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Thursday, 18 June 2020 18:21
It looks like Australia's bid for a digital tax may not get very far
By Sam Varghese
The chances that Australia will be able to impose its will on digital giants Google and Facebook, as far as getting them to pay for…
Published in
Open Sauce
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 11:44
Marise Payne forgot the US also spread disinformation during pandemic
By Sam Varghese
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has given other countries even more impetus to call this country a lapdog of the US, completely forgetting that the…
Published in
Open Sauce
Tuesday, 16 June 2020 11:48
Threat to Windows and Linux cannot be really put in the same basket
By Sam Varghese
Twice in the space of three months, researchers from BlackBerry have put out studies pushing claims about malware and ransomware that is alleged to attack…
Published in
Open Sauce
Barring a major catastrophe, the Coalition Government will be able to announce within a fortnight or so that it has completed the rollout of the…
Published in
Open Sauce
Sunday, 14 June 2020 16:37
Twitter deletes accounts partly based on defence lobby group ASPI's word
By Sam Varghese
Social media site Twitter has done what little reputation it has no good by accepting recommendations for deletion of accounts from the Australian Strategic Policy…
Published in
Open Sauce
Monday, 25 May 2020 12:02
Why does Morrison stand by and let the US interfere in Australia's affairs?
By Sam Varghese
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is maintaining a studious silence about a threat by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to "disconnect Australia" because the…
Published in
Open Sauce
Friday, 22 May 2020 10:21
Money management firm MyBudget set to enter third week with systems down
By Sam Varghese
Week two of the Australian money management firm MyBudget's outage is coming to an end and there appears to be no end in sight to…
Published in
Open Sauce
Wednesday, 20 May 2020 11:45
MyBudget has good news on 11th day of outage: founder's video messages back
By Sam Varghese
As Australian money management firm MyBudget enters the 11th day of an outage with its customer web portal still unaccessible, it's beginning to look like…
Published in
Open Sauce
Nine days after it suffered a systems outage that took it offline, Adelaide-based money management company MyBudget says its automated systems are up again, and…
Published in
Open Sauce
Friday, 15 May 2020 11:29
In Australia-China spats, the media only gives one side of the picture
By Sam Varghese
Australia has been imposing hefty duties on Chinese steel, aluminium and chemical imports for more than six years, despite a letter from the Chinese side…
Published in
Open Sauce
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Comments
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Re: iTWire - Optus 5G home Internet is an NBN killer
The IQ of the company has not been up for debate at all. Though I would suggest that if they[…]
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Re: iTWire - Optus 5G home Internet is an NBN killer
As I said earlier, you are welcome to draw your own conclusions. But I would suggest that when placing a[…]
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Re: iTWire - Optus 5G home Internet is an NBN killer
I am yet to find a single person who would say that the 4G services in Australia do not outdo[…]
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Re: iTWire - Optus 5G home Internet is an NBN killer
Paid for by Optus? Not sure what you are talking about. In 99% of reviews, the product is supplied by[…]
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Re: iTWire - Optus 5G home Internet is an NBN killer
I think I said $99 was what I pay per month. The big plus and the reason why I don't[…]