Download Mac warez, pay the price
Mac users should heed the call and realise that root user stupidity can always subvert any security in place.
Null Pointer
Chris Duckett dispenses with "trends", "magic quadrants" and other salesbot speak to investigate what is really the foundation of IT: source code.
Chris Duckett
Chris started his journalistic adventure in 2006 as the Editor of Builder AU after originally joining CBS as a programmer. After a Canadian sojourn, he returned in 2011 as the Editor of TechRepublic Australia.
Latest Posts
App Engine's language bonanza
By choosing Java for its App Engine, Google got a plethora of other languages for free.
IE8 roll-out will finally kill IE6
Microsoft has announced that from next week, it will begin deploying its Internet Explorer 8 browser to the majority of users via Automatic Update — and there was much rejoicing and a feeling of relief.
Debian unleashes inner devil
The Debian project has announced that it is adding two new FreeBSD kernels to the unstable and experimental archive under the name of Debian GNU/kFreeBSD.
GNOME 3.0 needs a big, visible change
Plans for the next major iteration of the GNOME desktop have been released with the major change being a new user experience.
Browsers' creativity sparked by new tab
A rash of creativity has overcome browser vendors recently in a completely unexpected place: the content of the new tab page.
Aussie icon set to go global
The poster child of the Linux movement is set to be temporarily replaced by a cleverly disguised marsupial to raise awareness for the plight of Tasmanian devils.
IE8 needs Canvas support
IE may be the quickest browser to load pages, but this is not a 100m dash; seems like someone has forgotten to tell Microsoft that there is another 300m of JavaScript to go until this race is over.
Firefox is still king for developers
Firefox is still king when it comes to daily work on the tubes, despite the steady increase in the buzz surrounding the open-source Webkit project, on which Safari and Google Chrome are based.
Jailbreaking: A geek's Everest
If I choose to upgrade the engine of my car, Holden will not recall it at some point in the future to restore its default configuration. Yet to most users, this behaviour is perfectly acceptable for devices.