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FTTN is all very well, but what about the long haul
By: Stuart Corner
The visiting head of Canadian telco, Axia Netmedia has told the Atug conference thata ubiquitous open access long haul network network around Australia could be built for $2 billion and with it competition would be able to deliver affordable high speed access to much of Australia.
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By: Stuart Corner
The visiting head of Canadian telco, Axia Netmedia has told the Atug conference thata ubiquitous open access long haul network network around Australia could be built for $2 billion and with it competition would be able to deliver affordable high speed access to much of Australia.
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Trojan steals Gmail passwords – and charges for it
By: David M Williams
Nobody wants to lose their e-mail. So, for Gmail users, G-Archiver seemed like a great buy. For $US 29.95 this shareware app will make a duplicate of your Gmail account on your hard disk, for as many accounts as you like. What its users didn't count on was that G-Archiver's authors helped themselves to your Gmail username and password too.
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By: David M Williams
Nobody wants to lose their e-mail. So, for Gmail users, G-Archiver seemed like a great buy. For $US 29.95 this shareware app will make a duplicate of your Gmail account on your hard disk, for as many accounts as you like. What its users didn't count on was that G-Archiver's authors helped themselves to your Gmail username and password too.
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Telstra's first foray into fibre to the customer
By: Stuart Corner
Once upon a time in a telco long long ago and far far away executives dreamed of a fibre to the home network part funded by service providers. But then along came the big bad American CEO.
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By: Stuart Corner
Once upon a time in a telco long long ago and far far away executives dreamed of a fibre to the home network part funded by service providers. But then along came the big bad American CEO.
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Be the next big thing in open source
By: David M Williams
So you’ve got an idea for a great app and you’re thinking of making your own open source project? Here are some items to consider and some sites that will help you on your journey. We’ll also see how some well-known open source teams did it.
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By: David M Williams
So you’ve got an idea for a great app and you’re thinking of making your own open source project? Here are some items to consider and some sites that will help you on your journey. We’ll also see how some well-known open source teams did it.
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It seems that independent EPA safety boards may not be independent at all
By: William Atkins
A scientist in favor of banning a chemical was taken off an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chemical safety board, while others in the chemical industry, in favor of not banning similar chemicals, remain on similar boards.
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By: William Atkins
A scientist in favor of banning a chemical was taken off an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chemical safety board, while others in the chemical industry, in favor of not banning similar chemicals, remain on similar boards.
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All options on the table in UK broadband policy review
By: Stuart Corner
The UK Government has just announced a review of broadband policy. The reasons given will be familiar to anyone in Australia who has been following the tortuous path of broadband policy development in this country for the past several years. But the approach is very different.
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By: Stuart Corner
The UK Government has just announced a review of broadband policy. The reasons given will be familiar to anyone in Australia who has been following the tortuous path of broadband policy development in this country for the past several years. But the approach is very different.
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Vomit or Linux: your choice
By: David M Williams
Imagine standing on the road. An oncoming car is heading rapidly towards you. You have a choice to move, or to stay. Now consider that in business you need to choose a server platform wisely but often Windows shops become entrenched because it is the status quo. A couple of user experiences show why you ought to think about it more.
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By: David M Williams
Imagine standing on the road. An oncoming car is heading rapidly towards you. You have a choice to move, or to stay. Now consider that in business you need to choose a server platform wisely but often Windows shops become entrenched because it is the status quo. A couple of user experiences show why you ought to think about it more.
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Filtering the Finnish way? forget it
By: Stuart Corner
Australian Communications minister, Stephen Conroy claimed last week in support of his drive to mandate ISP filtering in Australia that "ISPs in a number of countries, such as the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway and Finland, have successfully introduced ISP level filtering." He may well come to regret that statement.
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By: Stuart Corner
Australian Communications minister, Stephen Conroy claimed last week in support of his drive to mandate ISP filtering in Australia that "ISPs in a number of countries, such as the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway and Finland, have successfully introduced ISP level filtering." He may well come to regret that statement.
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Engin: We've blown $26m; we got it wrong, now give us $8.4m to keep afloat
By: Stuart Corner
Having blown the $26 million that Seven Network pumped in when it took a 33 percent stake in 2006, VoIP provider Engin has terminated its ambitious triple play intentions and is asking shareholders for another $8.4m just to keep it in business.
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By: Stuart Corner
Having blown the $26 million that Seven Network pumped in when it took a 33 percent stake in 2006, VoIP provider Engin has terminated its ambitious triple play intentions and is asking shareholders for another $8.4m just to keep it in business.
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Just what makes Linux tick
By: David M Williams
Last time, we spoke about the Linux process scheduler and how it runs in the shadows swapping processes in and out of a running state so everyone gets a stab at the CPU. Today we’ll go over how the kernel keeps track of time and just what it means to do something in a jiffy.
