October 9, 2008 – 12:27 am
This is very cool, location-aware web applications. In the very near future your next visit to Dominos, BoM or RetailMeNot will blow your mind away as the site requests your geographical location so that it can provide local content and recommendations.
October 8, 2008 – 11:55 pm
Google look set to open the same cloud computing infrastructure powering Internet behemoths like Google Analytics (Urchin), Google Earth and social networking site Orkut to web developers for free! Let the Cloud Wars begin!
February 20, 2008 – 7:25 pm
ANZ have recently launched M-Banking, ANZ Mobile Phone Banking, giving bank customers secure, instant access to account information.
This is big news for Friday spenders who can now be notified when their scheduled salary goes in and when to hit the nightlife.
ANZ Mobile Phone Banking has been launched in two flavours, a secure Java application named [...]
November 29, 2007 – 8:42 pm
Earlier this evening I received an invitation from Mister Wong - not the man, the social bookmarking portal - to beta test and provide feedback on how the well greased engines performs.
Have to say, for starters I’m impressed! This post is part of my series detailing the new portal soon to be launched.
Mister Wong: Private [...]
September 20, 2007 – 10:03 am
In conjunction with the public release of the NetAlert client-based Internet content filter, The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Hon Helen Coonan issued a press release detailing budget spending, goals of the campaign and allocated maintenance resources.
The $84.8 million National Filter Scheme will provide access to the best available PC-based and ISP-level [...]
September 4, 2007 – 10:36 am
Can you possibly say yeww! any louder?
The Windows Media Player Firefox plugin has been available since March but since recently - like last week - upgrading to Windows Vista I’ve found my browser lacking in third-party player codecs, so go get it!
Another gem to top off this find was the Open Source Software Lab within [...]
August 27, 2007 – 8:14 pm
Shit, I’d be grinning too after the exposure Tom Wood received for releasing a work-around for the all inspiring NetAlart Internet content filter! Big pat on the back also must goes out to the contractors responsible for taking on the DCITA sponsored project for leaving the package so vulnerable to exploits. More details covered by [...]
August 25, 2007 – 10:50 am
Wong’s back with more updates! The German Mister Wong community got a taste of the improvements early but now that the creases have been ironed English Mister Wong members can now enjoy all the member interaction features we’ve come to expect from social communities.
Basically everything MySpace, LiveJournal and Facebook have been able to slide under [...]
August 25, 2007 – 10:49 am
The Australian Federal elections are nearing and it’s becoming clear young voters are an obvious asset in securing a clear-break win for either major party. This means poorly-executed online campaigns, over-zealous supporters, and friend requests from John Howard?
Prior to the last U.S. presidential election MySpace (U.S. and Australia) operated various campaigns featuring popular members, in-page [...]
August 25, 2007 – 10:48 am
The High Court’s ruling on defamatory critiques and reviews is a huge loss for professional reviewers. Deborah Cameron of The Syndey Morning Herald covered the recent case awarded to Coco Roco of a ‘distasteful’ review from popular restaurant reviewer Leo Schofield in Curtain lowered on age of fearless food critic.
With this ruling sealed reviewers now [...]
