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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• CSIRO launches online portal for coastal research

  The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has today unveiled its coastal research website at the Australian Coastal Councils Conference in Hobart.

• Fast Five: This week in IT 5/12/11

  Your guide to the biggest stories of the last week in Australian IT.

• 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.

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  CSIRO sourcing new servers, desktops, laptops

  The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)is on the hunt for a new provider for its desktops, laptops and servers for a period of up to five years.

• iVEC acquires Fornax supercomputer

  Australian academic supercomputing consortium iVEC has acquired another major supercomputer, Fornax, to be based at the University of Western Australia (UWA), to further the country’s ability to conduct data-intensive research.

• 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.

• BUDGET 2011: Global telescope bid receives $40m

  The Federal Government has invested $40.2 million over four years to continue Australia and New Zealand’s joint bid to host the global Square Kilometre Array project.

• 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.

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  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.

• CSIRO works out pay deal

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

• CSIRO boffins stage pay protest

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

• 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.