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Rodney Gedda

Hold the phone: Microsoft buys Skype

Many people in the free software communities are venting their fear today after the news that Microsoft will acquire Skype for more than $8 billion. The most pressing question – will Skype continued to be supported on non-Microsoft operating systems, particularly Linux – remains open to speculation. Hold that thought and let me argue why Microsoft killing non-Windows releases of Skype is the best thing that can happen to open source VoIP.

11 May / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech
Rodney Gedda

Twitter feed added to TechWorld sidebar

This week the lovely devs at TechWorld added our twitter feed to the website’s sidebar and all tweets mentioning us are displayed in it.

10 May / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech
Rodney Gedda

Any excuse for a phishing scam

This week the world was awoken by the news Osama bin Laden had been killed by US forces in Pakistan. The week ain’t over yet and the IT media is already writing about the multitude of online scams that have appeared as a result of bin Laden’s death. That’s opportunism in the Internet age.

5 May / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech
Rodney Gedda

Mobile security ain’t no game play

In what seems to be a continuous spate of information security breaches this year, Sony has started warning its PlayStation Network subscribers to be aware of possible fraud resulting from a known compromise. And just think last week we were worried about mobile device vendors’ level of privacy intrusion.

28 Apr / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech
Rodney Gedda

Why we also need mobile security this Easter

I can’t wait for chocolate eggs and rabbits this Easter so is it too much to ask for a little mobile device security and privacy as well? Right now the smartphone security landscape is enough to make you go hopping for cover.

20 Apr / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech
Rodney Gedda

Flip out! Hardware makers take heed of smart multi-taskers

So Cisco has decided to can the Flip HD video device and write down its investment of $US590 million. Is this the first sign of things to come for single-purpose hardware devices?

13 Apr / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech
Rodney Gedda

Hey NBN Co, let’s cut to the cabling

Amid all the political furore surrounding the resignation of NBN Co’s construction manager, I, like many people, can only hope we get some cabling laid sooner rather than later.

6 Apr / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech
Rodney Gedda

A big week for NBN Co bureaucracy

Was I wrong about the NBN Co building up bureaucracy and broadband? What’s $200M between tax payers and government departments? Where's the broadband? Should we even bother asking questions?

30 Mar / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech
Rodney Gedda

Microsoft gets a serve following another Android attack

Microsoft has instigated legal proceedings against a number of companies that ship android-based devices, much to the disappointment of many of its customers.

22 Mar / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech
Rodney Gedda

Telstra to offer HTC HD7

Word is spreading that Telstra is set to announce an exclusive distribution agreement for the HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 smartphone. It’s another one for Tesltra’s slow-growing high-end smartphone stable.

16 Mar / Written by Rodney Gedda / TalkingTech

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Rodney Gedda is the former deputy editor of CIO and former editor of Techworld.
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