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Opinion: Shiver me timbers 
Software
Opinion: Shiver me timbers
Sep 29, 2008 | Comment Now 
Back in the days when real pirates roamed the seas it never occurred to anyone to make the treasure cheaper so they’d stop bothering to steal it.
 
Opinion: iPhoney 
Hardware
Opinion: iPhoney
Sep 18, 2008 | Comment Now 
Would you buy a computer if you could only run the applications the vendor approves? Probably not.
 
Opinion: The monopoly we had to have 
Telco/ISP
Opinion: The monopoly we had to have
Sep 11, 2008 | Comment Now 
News that the Terria consortium wants the NBN to be a separate entity owned by "we the people" is being construed by Telstra as nothing more than sour grapes because Terria ...
 
Opinion: Genuine advantage 
Software
Opinion: Genuine advantage
Sep 1, 2008 | Comment Now 
You can't really complain when a software developer insists on being paid for their work, even when that developer is Microsoft.
 
Opinion: Virtually free 
Storage
Opinion: Virtually free
Jul 25, 2008 | Comment Now 
When Microsoft arrives late to the party it always likes to bring gifts.
 
Opinion: Microsoft-Lite 
Software
Opinion: Microsoft-Lite
Jul 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
What on earth has happened to Apple? The company is growing its market share according to the latest figures but it seems it can’t handle the extra numbers.
 
Opinion: Sent by my ego 
Oddware
Opinion: Sent by my ego
Jul 16, 2008 | Comment Now 
Why is it necessary for users of these new email capable wonder phones like the Crackberry and the JesusPhone to include a footnote with every message telling you “Sent from my ”?
 
Opinion: Not enough fibre 
Telco/ISP
Opinion: Not enough fibre
Jul 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
According to experts the world will soon run out of Internet bandwidth unless we install oodles more fibre optic cable. This shortage was discovered by a company which ...
 
Opinion: Separating Telstra IS the answer 
Telco/ISP
Opinion: Separating Telstra IS the answer
Jul 10, 2008 | Comment Now 
Apologies in advance to the analyst community, but recent warnings that the sky will fall if Telstra is split into infrastructure and service divisions are errant nonsense.
 
Opinion: Year of the penguin 
Software
Opinion: Year of the penguin
Jul 9, 2008 | Comment Now 
It’s taken the confluence of several disparate but connected events to create the perfect breeding ground for desktop versions of Linux to finally flourish.
 
Opinion: That’s T[life] 
Strategy
Opinion: That’s T[life]
Jun 27, 2008 | Comment Now 
It seems that every vendor has to have its own store these days.
 
Opinion: Yahoo! Google too! 
Software
Opinion: Yahoo! Google too!
Jun 16, 2008 | Comment Now 
They must think consumers were born yesterday. OK, maybe they’re right. Google and Yahoo! have worked out some sort of deal which somehow makes them both richer without either ...
 
Exclusive - Windows 7 details revealed 
Software
Exclusive - Windows 7 details revealed
May 30, 2008 | Comment Now 
We’ve managed to score an exclusive interview with one of the lead programmers on Windows 7. Here’s what you can expect to find in the new version, direct from our inside ...
 
The return of the vista 
Telco/ISP
The return of the vista
May 20, 2008 | Comment Now 
Eventually you do get bored with cursing your ISP and eventually it’s time to talk to someone in the tech support department to try and find out what’s really going on with ...
 
Opinion: CDMA closure causes chaos 
Telco/ISP
Opinion: CDMA closure causes chaos
Apr 29, 2008 | Comment Now 
Just one day after the closure of Telstra’s CDMA mobile phone network, complaints are flooding into hotlines across the country with rural and regional callers blaming the ...
 
Security hack reveals Microsoft porn virus 
Security
Security hack reveals Microsoft porn virus
Apr 8, 2008 | Comment Now 
Well, nothing in the headline above is remotely connected to the truth, but with those keywords this webpage is going to go ballistic. Can you digg it baby? Yeah! Groovy! But ...
 
Case study: Penguin-flavoured poultry 
Software
Case study: Penguin-flavoured poultry
Mar 27, 2007 | Comment Now 
Most of the noise surrounding the success of the open source Linux server software in business comes from the anti-Microsoft brigade cheering on the sidelines. However, since ...
 
Case study: Clustering the penguins 
Software
Case study: Clustering the penguins
Mar 27, 2007 | Comment Now 
The humble personal computer has a well-deserved reputation as a giant-killer. After all, it was the virus-like spread of PCs which spelled the beginning of the end for the ...
 
Microsoft covets accounting market 
Software
Microsoft covets accounting market
Nov 13, 2002 | Comment Now 
 
Symantec seeks security at big end of town 
Security
Symantec seeks security at big end of town
Nov 7, 2002 | Comment Now 
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