Novell sacks more staff, cuts benefits
Open Sauce Linux Blog with Sam Varghese
Friday, 06 November 2009
Mixed-source technology company Novell has sacked between three and four percent of its staff in layoffs that could well be linked to another bad quarter.

What's the go with the Tassie NBN Company?
The Big House Australian Government ICT Blog with James Riley
Thursday, 05 November 2009
You wouldn't call the Tasmania NBN Company the bastard child of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy and Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett. Not in polite company, anyway.

Another Mac OS X 10.6.2 developer build: Atom support returns
Core Dump Apple and anything else with Stephen Withers
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Hackintosh lovers rest easy: the removal of Atom support from Mac OS X 10.6.2 may just have been a temporary glitch. And there's news of more fixes that apply to the rest of us.

Domain name auction house admits internal bidding corruption
The Linux distillery The Linux user and switcher blog with David M Williams
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Domain name broker SnapNames.com has always had its measure of detractors complaining the company permitted dubious practices. One grievance is now proven true with SnapNames admitting a staff member was bidding on domain name auctions, winning some for personal gain and inflating the price of others.

The wisdom of Phil Burgess, brought to you by the WSJ
Cornered! Telecommunications blog with Stuart Corner
Thursday, 05 November 2009
Telstra's erstwhile mouthpiece, Phil Burgess, has been at it again, peddling his views on the Australian Government, the ACCC and Australian telecommunications in general to anyone who will give him a hearing and, preferably, disseminate his views to as wide an audience as possible.

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David spent his high school years poring over the inner workings of the Commodore 64. A groundbreaker even then, he was into computing, Dr. Who and keeping out of the sun well before these became fashionable. David has worked in IT since 1992, bringing genuine experience to his writing.

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This includes years administering enterprise SunOS, Solaris and other UNIX systems starting at his alma mater, the University of Newcastle and on through roles in consulting, lecturing and as an international trouble-shooter for a large software company. He now works for a large national resources company, uniquely bringing hands-on expertise to the role of Chief Information Officer. David has a passion for bringing tech to the masses, striving to discover his own grand unified theory of IT.
The Linux distillery

Few industries that can be looked at as a blood sport, but the ICT sector is one of them. In a game where stupidly large sums of money are at stake, where massive egos know no shame and where the bitterness and hatreds run deep, there is nothing better than a front-row seat. And it doesn’t get any uglier than the Federal Government ICT market.

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James Riley has been reporting technology issues for newspapers and magazines for longer than his memory serves. No other industry gives a reporter the freedom to roam from issues in immigration and health, to defence, to education and training, to national security, to communications. And then there’s the actual technology.
The Big House

Mike provides a fusion of current technical musings and newsings (!) How will it relate to his virtual game world existence? And when will he grow up? These questions and more are not answered in this blog.

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It could however, provide a road map for gamers wanting to find their way through the complex world of gadgets and software that claw at our ego’s and wallets. So wriggle into your Hazmat suit, pick up your Geiger counter and turn on you helmets lamp it is time to venture into the murky dungeon of the interactive entertainment.
Radioactive IT

The self-styled 'grumpy old man' of the iTWire team, Stephen's happy to find the downside of any new product or service while retaining a remarkable enthusiasm for all things IT.
He's worked with and written about mainframes, minis, personal computers ('industry standard' and otherwise), client/server, n-tier architectures, databases, and more applications than he cares to remember.

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But it's not all work. Back in the day Stephen sold a game or two that he wrote for the Apple II, and he spends a fair chunk of his non-working hours providing free tech support to friends and acquaintances (requests from readers for help will most likely go unanswered - he's the grumpy one, remember), messing around with digital photography and video, listening to podcast fiction and (let's be honest here) watching SF on TV.
Core Dump

ShrinkAge is devoted not to psychiatry and psychoanalysis - although we do believe the world would benefit from a blog on the work of Jacques Lacan - but to the technologies that enhance personal and global mobility, and the strategies and opportunities they foster.

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It will explore the ultra-mobile notebook, the UMPC, SmartPhones and PDAs, the digital tablet, the iPhone and GooglePhone, software like the brilliant Microsoft OneNote, and - because this is a well-rounded blog - mobile music and video and platforms like the iPod. It's about the shrinkage of budgets and the defeat of the tyranny of time, so it embraces VoIP, and the genius of Dave Allen's Getting Things Done.
ShrinkAge

As a globe-trotting freelance journalist, Angus Kidman spends more time on planes and in hotel rooms than in his own home. Having written about IT of almost every conceivable description since 1994, he knows what technology is on offer for regular travellers, and also knows that most of it doesn't work the way it claims to on the packaging.

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Transit tells the real story about tech for people on the move, from 3G broadband to how to type on your notebook when surrounded by fat people on a plane, not to mention the eternal quest for a working power supply.

