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http://www.zdnet.com/ ZDNet | Technolatte Blog RSS Latest blogs in Technolatte en ZDNet customerservice@zdnet.com (ZDNet Customer Services) uk-engineering@cbsinteractive.com (ZDNet Webmaster) Sat, 25 May 2013 21:27:39 -0700 Sat, 25 May 2013 21:27:39 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 2 http://i.zdnet.com/images/spry/zdnet_300x300.jpg http://www.zdnet.com/ ZDNet | Technolatte Blog RSS 143 39 0 20 160 7000015839 <![CDATA[The Apple flat tax podcast]]> Apple Government Security NBN Australia 27:04 no ZDNet In what way could the tax code be just like Apple's products? Why is Spandas Lui worried about all the group voucher websites she buys from? And why is iiNet having a bit of a National Broadband Network (NBN) fire sale with its infrastructure?

All those questions and more are answered on this week's Technolatte podcast, as the Australian team discusses:

Apple CEO Tim Cook fronting US Congress over its approach to tax minimisation across the globe
PayPal, which has, rather unsurprisingly, suggested that Australians are unaware of how many sites have their information
iiNet's decision to sell the TransACT fibre-to-the-premises (FttP) network in Canberra to NBN Co for up to AU$13.8 million, and the company looking to sell even more, should there be a change of government.

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Running time: 27 minutes, 4 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000015521 <![CDATA[White Pages as a data breach]]> Censorship Telcos Telstra 31:25 no ZDNet How did a financial regulator unknowingly expose the Australian government's secret internet filtering scheme? What information has Telstra accidentally revealed now? And is Virgin Mobile's 4G pricing as good as it sounds?

All those questions and more are answered on this week's Technolatte podcast, as the Australian team discusses:

ASIC's stuff-up that revealed an internet filtering scheme operating right under our noses
Telstra's latest data breach
Virgin Mobile's 4G mobile broadband pricing.

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Running time: 31 minutes, 25 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000015175 <![CDATA[Revenge hacks, vampires and patents]]> Patents Security 28:47 no ZDNet What motivates people to go on revenge hacks? Do they go too far? Why is New Zealand looking at making it harder to patent software? And why is it difficult to run speed test comparisons for Labor's National Broadband Network (NBN) and the Coalition's alternative policy?

All of those questions and more are answered on this week's Technolatte podcast, as the Australian team discusses:

A revenge hack that put 5.5 million domain names at risk
The New Zealand government, which is looking set to make it much tougher to patent software
A site that compares Labor's maximum current speed on its NBN to the minimum the Coalition has promised in its policy that drew fire from Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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Running time: 28 minutes, 47 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000014850 <![CDATA[The troublemakers podcast]]> Banking Privacy Security 22:09 no ZDNet Why do corporations need more troublemakers? It was National Privacy Awareness Week? And how exactly can Microsoft be cheaper than Linux?

All those questions and more are answered on this week's Technolatte podcast, as the Australian team discuss:

Commonwealth Bank CIO Michael Harte wants 10 percent of his workforce to be troublemaking innovators
How many companies are aware of their privacy obligations (or even that it was National Privacy Awareness Week this week)?
ME Bank says that choosing a Microsoft stack over a Linux stack will work out to be cheaper in the long run. How does that even happen?

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Running time: 22 minutes, 09 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000014561 <![CDATA[The so-called self-proclaimed podcast]]> Security 30:42 no ZDNet Just who exactly is the leader of LulzSec? Which telco thinks it is okay to setup fake complaints and debt collector companies? And is the Samsung Galaxy S4 worth it?

All those questions and more are answered on this week's Technolatte podcast, as the Australian team discuss:

The Australian Federal Police nabbied the self-professed leader of LulzSec, but who is he really?
Excite Mobile was found guilty of misleading and deceiving Indigenous customers, and the company will hopefully have the book thrown at it
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is going on sale in Australia on Saturday, and we have feelings about the launch on Tuesday night. Plus, Apple results and the OurSay Communications Debate.

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Running time: 30 minutes, 42 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000014243 <![CDATA[Stepping into Kogan 'crazy land']]> Security Telstra 27:17 no ZDNet Is Kogan Mobile's service unlimited or "unlimited"? Are Australian security professionals correct in rating local businesses as sitting ducks? And what colour smoke does glass put out when it is burnt?

All those questions and more are answered on this week's Technolatte podcast, as the Australian team discusses:

ISPOne returning fire and claiming that Kogan Mobile's "unlimited" naming is "misleading and deceptive conduct"
Are Australian security professionals talking themselves down, or are they incompetent?
The state of Telstra's copper network and other unanswered questions in the Coalition's national broadband network (NBN) plan.

