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Digg revolt highlights shortcomings of Web 2.0 view
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-05-02 03:24:09
The Digg community has reacted uproariously to a decision by the site's founders to pull stories revealing how to hack HD DVD, relentlessly promoting endless posts which feature the offending code until they filled the front page of the site. But while the leaders of the revolt are congratulating themselves and the site's founders are oscillating between legal nervousness and bravado, nobody seems to care that the site itself was rendered largely useless by the argument.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-05-02 03:24:09
The Digg community has reacted uproariously to a decision by the site's founders to pull stories revealing how to hack HD DVD, relentlessly promoting endless posts which feature the offending code until they filled the front page of the site. But while the leaders of the revolt are congratulating themselves and the site's founders are oscillating between legal nervousness and bravado, nobody seems to care that the site itself was rendered largely useless by the argument.
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BP CEO scandal brings down escort agency web site
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-05-02 00:00:10
The resignation of BP's CEO following a court case over revelations about his private life has had an unexpected knock-on effect on the web site of an escort agency implicated in the scandal.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-05-02 00:00:10
The resignation of BP's CEO following a court case over revelations about his private life has had an unexpected knock-on effect on the web site of an escort agency implicated in the scandal.
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Can Microsoft sell 20 million Windows Mobile systems?
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-05-01 19:42:05
Microsoft claims that it wants to sell 20 million Windows Mobile licences over the next year. That sounds like an impressive number, but getting there will require major changes in the habits of phone users across the globe.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-05-01 19:42:05
Microsoft claims that it wants to sell 20 million Windows Mobile licences over the next year. That sounds like an impressive number, but getting there will require major changes in the habits of phone users across the globe.
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Shifting to Vista: No driver dramas yet, but the networking is rubbish
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-04-28 19:41:02
Waiting a couple of months for critical patches and purchasing Vista pre-installed on a new machine seemed like a foolproof way to avoid most of the woes new Vista users have experienced, but I hadn't counted on just how bad the networking stack in the latest version of Windows is.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-04-28 19:41:02
Waiting a couple of months for critical patches and purchasing Vista pre-installed on a new machine seemed like a foolproof way to avoid most of the woes new Vista users have experienced, but I hadn't counted on just how bad the networking stack in the latest version of Windows is.
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International sting in tail for free Qantas wireless service
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-04-24 10:38:23
Telstra's recent decision to drop usage charges for its wireless network for Qantas Club members has been welcome news for business travellers, but international flyers aren't quite so lucky.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-04-24 10:38:23
Telstra's recent decision to drop usage charges for its wireless network for Qantas Club members has been welcome news for business travellers, but international flyers aren't quite so lucky.
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Google PageRank complexity still on the rise
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-04-24 10:28:45
Generating more links to a site to improve its visibility in Google's search results is one of the most widely discussed online promotional tactics, but the problem of how to do that could be more challenging than anyone previously suspected.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-04-24 10:28:45
Generating more links to a site to improve its visibility in Google's search results is one of the most widely discussed online promotional tactics, but the problem of how to do that could be more challenging than anyone previously suspected.
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Big Brother offers big value for data downloaders
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-04-22 22:23:51
Channel Ten's partnership with Three to offer mobile viewing of live housemate action from Big Brother may be suffering from a few teething problems, but the service still offers the kind of data download value that most business users can only gaze at enviously.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-04-22 22:23:51
Channel Ten's partnership with Three to offer mobile viewing of live housemate action from Big Brother may be suffering from a few teething problems, but the service still offers the kind of data download value that most business users can only gaze at enviously.
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Telstra rolls out free broadband for Qantas Club members
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-04-03 19:36:55
Telstra has quietly made the lives of business travellers much easier by dropping charges on its wireless hotspots in Qantas Club lounges.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-04-03 19:36:55
Telstra has quietly made the lives of business travellers much easier by dropping charges on its wireless hotspots in Qantas Club lounges.
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Vodafone drops 3G pricing in wake of X-Series
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-03-29 21:24:53
In the wake of 3's launch of its bargain-priced X-Series phone data plans, Vodafone has slashed pricing on its own 3G data offerings. While it still falls some way short of the X-Series sub-$40 target, cheaper roaming plans might make it a better choice for many mobile data users.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-03-29 21:24:53
In the wake of 3's launch of its bargain-priced X-Series phone data plans, Vodafone has slashed pricing on its own 3G data offerings. While it still falls some way short of the X-Series sub-$40 target, cheaper roaming plans might make it a better choice for many mobile data users.
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Why Sonic meeting Mario at the Olympics will be a disaster
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2007-03-28 18:14:41
The gaming community has erupted with excitement over the announcement that Nintendo's long-time mascot Mario and Sega's most successful character Sonic the Hedgehog will officially be included in the same game. However, while Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games might sound like a great concept, there are plenty of reasons to suspect the finished product will be something of a damp squib. Here's the top five potential problems with the project.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2007-03-28 18:14:41
The gaming community has erupted with excitement over the announcement that Nintendo's long-time mascot Mario and Sega's most successful character Sonic the Hedgehog will officially be included in the same game. However, while Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games might sound like a great concept, there are plenty of reasons to suspect the finished product will be something of a damp squib. Here's the top five potential problems with the project.
