TEACHER: Hello, Student. What do you know about Information Technology (IT)?STUDENT: Well, I know that most software is full of “bugs”! By the way, why are these errors in programs called “bugs”?TEACHER: Computer “bugs” have been around since malfunctions in a 1945 Mark II were blamed (facetiously) on a moth trapped in a relay. Nowadays [...]
Australian workplaces are preparing for a readjustment of employment conditions under the Federal Government’s planned shake-up of workplace relations. The remainder of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (‘the Act’) comes into force on 1 January 2010, bringing with it a myriad of Modern Awards and changes in workplace standards.As a major part of the [...]
The Industrial Revolution refers to the period in the mid 1700′s in which significant advancements were made in the application of our technological knowledge and discoveries. It signaled a transition from an economy based on manual labor in agriculture to an economy dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. The first industrial revolution had a profound [...]
