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Opinion: Does size really matter? 
Training & Development
Opinion: Does size really matter?
Nov 28, 2008 | Comment Now 
We’re all aware of the over-thin fashion models used in advertising to make us drool over clothes we could never fit into ourselves, and we’re also well aware of the claims ...
 
Opinion: Send in the (network) clowns 
Communications
Opinion: Send in the (network) clowns
Nov 26, 2008 | Comment Now 
In news just to hand, insurgents have hijacked another essential piece of infrastructure and are holding the government to ransom again.
 
Opinion: Switch on the PC, Jeeves 
Communications
Opinion: Switch on the PC, Jeeves
Nov 21, 2008 | Comment Now 
It’s getting to the point where the only reason to keep a bricks and mortar presence is if you need somewhere to warehouse stuff.
 
Opinion: GoneCare 
Software
Opinion: GoneCare
Nov 20, 2008 | Comment Now 
The first question punters will be asking of Microsoft’s cancelled OneCare service is where’s my money?
 
Opinion: Marginal whiteboxes 
Hardware
Opinion: Marginal whiteboxes
Nov 19, 2008 | Comment Now 
How’s your whitebox business going? Still managing to sell some?
 
Opinion: Power to the regions 
Communications
Opinion: Power to the regions
Nov 18, 2008 | Comment Now 
When the feds finally build the much-anticipated NBN, why don’t they also do something to alleviate the chronic overcrowding and lack of infrastructure in our capital cities at ...
 
Opinion: Death of a junket 
Communications
Opinion: Death of a junket
Nov 14, 2008 | Comment Now 
When networking behemoth Cisco does anything at all it usualy makes news headlines.
 
Opinion: Working for the man 
Finance
Opinion: Working for the man
Nov 12, 2008 | Comment Now 
Watching the antics of IBM trying to stop one of its execs joining Apple leaves us wondering if we're being told the whole story.
 
Opinion: What's in the box? 
Hardware
Opinion: What's in the box?
Nov 11, 2008 | Comment Now 
The concept of a shipping container full of pre-configured servers, pioneered by Sun Microsystems amongst others, initially for emergency services use, is very appealing, if a ...
 
Opinion: Let's talk about sex 
Training & Development
Opinion: Let's talk about sex
Nov 10, 2008 | Comment Now 
There's a long standing joke in IT publishing that the perfect eyeball-attracting story would be about a new computer virus which attacks Microsoft products and involves sex.
 
Opinion: We have failed 
Communications
Opinion: We have failed
Nov 5, 2008 | Comment Now 
Telstra’s T-Suite software-as-a-service offering has finally seen the light of day and the biggest shock is the sticker price.
 
Opinion: It’s the security, stupid 
Software
Opinion: It’s the security, stupid
Nov 3, 2008 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has been accused of many things over the many years of its existence but rarely has it been accused of marketing malfeasance.
 
Opinion: Patchwork pain 
Software
Opinion: Patchwork pain
Oct 31, 2008 | Comment Now 
Is it just me or has the rate of updates spewing forth from Microsoft increased lately?
 
Opinion: Look through any Window 
Software
Opinion: Look through any Window
Oct 30, 2008 | Comment Now 
So, Windows 7 is already getting exposure via "pre-beta" release.
 
Opinion: Storing stuff safely 
Data centre
Opinion: Storing stuff safely
Oct 29, 2008 | Comment Now 
A long time ago an outfit called Iomega pioneered a removable storagethingy which let you keep a lot more of your data safe than would fiton a floppy disk, which by then ...
 
Opinion: NBN gets niggly 
Communications
Opinion: NBN gets niggly
Oct 28, 2008 | Comment Now 
While the federal government ponders how to pay for the promised national broadband network (NBN), the two main contenders to build the network, Telstra and the Terria ...
 
Opinion: Famous Five 
Communications
Opinion: Famous Five
Oct 27, 2008 | Comment Now 
How many telcos does it take to install a fibre optic cable?
 
Opinion: Once were hackers 
Security
Opinion: Once were hackers
Oct 24, 2008 | Comment Now 
One of the first ‘network appliances’ we bumped into about ten years ago, was a red-boxed firewall from Watchguard.
 
Opinion: Regulate this 
Communications
Opinion: Regulate this
Oct 23, 2008 | Comment Now 
News of a Brisbane ISP charging customers for making complaints started us thinking that Arthur Daley had quit selling used-cars in London, migrated to the Gold Coast and setup ...
 
Opinion: Yippee-kay-aye! 
Communications
Opinion: Yippee-kay-aye!
Oct 21, 2008 | Comment Now 
Telstra has caved in to pressure from consumers (and possibly perhaps maybe we media types might have helped) and will no longer charge one family-sized car per megabyte of ...
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