HTML clipboardThe world's newest synchrotron has opened in Shanghai, but even though it is now only the second-youngest the Australian Synchrotron powers on with fantastic research.

More than a third of Australian small business owners and managers report their business is currently struggling or worse, when compared to this time last year. Of those, nine in 10 say the health of their business is having a negative impact on their personal lives, according to a new small business ‘stress survey’ commissioned by Microsoft Australia.

iTunes 8.1 delivers speed improvements, security fixes and a couple of minor feature changes along with support for the new iPod shuffle.

In this podcast interview, IBM regional executive Jonathan Stern gives an update on the Lotus communication and collaboration products. Lotus sales are on a roll, not just for the re-architected Lotus Notes and Domino 8 but also for enterprise social software offerings and the popular free Lotus Symphony office suite.

Jackie Olson, program director of IBM's International Technical Support Organization (ITSO) and Authoring Services, tells us in this iTWire podcast about the ITSO's numerous products and services, plus its benefits to IBM customers, IBM business partners, other parts of IBM, and the general IT community.

Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, continues his fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator.

Richard Farnsworth, head of IT and controls at the Australian Synchrotron, in a series of podcasts for iTWire, gives fascinating insights into the control engineering and information technology used to operate this world-class particle accelerator.

In this iTWire podcast, Derek Austin of Nuance Communications Australia outlines the history of speech recognition, tells us why Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 is even better than previous releases, and points us in the right direction to take advantage of its advanced features and make our lives easier.

The still nascent podcast phenomenon is set to explode driven by the emergence of the massively popular Apple iPhone, according to one of the world's leading social networkers. One of the keys will be the adoption of the iPhone by business users. ARTICLEURL

A new survey from Radio Joint Audience Research (RAJAR) reveals that 79 percent of people listen to Podcasts on desktop or laptop computers, compared to just 66 percent who use an iPod or other MP3 player. It seems that the average Podcast user subscribes to 3.6 Podcasts, spends an hour every week listening to them, and prefers comedy and music to all other genres. Interestingly, 53 percent of those asked would not mind advertising in their Podcasts as long as they didn't have to pay for the privilege.