Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, is reportedly foreshadowing changes in the legislation to stop Optus offering its TV Now service, following the company's court win last week. Any changes are likely to whittle away at the exemption we currently enjoy to time-shift programs.
Facebook has issued a list of the 25 'most social' airports in the world. The correlation with official list of the world's busiest airports isn't as strong as you might expect, so what's going on?
There's a meme spreading that says Apple was right to stay with a 3.5in screen for the iPhone family despite calls for more real estate. The argument is that you can't easily reach the opposite corners when using a 4+in device one-handed, but I call shenanigans.
Mac users' reactions to Lion are about the most polarised I can remember. Some of the new features seem to suit some but not all, and what one person sees as advance, another regards as a step back.
Mac and iPhone owners have been complaining that App Store and Mac App Store prices are relatively high in Australia. Apple has now rebalanced the price levels, bringing them into closer alignment with current exchange rates.
Describing Apple's customers as iFools (or iSheep) is about as constructive as referring to members of the open source community as Freetards. All it does is crank up the emotion when what's really needed is some level-headed analysis.
One of the attractive aspects of Mac OS X Lion was that the server and desktop editions were to be rolled into one. Despite assertions to the contrary by some observers, this could still be the case.
The rabble-rousers and outraged tabloid readers/listeners/viewers are getting hot under the collar about a $300 million budget allocation for the Household Assistance Scheme associated with the digital TV switchover. I reckon their concern could be misplaced.
I don't know how many people will be affected by this, but I've discovered that if you've been sending plain text emails through Outlook 2011 viaAppleScript, you'll need to make a small change to your script(s) after applying Service Pack 1.
The existence of two million .au domain names for the first time is being heralded as an achievement. It's certainly a milestone, but I think that Australia - apart from the domain name industry - would be better off with a smaller number.
The widespread use of VCRs made a lot of us comfortable with the idea of fast-forwarding through the ads. And the emergence of DVRs/PVRs added pristine video quality to the mix. But ads have survived, and at least one industry watcher thinks they'll continue to flourish.
If you keep betting on the same number of a roulette table, you're sure to win eventually - right? But the behaviour of malware merchants is not a random process.
David Bass
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