Inside Gerry Harvey's echo chamber
After over a year of complaining about it, Gerry Harvey's issue with the GST on goods bought overseas online seems to be hitting home — or so he thinks.
Gen Why?
Millennials were raised on technology -- they never had to be taught. So if you really need someone to explain what it all really means, just ask Gen-Y geek Josh Taylor, and he'll blog about it (whenever he feels like it).
Josh Taylor
Armed with a degree in Computer Science and a Masters in Journalism, Josh keeps a close eye on the telecommunications industry and all the goings on in government IT. Like most Gen Y, he spends a lot of his time with his eyes glued to his iPhone on various social media apps.
Latest Posts
Why the new iPad won't be 4G in Australia
The most common question we will hear today apart from "Why is it not the iPad 3?" is "Why no 4G in Australia?"
Conroy gets easy out on filter
The Australian Law Reform Commission's (ALRC) suggestion of only filtering sub-categories of content classified as "prohibited" gives Communications Minister Stephen Conroy a nice out for his controversial policy.
How did Dodo break the internet?
Dodo has blamed a faulty router for bringing down the internet for millions of people across Australia yesterday, but did Telstra have the power to stop it?
Let the internets run free, bosses
The implementation of internet filters in workplaces always creates a severe disconnect between those enforcing them and those living under them. It's not surprising that the phenomenon is at its worst in parliament.
SOPA lessons for Australia
PIPA and SOPA may be dead in the water for now, but it's worth remembering that the most controversial part of the legislation is something the Australian Government has been thinking about for years.
Pray to the god of file sharing?
Would you join the Church of Kopimism in Sweden, and pray to the god of file sharing? It doesn't seem any more absurd than any other religion is to me.
Facebook ruling gives media inquiry purpose
The ruling by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) that Channel Seven was well within its right to take photos from a public Facebook page should be a reminder to us all.
Studios can't torrent what they preach
When a group is caught out not practising what it preaches, it's easy to mock them for it, but there's more to it than that with the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT).
Town Wi-Fi is no NBN killer
Whenever there's a new claim about something being an "NBN killer", there's always a reason to be cynical.