Technology

Nuclear energy isn’t the answer to global warming

Nuclear energy isn’t the answer to global warming

Tweet While nuclear energy has no direct carbon footprint, it is still a contributor to global warming; we know this, because Einstein tells us so. Guy Lane explains. Cooling towers at a nuclear power plant. Nuclear energy produces vast amounts...

 

Australia’s opaque budget

Australia’s opaque budget

Tweet Rosie Williams wants access to all the budget data on budget night in a useable format for her BudgetAus database, but the Government won’t allow it. Why not? The Canberra budget lockdown: that day of the year when the Canberra Press...

 

Why the NBN will win Labor the 2013 election

Why the NBN will win Labor the 2013 election

Tweet Managing editor David Donovan says the NBN will transform Australia, making it more prosperous, innovative, competitive, inclusive and more environmentally friendly. He believes the Liberal Party’s opposition to the policy could...

 

Tricky Turnbull’s myopically modest NBN plan

Tricky Turnbull’s myopically modest NBN plan

Tweet It was sad to see the number of debating tricks employed by Abbott and Turnbull in launching the Coalition’s inadequate national broadband policy, writes Professor Peter Gerrand. “The superfast broadband of the order of 100+...

 

Nick Ross, the ABC and what lies beneath The Australian’s lies

Nick Ross, the ABC and what lies beneath The Australian’s lies

Tweet  ABC tech reporter Nick Ross has been taken to task by his employer after criticising the Coalition’s broadband policy. Technology expert Kieran Cummings reports. (Click on image to access the ABC Media Watch story on this subject.) LAST...

 

Online tracking and you

Online tracking and you

Tweet Every day, creepy internet programs are tracking and collating what you are doing on your computer. Rodney E. Lever is not a fan of this sort of intrusion. ALL DAY, every day, there are creepy things out there that are tracking just about...

 

The tragedy of Open Source Aaron Swartz

The tragedy of Open Source Aaron Swartz

Tweet One of the greatest computer prodigies of this generation has died at a tragically young age; was he hounded to death, asks John Turnbull. YOU MAY NOT have heard of Aaron Swartz, but he was a very important human being; now he is gone,...

 

iPhone vs Galaxy S3: the battle of the behemoths

iPhone vs Galaxy S3: the battle of the behemoths

Tweet Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy S3? Matt Donovan compares the pros and cons of two of the world’s most popular smart phones — with entertaining results. iPhone 5 or Galaxy S3? The choice is yours. SO, YOU’VE OPENED the new...

 

Tony Abbott’s bag of mixed nuts

Tony Abbott’s bag of mixed nuts

Tweet IT expert Kieran Cummings reveals the full picture regarding the Tony Abbott timestamp issue. I recently wrote a piece for IA on Tony Abbott’s press release, regarding Peter Slipper and the timestamps on the release. On the face of it,...

 

Abbott implicated in Ashby conspiracy by (10 hours of bullsh)IT

Abbott implicated in Ashby conspiracy by (10 hours of bullsh)IT

Tweet Tony Abbott has been implicated in the James Ashby conspiracy — and now has been exposed trying to cover his tracks, using IT as an excuse. Tech expert Kieran Cummings reveals the truth. Tony Abbott was at Peter Slipper’s wedding.* SO,...

 
 
 
 

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