then everything at the school, which is entering its second year, is a little different.

Electronic prescribing systems could drastically cut previously intractable hospital medication errors, a study of two Sydney hospitals has found.

Scientists may one day be able to eavesdrop on our thoughts, after a major breakthrough which allowed researchers to decode brain activity.

An Australian information technology expert said social media users have to get used to being cautious about what they write online, after two British tourists said they were thrown out of the US for joking on Twitter that they were going to "destroy America" and dig up Marilyn Monroe's grave.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard University roommate, Joe Green, has revealed how he turned down an offer to drop out and co-found Facebook with Mark, a decision said to have cost him about $US400 million ($A376m).

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard University roommate, Joe Green, has revealed how he turned down an offer to drop out and co-found Facebook with Mark, a decision said to have cost him about $US400 million ($A376m).

Remembering complex passwords could be a thing of the past if facial recognition technology takes off.

Remembering complex passwords could be a thing of the past if facial recognition technology takes off.

Brisbane looks to be close to getting its first Apple store in the city with the tech retail giant posting job openings for a store in the CBD.