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Wide area airborne surveillance (WAAS) systems are a new class of remote sensing imagers which have many military and civilian applications. These systems are characterized by long loiter times (extended imaging time over fixed target areas) and large footprint target areas. These characteristics complicate moving object detection and tracking due to the large image size and high number of moving objects. This research evaluates existing object detection and tracking algorithms withWAAS data and provides enhancements to the processing chain which decrease processing time and maintain or increase tracking accuracy. Decreases in processing time are needed to perform real-time or near real-time tracking either on the WAAS sensor platform or in ground station processing centers. Increased tracking accuracy benefits real-time users and forensic (off-line) users.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including Geoff Stebbings' article regarding growing tomatoes on bales of straw in the February 2003 issue, "The Last Word," by Frances Macdonald, and creating a Bug Tower insect home, both of which are in the October 2009 issue.

Join us in starting a new kind of holiday: a day of digital reprieve … In this digital age of ours, we need another kind of holiday … and we're calling this holiday Moonday. Just as Sunday has been a weekly day of rest for millennia, Moonday may also become a monthly day of digital respite - so hang this Moonday Action Calendar on your wall and see what happens!. [Extracted from the article]

Queensland-based IT services provider, Data#3 (ASX:DTL), is considering moving its main office and has mulled over the possibility of more remote working, its chief revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ISP has one foot in the grave. Or at least once the Federal Government's National Broadband Network (NBN) is rolled out, the term Internet Service Provider (ISP) may become an endangered species, according to the director of the recently-established Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society (IBES). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The revived TERRiA telco consortium's recruitment plans may be stifled as several Internet service providers (ISPs) have refused to join the group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US-based computer accessories vendor, Targus, has unveiled a fresh look, a revised company direction and a new family of products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The head of Australia's Nortel operations has flagged a mid-October deadline for decisions on its employees' fate after Avaya emerged as the winning bidder for the embattled company's enterprise business.] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched class action and contempt of court proceedings in the Federal Court against Allphones Retail for its alleged treatment of franchisees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Australian IT services industry will defy world trends and grow by 4 per cent over the next five years, according to IDC experts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ASX-listed integrator, SMS Management and Technology (ASX: SMX), has posted full financial year profits of $24.3 million, down 2 per cent on the previous year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ASX-listed IT services provider, Oakton (ASX: OKN), has rounded out a horror financial year posting a 48.8 per cent drop in profit to $14.3 million. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CSG has pumped up its profits by 24 per cent for the full year to June 30 on the back of its acquisition of Commander's managed services business and contract wins outside of its Northern Territory base. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Internet service provider (ISP), Internode, has launched the final version of its online customer call wait time service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Extreme Networks has swapped Avnet for Distribution Central as it looks to take a greater value-adding approach to market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After a whirlwind courting period, Chinese manufacturer, Yasen Electronics, has snapped up Digital World Warehouse as an exclusive distributor for its Visenta product range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PK Business Advantage founder, Peter Kazacos, has declined to comment on industry reports that the SMB integrator is planning to acquire Victoria-based player, Leading Solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cisco has become the second vendor in recent weeks to drop its hardware prices after raising them as the Aussie dollar dropped sharply at the end of 2008 against the US and Japanese currencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ASX-listed integrator, Data#3, has side-stepped the economic doom and gloom, posting record half-year profits and increasing its dividend by 11 per cent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

S Central managing director, Peter Mavridis, will step down from the role of acting CEO of ComputerCorp after a tie up between the two hit delays. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cloud computing is one of those fascinating terms that can be used to describe all types of IT processes and delivery platforms. It can be used to illustrate access to applications through a browser-based experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

How does the channel fit into the cloud computing picture? For Dimension Data's Ronnie Altit, integrators have a definite role providing cloud-based services to customers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A decline in global outsourcing megadeals reflects the move towards multi-sourcing IT services experienced in Australia, according to a new report from Gartner. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Avnet is bolstering a successful year with partner, IBM, by expanding its solutions business to include the ISS security solutions range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Australian IT spending will remain robust while the looming US recession slashes levels elsewhere, according to IDC analysts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Drupal community has notched up another win with the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) joining the ranks of organisations implementing the open source content management system (CMS) for its web presence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MS Management and Technology (ASX:SMX) has posted a rise in full year profits of 15 per cent with shareholders to receive a 16 per cent bigger dividend. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sites in Brisbane, the Hunter Valley and Melbourne's eastern suburbs will receive $12.5 million over two years as the starting point for the Labor party's proposed $466.7 million e-health records policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) found internal buzz and word of mouth ironically drove adoption of the department's new social networking and collaboration software, IBM Lotus Connections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wesfarmers, the owner of Coles and Target among other businesses, has announced a massive ICT investment in the past year across its businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It was to my dismay that after fully reading a letter from Joe Hockey, it was apparent it was nothing more than a dodgy "local issues" survey attempting to cynically mislead his own North Sydney constituents on issues ranging from debt, tax, and education to the NBN, the Internet and health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and ISP, iiNet, will head back to court on 2 August for three days in their ongoing legal battle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After failing to garner enough traction with online sales, Google has decided to shut down its Nexus One website in favour of traditional retail channels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Google has ceased collecting Wi-Fi data as part of its Street View program days after being sent a letter by privacy groups worried about security and privacy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IT skills shortages in the Tasmanian Department of Education (DoE) has driven the creation of a new infrastructure services outsourcing panel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Department of Defence is turning to online collaboration tools to manage tenders issued as part of its ICT reform program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Clever Communications has confirmed it will give its shareholders cash to the tune of $7.2 million after reaping the rewards of selling its off-net business to M2 Telecommunications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Victorian Government has put a call out for submissions to a newly established blog on the state's next ICT plan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has welcomed a US Federal Court ruling that popular peer-to-peer file sharing service, LimeWire and its operators, are liable for inducement of copyright infringement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The NBN is a numbers game. Despite all the commentary around socio-economic benefits, innovation levels and other effects the fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network promises, most discussions remain focussed on the figures. So here are a few. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has awarded Nokia Siemens Networks a seven-year outsourcing contract for the telco's network operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Victorian State government has put up $16.7 million for a new Automated Number Plate Recognition Technology system as part of its 2010-11 budget. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]