Nate Cochrane

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Nate Cochrane is Editor In Chief across Haymarket's stable of IT B2B publications.

Over 11 years as a reporter and editor for Fairfax’s Next IT section in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald and previously at The West Australian he covered the security, hacking and trust beats.

He famously applied game theory to “beat the banker” on the television game show, Deal or No Deal, walking off with the world record prize of $515,000. He was one of the first journalists to identify the peer-to-peer trend. His stories have featured on Myth Busters and in 2001 led to the awarding of an MIT Ig Nobel prize to IP Australia and John Keogh for the patenting of the wheel. Cochrane was Australia’s first online journalist.

Before becoming a full-time journalist, Cochrane consulted on IS security issues.



Recent articles for Nate Cochrane

Utilities seek Jetsons for home of the future 
Feb 9, 2010
Save the planet by blogging.
 
Mincom starts next phase of $1bn ADF project 
Feb 2, 2010
Defence supply-chain management system runs two years late.
 
Pipeline strong for Pipe Networks 
Jan 22, 2010
One-off revenues to be replaced with income from operations in the second half.
 
The e-book writes its second chapter 
Jan 8, 2010 | 3 Comments 
Alexander Turcic cuts through e-book reader confusion.
 
QuokkaPad takes on e-book giants 
Jan 7, 2010
Are Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iSlate a match for this Australian marsupial?
 
Video: Software to light up the dark grid 
Dec 15, 2009
IBM's Neill Roberts explains how analytics lifts a utility's IQ.
 
Gartner: Social networks herald end to whole-of-govt buying 
Nov 18, 2009
Do or do not, there is no try, says analyst.
 
Auditor-General slams Victorian smart meters 
Nov 12, 2009
Even the testing process should go back to the drawing board, Des Pearson says.
 
NBN cost debate picks up steam 
Sep 9, 2009 | 8 Comments 
Would you pay $200 a month for 100Mbps?
 
Treasury tips $4m more into XBRL effort 
Aug 26, 2009
Effort to make accounting more accountable.
 
Your guide to social media etiquette v0.1 
Aug 21, 2009 | 4 Comments 
Golden rules to enhance your online reputation and influence.
 
Dell hires those who tweet for their supper 
Aug 18, 2009 | 5 Comments 
Only those with social media chops need apply.
 
Secondhand Dells popular with Twitterati 
Aug 17, 2009
@DellOutlet passes a million followers
 
Vale John Hughes, nerd with 1000 faces 
Aug 7, 2009
Obituary: To whom will geeks turn to have their stories told?
 
Cybercrime victims urged to come forward 
Aug 4, 2009 | 5 Comments 
Crimes are 'under-reported', says legal chief.
 
eCrime Symposium: Live coverage 
Aug 4, 2009
Editor-in-chief Nate Cochrane tweets live from the eCrime Symposium.
 
Electrifying ideas for a smart power grid 
Jul 30, 2009 | 1 Comment 
Utilities' next-gen networks are not just for bright sparks.
 
Utilities wise up to smart grids 
Jul 2, 2009
Power to the people?
 
Rod Beckstrom confirmed to lead ICANN 
Jun 26, 2009
Civil libertarian puts dictators and spooks on notice.
 
Rod Beckstrom appointed ICANN chief 
Jun 26, 2009
Australian out, cybersecurity expert in.

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