Category Archives: Information Technology

Browser Update 2011

With just a few days left in 2011, I’ve taken a moment to have a look at the web statistics for this site, with a view to having a look at how the ongoing browser wars are travelling. In March, I had a look at how things had been over the previous six months, and [...]

NBN: What Will IPTV Look Like?

Over recent months, much of the debate surrounding the National Broadband Network (NBN) has revolved around what it will be used for. What will it provide to Australians, that current broadband infrastructure cannot? That depends very much on how you look at it – on a macro and/or micro level. Can the current systems deliver [...]

NBN Putting the Consumer In Charge

Undoubtedly, the NBN is a hot political potato right at the moment, with many different views entering into the current debate. Debate or otherwise, the state of play at the moment sees the project going ahead – including the recent announcement of the location and schedule of the next seven rollout locations. Many of you [...]

Technical View of Mental Health Care

The company I currently work for does a lot of work in surveying and installation of wireless computer networking equipment, with the healthcare industry being one of our most prolific sources of work in this field. I am in the midst of carrying out a four-day survey at a new and yet to be completed [...]

Spam Scam Coming Through a Portal Near You!

Some minutes ago, I noticed that my spam filters had successfully blocked an email purporting to come from one of my secondary email addresses, addressed to my primary email address. Well done spam filters! Amused, I sent this tweet, stating: “I must have pissed myself off somwhere/somehow…one of my email addresses is sending spam to [...]

Dell Email Database Breached

This evening it was reported that Australian customers of global computer manufacturer Dell, may have been part of a security breach in which their name and email address have been exposed to hackers. I received the following email warning from Dell: Are you affected? If you’ve ever done business with Dell which included the supply [...]

Internet Explorer Slipping?

I am an avid watcher of the statistics of visits to my websites, because a wide range of interesting trends may be visible before they are widely recognised, particularly in terms of browser use. In recent months, I’ve been looking closely at the percentage of visits to my sites from various web browsers, and I [...]

WTF Moment from The Australian

Flicking around the online news media over a cup of Earl Grey this afternoon, I came across this rather peculiar article at The Australian website. “COMMUNICATIONS Minister Stephen Conroy seems destined to make his own job harder than needed, with breathtaking gaps in his consultative process and an extraordinary belief that everyone should simply take [...]