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Recent comments from telecommunications providers Telstra and Aussie Broadband about their decreasing profits from NBN sales underline how short-sighted the Labor government was to keep…
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Monday, 22 March 2021 12:26
After all the headlines, whatever happened to them vaccines?
By Sam Varghese
Despite the blaring headlines that six million more Australians are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine from today (Monday), this does not mean they can…
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Thursday, 18 March 2021 06:59
Australia's electric vehicle policy is firmly stuck in reverse gear
By Sam Varghese
As the rest of the developed world looks to electric vehicles to help cut their output of greenhouse gases, Australia is firmly in the backseat,…
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Sunday, 14 March 2021 07:00
NYT reporter's infosec book: a worthy tale, but poorly told
By Sam Varghese
Whenever one picks up a book with an eye to writing about it, one necessarily needs to know the subject matter therein. The recent book…
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Thursday, 11 March 2021 11:03
What's up, Josh? No Facebook deals for Nine, News and ABC
By Sam Varghese
A shade over two weeks since Treasurer Josh Frydenberg crowed that Australia had put in place "world-leading legislation" to bring Facebook and Google into line,…
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Wednesday, 10 March 2021 08:29
Strange but true: everyone except Microsoft is blamed for Exchange Server attacks
By Sam Varghese
It should be somewhat curious to the average individual that all the coverage about the ongoing Microsoft Exchange Server attacks has focused on anything but…
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Tuesday, 02 March 2021 11:36
Plenty of mirth as Recorded Future, NYT and ex-NSA man have a punt each way
By Sam Varghese
CIA-backed threat intelligence firm Recorded Future has issued a document in which it claims that a China-linked group named RedEcho is targeting the Indian power…
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Friday, 26 February 2021 11:09
Facebook, Frydenberg both claim victory; for Google, silence is golden
By Sam Varghese
With the news media code now signed into law, it is time for all three entities involved in the drama that played out over the…
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Saturday, 20 February 2021 07:32
Facebook: should Scomo take the issue to the UN Security Council?
By Sam Varghese
If the initial reaction to Facebook's sudden decision to cut Australians off from the site on Thursday was idiotic, it became even more ludicrous on…
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