We all struggle to make a decision to do something now that will be good for us later on. It takes self-control and is amazingly easy to subvert. Getting fit, eating less, studying more, and many similar…
- Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
If anybody is still labouring under the mistaken belief that anything online can remain private and secure, this week should have seen them finally admit defeat. In the US, UCLA Health reported ) that…
Most people are aware that being overweight and sedentary is commonly associated with being unhealthy. This has spurred a growth in the sales of fitness trackers with 25 million being sold globally last…
Netflix and Fitbit have established themselves as the dominant players in their respective markets. In both cases, the competition trails far behind as they are forced to follow whatever path the market…
It is a year since I last wrote about Adobe Flash and why everyone should stop using it. Since then, the leaks from the hack of the mass surveillance company HackingTeam have revealed three serious bugs…
In what has been labelled as poetic justice by some, the Hacking Team, an Italian company that sells mass computer and mobile device surveillance software has itself been hacked. The alleged hackers, tweeting…
This week brought news of the challenge that Apple faces with dwindling sales of the Apple Watch. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also pulled the plug on its smartphone business purchased from Nokia with the…
Increased security and privacy features on software don’t pose the public security threat law enforcement suggests.
At the heart of Reddit, one of the Internet’s most popular social news and discussion sites, is its users. Over 3.5 million of them keep 9,500 subreddits (communities or topics) fed with shared links and…
It is sometimes difficult to know which is worse, the hyperbole that accompanies product launches, especially those from Apple, or that from politicians threatening catastrophe at the hands of terrorists…
This week was significant for the media industry, with a hiccup in the launch of Apple Music resolved and Netflix demonstrating that providing customers with what they want trumps government legislation…
Lawyers for the Dallas Buyers Club LLC, were back in court last week as part of the continuation of their pursuit of Australians who they allege have downloaded the Dallas Buyers Club movie illegally…
Technolog is the first in a (mostly) weekly wrap up of the highlights of the technology news and events of the week. These are the tech stories that hopefully are the most relevant to knowing what is likely…
The academic publisher Elsevier last week filed a complaint against two web sites who it accuses of pirating its academic articles and other publications and offering them up to the world for free. Elsevier…
Twitter’s misfortunes have pivoted once again with the announcement of the resignation of CEO Dick Costolo. This move seemed to catch even some close to Costolo by surprise with Twitter co-founder Biz…
Apple’s annual developer conference kicked off in its usual way this week with a keynote that detailed new products and updates to Apple’s software and development environments. Like Google’s own developer…
In an attempt to improve the treatment of diabetes, the Australian Government has completed a $34 million research project investigating the effectiveness of new methods of care coordination, enhanced…
Advertising represents 90% of Google’s $USD 66 billion in annual revenue. What makes this figure especially astounding is the suggestion that the vast majority of web advertising may never actually be…
Facebook has taken a potentially bold step into the world of publishing by announcing “Instant Articles”. Instant Articles allows media companies to publish articles in a format that loads directly in…
It might seem easy to claim that digital technology has disrupted the way we plan, prepare and experience, travel. Online travel agencies have experienced massive growth and online is now responsible for…
Despite A$485 million of rescue funding, there is no guarantee health professionals will participate in the e-health scheme, nor that the information supplied will be complete.
Europe has launched its strategy for a Digital Single Market throughout its member countries. The success of this strategy relies on the ability of European lawmakers and politicians removing barriers…
Of the many things Kevin Mitnick is famous for, the part that stands out is his journey from being on the wrong side of the law, to his current-day role as a protector of it. Unfortunately for him, the…
Coinbase, one of the largest companies involved with Bitcoin, has expanded its operations to launch in the United Kingdom. Coinbase is adding the pound alongside the US dollar as a currency for buying…
Battle of the VPN The battle of largely US-based media companies against Australian consumers has turned temporarily from concern about illegal downloads, to Australians circumventing geographic streaming…