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Starlight Foundation plans secure social networking site for teens
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-28 17:43:08
Children's charity the Starlight Foundation is extending its reach into cyberspace with the launch of a secure online social networking community for sick teenagers which it hopes will be partially paid for by fundraising within the IT community.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-28 17:43:08
Children's charity the Starlight Foundation is extending its reach into cyberspace with the launch of a secure online social networking community for sick teenagers which it hopes will be partially paid for by fundraising within the IT community.
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Bebo pairs with 7digital and Orange for downloads and mobility
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-28 17:22:40
Social networking site Bebo has outlined plans to offer paid music downloads and expand its reach onto mobile devices. Unsigned bands will be able to sell their tunes via online store 7digital, while Orange will offer access to Bebo over mobile phones, under two deals announced in London today.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-28 17:22:40
Social networking site Bebo has outlined plans to offer paid music downloads and expand its reach onto mobile devices. Unsigned bands will be able to sell their tunes via online store 7digital, while Orange will offer access to Bebo over mobile phones, under two deals announced in London today.
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PC Tools joins up with Google Pack
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-03-28 04:29:13
Sydney-based anti-spyware vendor PC Tools has scored something of a global visibility coup by being added to Google Pack, the search engine giant's downloadable collection of software.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-03-28 04:29:13
Sydney-based anti-spyware vendor PC Tools has scored something of a global visibility coup by being added to Google Pack, the search engine giant's downloadable collection of software.
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YouTube porn rival scores 2 million members
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-21 17:37:30
One of YouTube's most famous policies is that the site is "not for pornography or sexually explicit content". That's a situation which has helped rival XTube, which is happy to display adult movies, to grow rapidly.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-21 17:37:30
One of YouTube's most famous policies is that the site is "not for pornography or sexually explicit content". That's a situation which has helped rival XTube, which is happy to display adult movies, to grow rapidly.
Also see
XTube sags under weight of own success
Mobile porn gets its own domain name
Porn companies feel online piracy’s pinch - and don't like it
Music and tech searches risker than porn
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ATM ink stain technology gets first Aussie outing
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-03-21 17:08:02
Robbers who staged a daring ram raid to steal an automatic teller machine got more than they bargained for when an anti-theft system activated, spraying the money inside the machine with indelible purple ink.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-03-21 17:08:02
Robbers who staged a daring ram raid to steal an automatic teller machine got more than they bargained for when an anti-theft system activated, spraying the money inside the machine with indelible purple ink.
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Spam uses John Howard heart attack as phishing bait
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-02-19 00:47:15
Having seemingly exhausted the possibilities of sending phishing mails which use headlines stolen from the news, scammers have now come up with a new tactic: headlines that didn't even happen. Their first target: John Howard, who is claimed to be recovering from a heart attack in a new message now doing the rounds.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-02-19 00:47:15
Having seemingly exhausted the possibilities of sending phishing mails which use headlines stolen from the news, scammers have now come up with a new tactic: headlines that didn't even happen. Their first target: John Howard, who is claimed to be recovering from a heart attack in a new message now doing the rounds.
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Anna Nicole Smith's death sends Wikipedia into overdrive
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-02-08 17:06:18
News of the death of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith has led to a rush of activity at Wikipedia, with administrators at the anyone-can-edit encyclopedia on high alert to keep vandalism and libellous statements out of the entry for the recently deceased starlet.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-02-08 17:06:18
News of the death of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith has led to a rush of activity at Wikipedia, with administrators at the anyone-can-edit encyclopedia on high alert to keep vandalism and libellous statements out of the entry for the recently deceased starlet.
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Pay-as-you-go wireless broadband could be a pricey proposition
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-02-07 21:17:35
Personal Broadband Australia (better known as iBurst to most travellers) has paired up with gotalk to launch a prepaid wireless broadband service. Not being slugged with a high monthly access fee is an attractive thought, but the rates being charged will give some business travellers pause for thought.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Transit
Category: Travel technology blog
2007-02-07 21:17:35
Personal Broadband Australia (better known as iBurst to most travellers) has paired up with gotalk to launch a prepaid wireless broadband service. Not being slugged with a high monthly access fee is an attractive thought, but the rates being charged will give some business travellers pause for thought.
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Google's Office rival expands language support
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-07 16:49:40
Google has upped the ante in its ongoing battle to win converts from Microsoft's Office suite to its own Internet-based alternatives, adding a dozen extra languages to its Google Docs & Spreadsheets product.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-07 16:49:40
Google has upped the ante in its ongoing battle to win converts from Microsoft's Office suite to its own Internet-based alternatives, adding a dozen extra languages to its Google Docs & Spreadsheets product.
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As usual, Steve Jobs is blaming everyone but Apple
Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-06 16:21:44
Apple has a long history of making out that any technology problems encountered by users of its hardware and software are not its fault. Steve Jobs' latest rant about digital rights management -- in which he argues that Apple would happily provide DRM-free music if only the nasty record companies would let it -- is just another example of the same warped thinking.
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Written By: Angus Kidman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2007-02-06 16:21:44
Apple has a long history of making out that any technology problems encountered by users of its hardware and software are not its fault. Steve Jobs' latest rant about digital rights management -- in which he argues that Apple would happily provide DRM-free music if only the nasty record companies would let it -- is just another example of the same warped thinking.
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