WordPress 2.6 beta

June 29, 2008, 4:51pm, 172 views,  Leave a Comment

The popular blogging platform WordPress is expected to release version 2.6 in the next few weeks. Read more

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Perth online war fizzles

June 29, 2008, 3:58pm, 151 views,  Leave a Comment

The online media war in Perth is a fizzer. The much-hyped launch of Fairfax Media’s WA Today web site has delivered little that’s new, interesting or inspiring. Read more

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Victorian Liberal Party turmoil

May 10, 2008, 4:53pm, 223 views,  Leave a Comment

Red TedThe Victorian Liberal Party has sacked two staffers for running a hostile blog critical of leader “Red” Ted Baillieu.

The Age reported this online and it was exposed in detail on Andrew Landeryou’s blog.

Landeryou also links to copies of the offending blog, which is now officially accessible by invitation only.

Liberal Party Victorian president David Kemp said the pair had “been involved in acts of gross misconduct prejudicial to the party”. Read more

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Landlines less popular

May 9, 2008, 8:03pm, 163 views,  Leave a Comment

A report released by the Australian Communications and Media Authority shows that 90 percent of household consumers have both a fixed line phone and mobile phone. Read more

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Slaves to email

May 6, 2008, 6:22pm, 225 views,  Leave a Comment

Emailing has grown by about 40 per cent per year since 1996 and consequently we have become a slave to our emails. Read more

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Defensio and WordPress

April 26, 2008, 8:46am, 840 views,  2 Comments

A couple of online services I use regularly have announced security upgrades overnight. Read more

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Unrest at The Age

April 25, 2008, 4:48pm, 116 views,  Leave a Comment

Crikey gives an interesting account of current unrest at Fairfax newspapers. Read more

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Firefox 2.14

April 17, 2008, 8:43pm, 685 views,  Leave a Comment

Firefox has released a security and stability update labelled version 2.0.0.14. It fixes a “crash in JavaScript garbage collector”. Read more

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Are newspapers dying?

March 2, 2008, 4:05pm, 180 views,  Leave a Comment

An interactive American poll has challenged the authority and relevance of newspapers in that country. In some of the key findings: Read more

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Web landscape uncertain

February 9, 2008, 7:43pm, 164 views,  Leave a Comment

Microsoft’s proposed takeover of Yahoo has ramifications for the Australian web media environment. Microsoft is affiliated here with Channel Nine and Yahoo with Seven.

It’s anyone’s guess what will happen if the merger goes ahead. Both already lag behind Google in Australia, which doesn’t have a local affiliate.

It would not surprise if one TV network sold its internet stake to the other. The possibility of them working together would be more surprising and possibly anti-competitive.

Seven also has a significant stake in West Australian Newspapers, which some believe was procured for online strategic reasons.

The only certainty at the moment is uncertainty.

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