Australian Technology

Archive: 06-2012

• Using Tor and Firefox config on Android

  It is possible to use Firefox and Twitter on Android with full Tor anonymity

  Posted by Chris Duckett | June 28, 2012, 6:40 PM PDT

• Telstra halts data collection

  Australian telco stops tracking websites visited by its mobile customers.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | June 26, 2012, 10:47 PM PDT

• Use jQuery for sortable UI elements

  Dragging, dropping, and reordering block objects is easy with jQuery.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | June 26, 2012, 7:21 PM PDT

• Apple fined $2.25m in deliberate 4G hoodwink

  A court ruling has closed Cupertino’s run in with the ACCC, and Apple is left with a fine and footing the bill.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | June 20, 2012, 9:30 PM PDT

• Microsoft Surface: this time it’s business

  The latest entrant into the tablet market is ripe to solve the “enterprise tablet” conundrum.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | June 19, 2012, 11:50 PM PDT

• Fedora 17 review: From miracle to meh

  After a month of using Fedora 17, it has all become too much to bear.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | June 18, 2012, 10:28 PM PDT

• Go nuclear on Gentoo’s Perl

  When Perl starts halting your Gentoo update process, sometimes the machete is a better option than the scalpel.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | June 17, 2012, 9:31 PM PDT

• Reduce the bandwidth bottleneck

  Barry Saunders explains how designers and developers can lessen the impact of mobile data limitations when producing high-quality graphics for Retina displays.

  Posted by Barry Saunders | June 12, 2012, 6:02 PM PDT

• The Retina-driven bandwidth bottleneck

  The announcement that the new MacBook Pros will have Retina displays is going to have a massive impact on web design.

  Posted by Barry Saunders | June 11, 2012, 5:35 PM PDT

• See the GovHack 2012 winners

  GovHack 2012 was completed this weekend, check out the mashups that took away the prizes.

  Posted by Chris Duckett | June 3, 2012, 7:24 PM PDT