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By: David M Williams
Last time, we spoke about the Linux process scheduler and how it runs in the shadows swapping processes in and out of a running state so everyone gets a stab at the CPU. Today we’ll go over how the kernel keeps track of time and just what it means to do something in a jiffy.
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The inconvenient truth about Blackberry
By: Stuart Corner
When Blackberry users in North America recently suffered a significant service outage it highlighted the fact that every email delivered to every Blackberry device in the world goes through RIM's servers in Canada . There are those who still try to ignore this inconvenient truth, making claims that are, to say the least, highly misleading.
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By: Stuart Corner
When Blackberry users in North America recently suffered a significant service outage it highlighted the fact that every email delivered to every Blackberry device in the world goes through RIM's servers in Canada . There are those who still try to ignore this inconvenient truth, making claims that are, to say the least, highly misleading.
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The nuts and bolts of the Linux process scheduler
By: David M Williams
One distinction between the genders, allegedly, is the ability to multitask. Now, depending on who you speak to either women possess this or men do but I’m not bold enough to join that debate. What I can tell you, however, is that Linux definitely does. And, in fact, many systems may not be taking full advantage of it. Here’s why.
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By: David M Williams
One distinction between the genders, allegedly, is the ability to multitask. Now, depending on who you speak to either women possess this or men do but I’m not bold enough to join that debate. What I can tell you, however, is that Linux definitely does. And, in fact, many systems may not be taking full advantage of it. Here’s why.
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They know what you like and they know where you are. It's an ad man's dream!
By: Stuart Corner
In the movie Minority Report, as the hero strides down the street video advertising billboards spring to life and address him by name: all thanks to identifying him by scanning the unique patterns of his irises. Today multimedia cellphones and a new cellphone location technology promise to deliver similar personalisation to advertisers.
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By: Stuart Corner
In the movie Minority Report, as the hero strides down the street video advertising billboards spring to life and address him by name: all thanks to identifying him by scanning the unique patterns of his irises. Today multimedia cellphones and a new cellphone location technology promise to deliver similar personalisation to advertisers.
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Norton Online Living Report: scary stats for parents; social networking strong
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Symantec have released their first ever ‘Norton Online Living Report’, a bi-annual survey that gives a snapshot of how different cultures and countries approach the Internet and lets us see how our daily lives are affected by the online world, with some very interesting stats for parents on children’s Internet use.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Symantec have released their first ever ‘Norton Online Living Report’, a bi-annual survey that gives a snapshot of how different cultures and countries approach the Internet and lets us see how our daily lives are affected by the online world, with some very interesting stats for parents on children’s Internet use.
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“We heard you” says MS: Vista SP1 available to MSDN and TechNet users at last
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Following an almighty uproar from the tech savvy MSDN and TechNet subscriber base over the fact they were going to have to wait just as long as the general public before being able to get their hands on Vista SP1, MSDN and TechNet users can finally download the long awaited update code.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Following an almighty uproar from the tech savvy MSDN and TechNet subscriber base over the fact they were going to have to wait just as long as the general public before being able to get their hands on Vista SP1, MSDN and TechNet users can finally download the long awaited update code.
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Not everybody wants to go to Moon before going to Mars
By: William Atkins
NASA’s Constellation lunar base program is geared toward sending astronauts to the lunar surface by 2020. But, should the United States go to the Moon or, maybe, instead go to an asteroid to better prepare ourselves for the big trip to Mars?
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By: William Atkins
NASA’s Constellation lunar base program is geared toward sending astronauts to the lunar surface by 2020. But, should the United States go to the Moon or, maybe, instead go to an asteroid to better prepare ourselves for the big trip to Mars?
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Linux, the language of love
By: David M Williams
It’s St Valentine’s Day in much of the western world (and, it seems, the World of Warcraft too). Did you know Linux is unique among operating systems due to its inherent romanticism? Here’s how Linux helps sling forth Cupid’s arrows on this day. Spice up your love life with these seven sure-fire tips.
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By: David M Williams
It’s St Valentine’s Day in much of the western world (and, it seems, the World of Warcraft too). Did you know Linux is unique among operating systems due to its inherent romanticism? Here’s how Linux helps sling forth Cupid’s arrows on this day. Spice up your love life with these seven sure-fire tips.
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The dark side of open source: Hacking MySQL
By: David M Williams
Open source software advocates – like myself – will point out that a user can have confidence in the application’s integrity because the program code is readily viewable. However, not everyone who reads source code has pure intentions. Here’s how MySQL has been cracked in the past, and how you can keep safe.
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By: David M Williams
Open source software advocates – like myself – will point out that a user can have confidence in the application’s integrity because the program code is readily viewable. However, not everyone who reads source code has pure intentions. Here’s how MySQL has been cracked in the past, and how you can keep safe.
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