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Thursday, 26 November 2020 11:48
US needs to get its mitts out of Australia's internal affairs
By Sam Varghese
If proof were ever needed that the US directly interferes in Australia's internal affairs, US ambassador Arthur Culvahouse has provided it in spades, intervening in…
Published in
Open Sauce
Thursday, 26 November 2020 11:40
ZDNet and Linux often provide a good chance for a laugh
By Sam Varghese
If the American technology news site ZDNet wishes to write about Linux malware, nobody on this planet (or even an alien) can stop it from…
Published in
Open Sauce
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 19:19
Australian-owned ASPI using US funds for anti-China reports
By Sam Varghese
The Australian Government-owned defence industry lobby group, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, appears to have spent oodles of American money on studies that are virulently…
Published in
Open Sauce
Tagged under
- ASPI
- Defence
- US State Department
- China
- Australian Strategic Policy Institute
- Peter Jennings
- Scott Morrison
- Policy Exchange
- Marcus Reubenstein
- UK
- Japan
- Israel
- The Netherlands
- NATO
- Austal
- Lockheed Martin
- Northrop Grumman
- Saab
- Raytheon Australia
- MBDA Missile Systems
- Thales
- Jacobs
- Naval Group
- auDA
- Services Australia
- Australian Signals Directorate
- AWS
- AddAxis
- Cisco
- Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre
- Fortinet
- Microsoft
- Palo Alto Networks
- Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
- Property Council of Australia
- Splunk
- Upguard
- Thinktank
- Dave Sharma
- Stan Grant
- John Garnaut
- Nick Kaldas
- Stephen Loosley
- David Feeney
- Simeon Gilding
- Kate Freebody
- FreebodyCogent
- Sam Varghese
Monday, 23 November 2020 11:02
Reversal of roles: Labor wants EV tax, Lib MP Zimmerman opposes it
By Sam Varghese
In what seems to be a rather strange reversal of roles, the Labor Government in Victoria has announced a tax on electric cars and hybrid…
Published in
Open Sauce
Sunday, 22 November 2020 07:12
Time for Scott Morrison to request Biden to free Julian Assange
By Sam Varghese
With the Democrat Joe Biden set to take over as the next US president on 20 January 2021, it is high time for Australian Prime…
Published in
Open Sauce
What is it that makes felix, the new mobile service from TPG Telecom, such an outstanding offering?
Published in
Open Sauce
Thursday, 19 November 2020 18:54
NBN Co can seriously get in the way of communications
By Sam Varghese
The NBN Co has been recently claiming that it has fast connections, super-fast connections and anything else that should satisfy the needs of even the…
Published in
Open Sauce
Tagged under
Thursday, 19 November 2020 11:38
Spy agencies should keep their noses out of foreign policy
By Sam Varghese
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation — in what has been described as a rare public statement — has warned about foreign intelligence agencies who are…
Published in
Open Sauce
Thursday, 19 November 2020 11:07
Apple spins better than Warnie as it backs down on AppStore commission
By Sam Varghese
The fact that even a company valued at US$2 trillion (A$2.7 trillion) has to sometimes heed public sentiment has been aptly illustrated by Apple announcing…
Published in
Open Sauce
Tagged under
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 12:58
Everybody's favourite whipping boy, encryption, is under attack again
By Sam Varghese
The good folk who man the security agencies in Australia have cleverly pounced on admissions by Google and Facebook during a parliamentary inquiry, that they…
Published in
Open Sauce
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Comments
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Re: iTWire - NBN retailer questions need for Enterprise Ethernet in fibre areas
NBN enterprise ethernet is an answer to the question "how can we make nbn profitable?"A business would be crazy to[…]
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Re: iTWire - Memo to Google and Facebook: please pack your bags and go
Yep. Both can go.
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Re: iTWire - Memo to Google and Facebook: please pack your bags and go
Well written Sam,In addition to the disgusting level of propaganda used by US-led corporations and corrupt warhawk military to discredit[…]
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Re: iTWire - Memo to Google and Facebook: please pack your bags and go
Returb iPhones are cheaper than ever - definitely worth buying one :-)
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Re: iTWire - Reset Australia says 'Google’s egregious threats prove regulation is long overdue'
The Murdoch led LNP is talking crap again. The Murdochracy are out again asking the Government for something for nothing[…]
