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  • AUSTRALIA

    Sex and secrecy close doors to good policy

    • Michael Mullins
    • 07 September 2009
    2 Comments

    Last week's sex scandal provides lessons for leaders on both sides of politics. Those energised by quality 'open-source' conversation will speak to the electorate more effectively than those who derive their inspiration from behind the closed doors of either the faction meeting room or the bedroom.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    Confessions of a videogame junkie

    • Ben O'Mara
    • 15 December 2008
    2 Comments

    I spent untold hours playing on my Commodore 64. I upgraded to a PC, to fight the beasties of Duke Nukem 3D as I chugged too many coffees and Mars bars. Interactivity is videogames' strength, and can be applied in socially constructive ways for marginalised communities.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    'Don't be evil' a struggle for Google

    • James Massola
    • 05 September 2007
    5 Comments

    Channel 7's purchase of AFL players' medical records has highlighted privacy concerns. Most users of Google are not aware of the extent to which it compromises their privacy.

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  • MEDIA

    Google pays the price to capture online video zeitgeist

    • James Massola
    • 30 October 2006
    2 Comments

    The battle for the living rooms of 21st century consumers has begun, and all the big players know it. Google, with its stockpile of $A13.5 billion, has gambled on YouTube delivering market supremacy in the online video arena.

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  • ENVIRONMENT

    Sunrise on Silicon Valley

    • Jonathon Greenaway
    • 11 May 2006

    The IT industry prepares for the next boom

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  • INTERNATIONAL

    More than a cure

    • Madeleine Byrne
    • 30 April 2006

    Sir Gustav Nossal is passionate about the lives of those the world often ignores.

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