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Thursday, 13 October 2022 11:16
The Age: Independent Always? Nope, a little biased now and then
By Sam Varghese
With the elections in Victoria just 44 days away, the media in the state are keen to step up to the plate and maximise their…
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Open Sauce
Wednesday, 12 October 2022 12:04
Australia's India relationship is driven by fear of China
By Sam Varghese
Thirteen years ago, as Indian students were being beaten up left, right and centre in Melbourne, India was anything but flavour of the month Down…
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Open Sauce
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One thing Apple has never lacked — except for a period in the late 1990s — is money. The green stuff. The American dollar. The company has…
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Open Sauce
Friday, 07 October 2022 13:15
When 'experts' speak, it's best to state their affiliations upfront
By Sam Varghese
Whenever there is a network attack in Australia — what some commentators call "cyber attacks" carried out by "hackers" — dozens of well-known and not-so-well-known commercial operatives…
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Open Sauce
Monday, 03 October 2022 14:01
Even Barnaby Joyce knows Optus attack was anything but sophisticated!
By Sam Varghese
When even National Party MP Barnaby Joyce, not a politician known for his technological nous, seems to know the Optus attack was not in any…
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Open Sauce
Sunday, 02 October 2022 07:30
Did Optus suffer another data breach before the big one?
By Sam Varghese
Did Optus suffer another data breach before the big leak, one that has gone generally unmentioned and unnoticed? At least one security professional who has…
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Open Sauce
Thursday, 29 September 2022 11:24
Optus CEO's spin not exactly the best way to handle breach
By Sam Varghese
One wonders what exactly drove Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin to front a media session last Friday, in a bid to spin her way…
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Open Sauce
Thursday, 29 September 2022 09:58
On World EV Day, Victoria is proudly taxing owners of EVs
By Sam Varghese
On World Electric Vehicle Day, Victoria can celebrate the fact that it charges people who use EVs a tax. The same Victoria that calls itself…
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Open Sauce
Monday, 26 September 2022 09:06
Optus has not covered itself in glory in handling of breach
By Sam Varghese
Optus has informed me that my personal data has been disclosed in its data breach – data which was submitted to the company last year to…
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Open Sauce
Tuesday, 06 September 2022 23:05
AMD Ryzen 7000: should Intel just shut down and return the money to the shareholders?
By Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Betteridge's Law suggests headlines ending in a question can be answered by the word no, and while it is very tempting to just say "yes",…
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Fuzzy Logic
