Michael Atkinson LiesMichael Atkinson Lies
The South Australian government wanted to force bloggers to disclose their name and post-code when commenting on an election [1]. According to Adelaide Now this included posts on Twitter and[...]
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3G Broadband for Home Use3G Broadband for Home Use
I have just installed an old Three mobile phone with 3G broadband for my parents home network access for the reasons described in my cheap net access in Australia post[...]
Precision vs Accuracy in Identifying PeoplePrecision vs Accuracy in Identifying People
Andrew Dowdell and Michael McGuire have an interesting article in the Adelaide Now about censorship in the South Australian election [1]. The South Australian government wants to force everyone who[...]
Choosing an Australian Mobile Telco for use with AndroidChoosing an Australian Mobile Telco for use with Android
Since playing with the IBM Seer augmented reality software [1] I’ve been lusting after a new mobile phone which can do such things. While the implementation of Seer that I[...]
My Ideal Mobile PhoneMy Ideal Mobile Phone
Based on my experience testing the IBM Seer software on an Android phone [1] I have been considering what type of mobile phone to get when my current contract expires.[...]
The Australian Open and Android Phones (Seer)The Australian Open and Android Phones (Seer)
On Monday the 25th of January 2010 I visited the Australian Open [1] – it’s one of the world’s greatest tennis championships and it’s on in Melbourne right now. IBM[...]
Costs and Benefits of Search EnginesCosts and Benefits of Search Engines
Chris Smart writes about the latest money making schemes for OS distributors, Canonical is getting paid by Yahoo to make them stop using Google as the default Firefox search engine[...]
Discovering OS Bugs and Using SnapshotsDiscovering OS Bugs and Using Snapshots
I’m running Debian/Unstable on an EeePC 701, I’ve got an SD card for /home etc but the root filesystem is on the internal 4G flash storage which doesn’t have much[...]
Old Mobile Phones as ToysOld Mobile Phones as Toys
In the past I have had parents ask for advice on buying a digital camera for a young child. For some years there have been digital cameras on sale for[...]
Preventing Children from Accessing PornPreventing Children from Accessing Porn
The following was written by Stefano Cosentino in regard to the ongoing efforts of the Australian government to censor the Internet with “protecting the children” as an excuse. All these[...]