Howard Rheingold is a long time observer and commentator on the social dimension of the internet and mobile technology. He is credited with coining the term 'virtual community' and was one of the original members of one of the oldest online communities called 'The Well'. He's sceptical about 'stranger danger' on the internet, and says...

With the ageing of the population, and increasing demand for individuals to be financially literate and self-sufficient, older Australians may find themselves at greater risk of fraud. Although the proportion of the elderly experiencing fraud is lower than for those aged less than 65 years, this is the crime they are most likely to experience...

In this report leading women in the computer and social sciences consider their vision of the future of computing. What do these visions mean for the computer science research agenda?

During the X-Media Lab conference entitled, 'Digital Worlds: Social, Virtual, Mobile'. held in Melbourne from 10 - 12 August 2007, ABC Radio National reporter James Panichi interviewed Indian filmmaker, Shekhar Kapur and American Brian Gruber, the founder and CEO of San Francisco based FORA.TV. FORA.TV is a website where academics and those involved in conferences...

The relationships between publicly funded culture and the creative industries are often assumed to be clear and straightforward. In some cases this is true, but there are more complex factors at work. The creative industries are poorly understood in policy, partly because they often do not conform to traditional expectations about how businesses work, and...