Fightin' tech illiteracy since '03

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• Major Optus outage

  Mon Jul 14, 2008
  • Any word on whether or not its back up yet? Pretty major stuff.

• Experts Discover Major Internet Flaw - UPI.com

  Wed Jul 9, 2008
  • In other words, is this the exact same as the edge server problem or is it a variant of that problem (or something else entirely) to which corporate NAT'd networks in particular are vulnerable.

• Why I'd Never Buy a F@(k!ng iPhone

  Wed Jul 9, 2008
  • "iBrickfirmware" made me laugh out loud. Original?

• Return of the Zeppelin? Europe Tests the Market for Lighter-Than-Air Craft

  Tue Jul 8, 2008
  • That thing looks wicked! It'd be one of those things that people stop their cars on the side of the road, just to get out and watch the enormous craft drift by quietly overhead.

• Tired with phising - let's strike back

  Mon Jul 7, 2008
  • I've never followed a link in an email that I wasn't expecting, and I've never ever stumbled on a phishing site. I was starting to think they didn't exist.

• The real truth about the Digg front page

  Thu Jul 3, 2008
  • An article on the front page (of technology) of newsvine, about reaching the front page of digg... Do they call that irony?

• Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband

  Wed Jul 2, 2008
  • (pet peeve: Why do so many businesses insist on faxing contracts instead of scanning and emailing them?) Fewer steps involved, simpler, less overhead (assuming both parties already have fax machines). I know, it irritates me too. But I can still see why they linger.

• Microsoft rumored to slash Xbox 360 price

  Tue Jul 1, 2008
  • Well I have no source, other than an email from my boss (who seems to have copied and pasted this little tid-bit): Telstra

• Study says many dial-up users don't want broadband

  Wed Jul 2, 2008
  • I think telco's have neglected the low internet-usage consumer.

• Microsoft rumored to slash Xbox 360 price

  Tue Jul 1, 2008
  • Yay for being an Australian.