Submitted by Matthooper
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The global financial crisis might have tarnished some ofSilicon Valley's lustre, but for many Australian technologyentrepreneurs, it hasn't lost its bright, shiny status. And looking back acrossthe Pacific, Australia's much-vaunted lifestyle offers littleincentive for them to come back.Ben Keighran made his name in the US a (Read More)
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In January 2009, only 41% of US voters believed that global warming was caused by fossil fuel emissions and other man-made causes. According to the report, the majority believed that global warming was part of a natural planetary trend that will reverse itself over time. In a panic to sway public perception and environment (Read More)
Submitted by Matthooper
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IT security and data protection firm Sophos has published its report on the latest trends in spam, revealing the top twelve spam-relaying countries for the second quarter of 2009. By scanning all spam messages caught in SophosLabs’ global network of spam traps, researchers have identified the top ‘Dirty Dozen’ spam relaying (Read More)
Submitted by Maniac D
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We’re currently trying to gauge the level of interest in having an Australian Alt.Net conference on the day before Tech.Ed AU. Putting a conference together (even an open spaces one) takes quite a bit of effort so before we go down that path please help us out by responding to the poll on the sydney.ozalt.net site (it’s in (Read More)
Submitted by Maniac D
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         The Tech•Ed 2009 season kicks off next week in LA, and the show comes to Australia and New Zealand in mid-September. We’ve just opened the Call for Content tool so now’s the time to submit that great idea for a session. Details about how to submit are at the bottom of this post. Here are the r (Read More)
Submitted by Deege
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Article Tags: JENNIFER MAROHASY CLIMATE is complex and represents exactly the kind of system that cannot be modeled with any accuracy. At least that is according to Kesten Green, a forecasting expert at Monash University, Australia. Dr Green argues that a key question when trying to predict future climate is to ask: Can (Read More)
Submitted by Maniac D
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Are you an active member of the .NET developer community within Australia, or would you like to become more active? If you are why don’t you consider putting forward an abstract to present on a topic at Code Camp Oz 2009.Code Camp Oz is a community-driven conference held at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga where .NET (Read More)
Submitted by Maniac D
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The new year is approaching and I am finding myself reflecting on an incredible 12 months. Incredible, surreal, gratifying, crushing, uplifting, concerning and more.This year I’ve basically been a homeless nomad as I’ve traveled the world to conferences and meetings. I’ve spent 14 hour stretches on planes, stayed in everyth (Read More)
Submitted by Killa Willba:
A man charged over a video of another man swinging a baby around like a rag doll, says he'd be happy with a trial by jury. (Read More)
Submitted by Maniac D
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mask.of.sanity writes "Outraged aussies will hold simultaneous protests across Australia in opposition to the government's plans for mandatory ISP internet content filtering. The plan will introduce nation-wide filtered internet using blacklists operated by a government agency, away from public scrutiny. Politicians and ISP (Read More)
Submitted by Maniac D
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I continue to be amazed and inspired by the women I get to meet working in IT. I am fortunate enough to get to interview some of them for the GeekGirlBlogs podcast – which often leads to gaining a deeper insight into the amazing life they lead – as well as an ongoing appreciation of how down to earth, friendly & welcoming (Read More)
Submitted by Maniac D
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It's been an extremely interesting past week. I and a few of my colleagues decided to check out the Adobe MAX 2008 conference to see what the other side has to say about the future of the web (much like their folks come to MIX conferences). I've got a bunch of notes and a lot of what I saw was simply Adobe reacting to Micr (Read More)
Submitted by Maniac D
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How to steal podcasts from a friend Tips and Trick #3 Below is an entry from my buddy Mike Heald that can also be viewed on his site here. We were talking about how to use Microsoft technology to get podcasts onto your Windows Mobile device so you can listen to them when you have some spare time. He had a great solution (Read More)