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Running time: 27 minutes, 17 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000013914 <![CDATA[Mr Broadband meets Mr Copperart]]> 22:28 no ZDNet According to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is now "Mr Broadband", after announcing a fibre-to-the-node policy for broadband should the Coalition win the September election. But what does it all mean?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

The Coalition's announcement for a majority fibre-to-the-node network that would replace the existing National Broadband Network (NBN) fibre-to-the-premises rollout.

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Running time: 22 minutes, 28 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000013561 <![CDATA[Fibre to the croc]]> Cloud 26:47 no ZDNet Has Bitcoin peaked? Why are Australian businesses wary of do-it-yourself cloud? And how do other countries compare to Australia when it comes to fibre networks?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

What's going on with the value of Bitcoin?
Are Australian businesses too afraid for do-it-yourself cloud?
How does Australia's fibre-to-the-premises network project compare to rollouts in the rest of the world?

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Running time: 26 minutes, 47 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000012922 <![CDATA[Podcast for a reasonable amount of time]]> Apple 27:48 no ZDNet What is Apple's warranty policy in Australia? How many houses have been passed by the National Broadband Network fibre this year? Why are we giving a slow clap for generic top level domains (gTLDs)? And is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) biased against Android devices?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discuss:

Apple's conundrum over how warranty policy in Australia should be applied and advertised
The ongoing delays with the NBN rollout
Internal certificates can hack gTLDs
The update to the ABC iOS app, and how the taxpayer-funded broadcaster defends the lacklustre Android version of the app.

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Running time: 27 minutes, 48 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000012639 <![CDATA[Turnbull's death lasers]]> Cloud Security 22:14 no ZDNet Was the Chinese government really behind the Reserve Bank of Australia hack? Can the National Broadband Network (NBN) really be blamed for companies not investing in cloud infrastructure? And just what would the reality of a Coalition NBN actually look like?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discuss:

The so-called 2011 Chinese hack on the Reserve Bank of Australia
BitCloud is blaming the NBN for a lack of cloud infrastructure investment in Australia right now
What the NBN could look like under a Coalition government.

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Running time: 22 minutes, 14 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000012241 <![CDATA[The hybrid bombshell podcast]]> Mobility Piracy Security 21:04 no ZDNet Is a new dawn of hybrid mobile app development approaching? Why does The Pirate Bay conduct in lulz-worthy trickery? How is the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) storing some of its passwords? And, in the absence of Josh Taylor, we tackle the big National Broadband Network (NBN) issues of the week.

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

Your tax dollars at work, as it was discovered that the ATO has a plain text password store
Portable-toilet management going paperless via the use of mobile applications, along with IBM predicting a bright future for hybrid mobile apps
The Pirate Bay confirming that its move to North Korea was a hoax
Malcolm Turnbull remaining confident of being able to make changes to the Telstra-NBN Co deal.

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Running time: 21 minutes, 04 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000011990 <![CDATA[CIO pyramid scheme]]> Security IT Employment Australia 23:16 no ZDNet How exactly did the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) get hacked? Why is the CIO role being split into so many different C-something-O roles? And will a class-action suit for something that happened to Vodafone two years ago be successful?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

The site for a two-year-old ABC TV show being hacked in response to an interview with an anti-Islamic Dutch politician
Why the role of the CIO is now being increasingly split into other roles, such as chief technology officer and chief data officer
Law firm Piper Alderman remaining confident that customers who were unhappy with Vodafone in 2010 or 2011 will still be interested in signing up for a class-action suit against the company.

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Running time: 23 minutes, 16 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000011644 <![CDATA[The existential startup podcast]]> Cloud Start-Ups Australia Telework 35:55 no ZDNet Are IT companies being flexible enough with their employees' working arrangements? Is the Australian government investing in startups at the wrong stage of the process? Why will gaming journalists now have to deal with the cloud? And would users on a potential Coalition National Broadband Network (NBN) be able to get fibre?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

A report out from Ambition revealed IT workers believe that their employers aren't being flexible enough about their work situation
Criticism that the Australian government may be investing in startups at the wrong stage
PlayStation 4 brings terms like "cloud", "social", and "big data" to the gaming world
Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he would be in favour of a user-pays fibre-to-the-premise scheme.

