[Australia's] Telco leaders unite to pan NBN & lobby for ubiquitous wireless ‘NBN 3.0′ (iTWire, 31 August 2010): Executives from seven of Australia’s telcos have united to lobby against the NBN, claiming Australia’s broadband future is best left to the market, and best served by ubiquitous wireless coverage. They have formed the Alliance for Affordable [...]
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[Note: This is my unofficial translation and adaptation of a Korean-language newspaper article that introduces one of the books authored by Jacques Attali, founder and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and current President of PlaNet Finance.] “Just as nomads, people driven out of their native lands, illegal migrants, political refugees, [...]
The drama over the may-or-may-not-come-into-existence Apple Unicorn Tablet is REALLY spiralling out of control. OK, so Apple is finally announcing the Tablet… What’s the problem? Report: Apple tablet could earn $3 billion in a year Apple 2010 Earnings Will Likely Be Affected by Tablet More Hints at Apple’s Desire to Hold ‘iPad’ Trademark for Tablet [...]
I just learned that Paul Kangas of Nightly Business Report, a PBS production and my favourite television (now over the Internet) programme, had his final appearance as co-anchor on 31 December, 2009, marking the end of his 30-year career on the show. I have been a fan of both Paul Kangas and his co-anchor Susie [...]
Lately I’ve been thinking about people who smoke while walking along crowded streets or standing at pedestrian crossings. Will the world be a better place without people who choose to smoke while walking along crowded streets or standing at pedestrian crossings? Possibly. But I have more important propositions that will definitely make the world a [...]
Fiji occupies my thoughts a lot these days. It must be the doomsday headlines delivered over the past week in much the same tone as the calamitous reports on North Korea, Sudan, and Thailand. But one thing is for sure: Despite all those perilous keywords and travel warnings, Fiji is no Thailand. It’s no war [...]
What do Queensland, Saskatchewan, and Arizona have in common? Hint: (Picture: WebExhibits) Those are the brave states that said No-thanks when the rest of the country fell for the ludicrous idea of shifting time to extend daylight. Known to have been first proposed by a New Zealander in 1895, the notion of saving daylight by [...]
All IT job interviews carry a product-specific, technical component – and rightly so. But if you are an employer, assessing a candidate solely on the grounds of specialised expertise cannot always be fair. On the other hand, relying heavily on character and cultural fit is also potentially risky because that does not necessarily gauge the [...]
Should you, I, or the average consumer buy a new computer in 2009? I’d say hold off on it. That is not just because of the rising prices of imported goods, particularly electronics; there are seismic shifts taking place in the world of computer hardware manufacturers and software developers right now. At the centre of [...]
US scientists defend Darwin from attacks on evolution “While the rest of the world feted the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, US scientists were forced to defend the theory of evolution from a skeptical public and a concerted attack campaign… Just 40 percent of Americans say they believe in the theory of evolution, according [...]