Category: Technology
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Do hydrogen powered vehicles have a future in Australia?
To discuss the future of hydrogen powered vehicles in Australia I think it’s quite pertinent to look at the current status of electric vehicles here. Our Australian federal government has, until recently, shown complete disinterest in electric vehicles. That’s changed now, but not in a positive way. The government has noticed that electric vehicles don’t…
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Plex Media Server is glossy but shallow
Before I talk about Plex, I’ll tell you what led me to look at it. I listened some time ago to one of the excellent Alive 90.5 podcasts by Peter Fowler in which he touched on Google’s Chromecast. It sounded rather interesting. Then in another podcast on November 13, Peter talked about a product called Plex and how it…
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The New Daily
Australia has a new digital news service provider called The New Daily. It went online this week (today?) and draws its news from a number of sources including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Financial backing is from not-for-profit industry super funds. The New Daily is headed by Former Age and Herald Sun editor Bruce Guthrie. I’ve…
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Can you afford NBN fibre on demand?
Have you heard of fibre on demand? It’s a new term being used in discussions surrounding the modified rollout plan for our National Broadband Network (NBN) under the new coalition government. Remember that the original plan was for Fibre to the premises (FTTP). Under this scheme every home and business, except those in remote areas,…