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Running time: 35 minutes, 55 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000011341 <![CDATA[The incognito podcast]]> Google Government Government AU Start-Ups 30:35 no ZDNet Why did Adobe drop some of its prices so quickly? What was all the fuss in the National Broadband Network (NBN) estimates hearing this week? What's going on with Sydney startup spaces? And is Google Play handing over customer details to developers really a big deal?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

The IT pricing inquiry summons Apple, Adobe, and Microsoft to appear, and miraculously, Adobe drops the prices on some of its products in Australia
NBN Co is apparently being delayed by a "range of issues" with construction contractor Syntheo in rolling out fibre to WA, SA, and the NT
Global startups don't need to be in Silicon Valley, according to oDesk and Etsy
Google Play send developers the personal details of everyone who buys their apps.

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Running time: 30 minutes, 35 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000010961 <![CDATA[Fibre to the ski lodge]]> Security Telcos Telstra Australia 28:33 no ZDNet How did Telstra manage to sail past a million 4G devices sold? What was Yahoo thinking, using an outdated version of WordPress? And is there anything behind the NBN Co announcement this week that fixed wireless and satellite maximum speeds have been doubled?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

Telstra hits 14.4 million mobile customers, including 1.5 million 4G devices on the back of iPhone 5 sales
An eight-month-old WordPress flaw was responsible for a Yahoo mail breach
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy announces that people connecting to the National Broadband Network via fixed wireless or satellite will now be able to get 25 megabits per second (Mbps) services.

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Running time: 28 minutes, 33 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000010648 <![CDATA[Dynamite internet pioneers]]> Government Government AU BlackBerry Australia 28:29 no ZDNet What did Sir Tim Berners-Lee think of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and data retention? What is the New South Wales government doing with transport apps? How will the election impact the NBN rollout and other tech initiatives? And why did Research In Motion (RIM) become BlackBerry?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

Father of the world wide web Sir Tim Berners-Lee's first of what is likely to be many speeches in Australia
Transport for New South Wales holding a hot house to develop real-time tracking apps for Sydney trains
The latest uptake figures for the NBN, and what it will all mean now that Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that the election will be held on September 14
The launch of BlackBerry 10, and when the devices will be available in Australia.

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Running time: 28 minutes, 29 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000010303 <![CDATA[Cybering the cyber cybers]]> Cloud Government AU Security Australia 26:51 no ZDNet Will Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's cybernew cybersecurity centre protect us from the cybers? How did the launch of Mega go? What does the Australian Tax Office (ATO) think of Google's tax-avoidance practices? And why is parliament testing out Windows 8 tablets?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

The Australian government's new cybersecurity centre
The launch of new cloud storage service Mega, and problems with its security
The ATO seeing tech companies' tax avoidance as making sense on a commercial basis
The Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) testing Windows 8 tablets, and launching a new video system to bring back footage from parliaments of yesteryear.

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Running time: 26 minutes, 51 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000009982 <![CDATA[Happy Healthy Harold's series of tubes]]> Government AU Nokia Telcos IT Employment Australia Social Enterprise 22:40 no ZDNet How will Happy Healthy Harold stop the trolls? Why is Nokia cutting IT jobs? And what led Vodafone to decide to shut down Crazy John's?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

The Australian government signing up Facebook, Google, and Microsoft to help stop the trolls
Nokia cutting 300 jobs and outsourcing a further 820 jobs in an "IT realignment"
Vodafone Australia bringing an end to Crazy John's after almost 22 years of operation.

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Running time: 22 minutes, 40 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000009677 <![CDATA[The namecast]]> CXO Government AU Security NBN Australia 32:05 no ZDNet Will 4K TVs ever work in Australia? Why did Shadow Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull end up with such a big global roaming bill? How did Ruby on Rails have a vulnerability for six years before it went public? And who has taken what job in IT recently?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses:

All the news out of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and why we might need fibre to the premises (FttP) for 4K TVs
Turnbull's troubling Telstra bill for global roaming
Ruby on Rails being vulnerable to a six-year-old flaw
Microsoft's APAC head moving to Australia Post, and Google appointing its own APAC head.

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Running time: 32 minutes, 5 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

]]> 7000009109 <![CDATA[The Apocalypsecast]]> Security Telcos Australia 40:59 no ZDNet What were the biggest security fails? Who sued who? Who was found to be corrupt, and who where the biggest winners and losers of 2012 in technology?

On this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team discusses: Anonymous; iiNet's High Court win; Optus' TV Now loss; Huawei being banned from tendering for the National Broadband Network (NBN); data retention; Android overtaking in sales worldwide; why Australians pay more for IT; the dumping of the Australian government's mandatory internet filtering plans; the fight for GST on purchases from overseas online retailers; Stratfor; the various universities that were hacked over the last year; corruption at CenITex and Sydney University, and much more.

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Running time: 40 minutes, 59 seconds

Opening theme: "Ecstasy X" by Jason Shaw, CC3.0

Closing theme: "Skyroads" by Pierlo, CC3.0

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