A confession: Angus has been known to leech off unsecured WiFi networks, but only when there's a really pressing deadline.
Transit

From the age of 4 in 1979, two years before the IBM PC was invented, Alex's father had the foresight to buy him a personal computer. Since that time Alex has lived and breathed almost every aspect of modern tech with an obvious, undeniable and incorrigible passion.

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Fully immersed in the digital lifestyle and armed with every gadget imaginable, he lives on the cutting edge of the digital continuum, analyzing technology's every move - whether forwards or backwards. Not afraid to blast wrongdoers or celebrate successes, Alex is on a mission to bring technology news, views, reviews and interviews to you - and with his unique sense of fuzzy logic, wants to prove that technology really is our friend, not our 'Terminator' style enemy.
Fuzzy Logic

Seeking Nerdvana follows Adam Turner's quest to attain oneness with technology. The digital lounge room is Adam's office, the coffee table his desk and the TV guide his daily planner. The lounge room is becoming the new battle ground for the hearts, minds and wallets of the masses - grab them by the eyeballs and their hearts and minds will follow.

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Reporting from the front line, where PC converges with AV, Adam offers a view from the couch of everything from digital television and personal video recorders to piracy and digital rights management. A freelance journalist with a remote control in one hand and a coffee in the other, he spends his days and nights in search of home entertainment nerdvana.
Seeking Nerdvana

After flirting with tech from 1989 onwards, Sam Varghese began to experiment with Linux in 1998. A couple of years later, he began using the Debian distribution as a single-boot system for his personal use. From that point onwards his interest grew and he has since written widely about free and open source software, with a great deal of his writings based on his own experiences, rather than anecdotal evidence.

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Open Sauce will focus on a genre of software that is present everywhere but rarely acknowledged; a genre that has little eye-candy but does most of the heavy lifting; a genre that is designed and written by people whose accomplishments are only occasionally recognised. Above all this blog will follow the KISS principle - Keep It Simple, Stupid.
Open Sauce

Cornered! is a blog on all things telecommunications, and a few others as well: local and global issues, technology, people and trends from the perspective of someone who's been observing, reporting, analysing and commenting on the industry since the dark ages (BC - before competition).

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Sometimes serious, sometimes flippant, sometimes frivolous. It aims to be controversial, analytical, informative, amusing, but never boring; a vehicle for examinations of important issues and observations on the encounters and experiences of a telecoms journalist dealing with an industry where polarised views and hyperbole are the norm.
Cornered!

Science can be a daunting--sometimes even scary--subject to understand. However, it doesn't have to be. When written in an entertaining but intelligent way, it is a very interesting and informative subject matter. Science is all around us--whether we realize it or not. People have been trying to explain why things happen since the ancient days of mankind.

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Today, when we understand science, some of the mysteries of the world take on a more logical meaning. So, whether science is written in the areas of quantum physics, nanotechnology, finite mathematics, biochemistry, space science and astronomy, oceanography, or the other numerous fields, it can all be told in such a way that is understandable and interesting.
UNI-verse

After training in Science and Engineering, and experience in the chemical industry as well as high school chemistry teaching, Tony Austin has been working with computers and IT for more than forty years. Over half of that was with IBM, in a wide range of systems areas from minicomputers to mainframes. Since the mid 1990s he has been working as an independent IT consultant. Tony remains vitally interested in the whole industry, and particularly in the many aspects of application software design and development.

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He sees a lot of goodness and some badness in the software that we are all exposed to in the 21st century. He gets very annoyed when basic usability and good experience design principles are neglected and overlooked, and likes to comment on both the good and the bad. As well as this, Tony likes to share his views and experiences on a wide range of science and technology topics outside the computing field.

Apexing the Linux learning curve - Linux for Learners

Hamish really should be writing assignments and studying for exams. He prefers using and finding out more about Linux and Free and Open Source Software, then telling you about it. Hamish tried to study Communication & Electronic Engineering, then Computer Science, hated both and got a "real job". He worked as a courier and emergency ambulance driver, before finding his way back into IT.

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He's been in desktop and server support and networking since 2000. Recently, he lived and worked in China, where he investigated Linux settling on Ubuntu as it worked best on his laptop. He now uses Linux full-time. Back in Australia, he's studying a Master of Business Information Technology. He likes things with wheels from cars to bikes, even scooters. He's a Top Gear and Tour de France nut! And he wants to help you apexing the Linux learning curve.
Apexing the Linux learning curve - Linux for Learners

BeerFiles is an in-your-face and sometimes irreverent blog concerning all things to do with IT, technology, people and the media from the point of view of a hard boiled technology journalist and commentator. Stan has been in the IT game for about a quarter of a century.

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In that time, he has seen and written about the rise and fall of more than a few IT players and made many friends, some of whom he has even crossed swords with on occasions. Everything in this blog is purely Stan’s opinion so if you agree, wish to expand upon, correct a post or tell Stan he’s a clueless know nothing, please feel free to do so.
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