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True believer keen on spreading the social media word - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Nov 12 - No Cached

''Trying to take all of what is happening on Twitter in is like drinking from a fire hydrant,'' he says. ''So you end up thinking of it as a stream that's flowing past you; you throw your hook in and pull out an idea and if it's good then you let it go and let other people share in it.''
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Roland Gesthuizen on 12 Nov 12

"ROLAND Gesthuizen describes himself as a social media evangelist. His passion for social media and Twitter in particular extends beyond the global power of tapping into and sharing ideas. For his students it has brought the outside world to his classroom in a way that could never be imagined."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"ROLAND Gesthuizen describes himself as a social media evangelist. His passion for social media and Twitter in particular extends beyond the global power of tapping into and sharing ideas. For his students it has brought the outside world to his classroom in a way that could never be imagined."</div>

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Big Data | Debunking Five Big Data Myths | Technology, IT - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 14 May 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 14 May 13

"Kate Crawford of the MIT Centre for Civic Media goes behind the numbers to debunk five myths about big data."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Kate Crawford of the MIT Centre for Civic Media goes behind the numbers to debunk five myths about big data."</div>

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The fly-by, Wi-Fi hacking machine - 0 views

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Roland Gesthuizen on 28 May 13

"Kitted out with a miniature Raspberry Pi computer for a heads-up display (HUD) integrated in an external helmet, two Mikrotik routers, wireless sniffing and attack tools, GPS and a netbook, the motorcycle is able to detect wireless access points and plot them on Google Maps."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Kitted out with a miniature Raspberry Pi computer for a heads-up display (HUD) integrated in an external helmet, two Mikrotik routers, wireless sniffing and attack tools, GPS and a netbook, the motorcycle is able to detect wireless access points and plot them on Google Maps."</div>

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Schools embrace BYO device trend - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 03 Jun 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 03 Jun 13

"A report commissioned by the Gillard government found rapid advances in technology and growth in students owning their own smartphones and tablets, combined with their declining cost, supported schools introducing a ''bring your own device'' policy. While this would ease pressure on schools faced with replacing the government-supplied computers it does raise equity issues for disadvantaged students."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A report commissioned by the Gillard government found rapid advances in technology and growth in students owning their own smartphones and tablets, combined with their declining cost, supported schools introducing a ''bring your own device'' policy. While this would ease pressure on schools faced with replacing the government-supplied computers it does raise equity issues for disadvantaged students."</div>

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Bill Gates | Tax | Foreign Aid| Microsoft | Q&A - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Jun 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Jun 13

"Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says that if governments want to tax Microsoft and other tech giants more they should just legislate for it to occur."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Microsoft chairman Bill Gates says that if governments want to tax Microsoft and other tech giants more they should just legislate for it to occur."</div>

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Free ride: students crack ticket algorithm - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 01 May 13 - No Cached

other university students started looking at a public transport's ticketing system because they were fans of public transport and interested in how the data was encrypted. They were also interested in what protections were in place against malicious users creating fake tickets
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they were already aware of the potential flaws, but it was a large and expensive operation to change the tickets
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cryptography should be impossible to crack, even if a potential attacker or reverse engineer knows every detail about how it is implemented. This system on the other hand is relying completely on users not knowing how it is implemented, which may have been fine when it was introduced in the early '90s because much fewer people had access to the technology required to read the tickets, or computers fast enough to analyse the data
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Roland Gesthuizen on 01 May 13

"A team of university students in Sydney have cracked the secret algorithm used on Sydney's public transport tickets for buses, trains and ferries, which they say could allow them to print their own tickets. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A team of university students in Sydney have cracked the secret algorithm used on Sydney's public transport tickets for buses, trains and ferries, which they say could allow them to print their own tickets. "</div>

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Mobile devices to outnumber humans this year - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Feb 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Feb 13

"There will be more internet-connected mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets than people in the world before the end of the year, according to new research."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"There will be more internet-connected mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets than people in the world before the end of the year, according to new research."</div>

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Digging for data the new mining boom - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 23 May 12 - No Cached

Enterprises are using data analysis not just to improve their everyday business processes, but also to build predictive models of consumer behaviour.
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Trained loyalty scientists build systems that trawl through a company's customer behaviour data to predict certain events, such as what might prompt them to leave
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Companies approaching customers need to be ''utterly transparent'' about how they know what they know about a customer.
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Roland Gesthuizen on 23 May 12

"Big data is the new business black. It's a catch-all phrase for the billions of transactions and other bits of information about their customers, suppliers and operations logged by businesses and governments the world over every day. Yesterday's storage problem has become today's strategic asset. Turns out there's gold in them thar files."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Big data is the new business black. It's a catch-all phrase for the billions of transactions and other bits of information about their customers, suppliers and operations logged by businesses and governments the world over every day. Yesterday's storage problem has become today's strategic asset. Turns out there's gold in them thar files."</div>

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High schools to trial uni computer science in Y12 - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 31 Jul 12 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 31 Jul 12

"Victorian high schools will trial the country's first Year 12 computer science subject next year, in a bid to reverse a long-term decline in enrolments in hardcore computer science and engineering courses in Australian universities."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Victorian high schools will trial the country's first Year 12 computer science subject next year, in a bid to reverse a long-term decline in enrolments in hardcore computer science and engineering courses in Australian universities."</div>

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Why girl geeks need a mentor - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 17 Oct 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 17 Oct 13

"For women working in the ICT industry, where they're outnumbered more than four to one - the ABS puts their participation at 18 per cent - having an experienced mentor can mean the difference between surviving and thriving. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"For women working in the ICT industry, where they're outnumbered more than four to one - the ABS puts their participation at 18 per cent - having an experienced mentor can mean the difference between surviving and thriving. "</div>

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Shop proprietor Phong Quoc Ly charged over 'pirate' DVDs at Springvale shop - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 10 Nov 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 10 Nov 13

"Federal police have smashed an alleged large-scale pirate DVD business operating in Melbourne's south-east."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Federal police have smashed an alleged large-scale pirate DVD business operating in Melbourne's south-east."</div>

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Red tape no red light for laptops - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 21 Sep 10 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 21 Sep 10

"A global push to give every child a laptop is gathering momentum in Australia despite the absence of government funding. In less than three years, every child in Uruguay has been provided with their own laptop and now the initiative is growing in Australia, typically for children in remote communities."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"A global push to give every child a laptop is gathering momentum in Australia despite the absence of government funding. In less than three years, every child in Uruguay has been provided with their own laptop and now the initiative is growing in Australia, typically for children in remote communities."</div>

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Twitter, Accuracy & Journalism: Qantas QF32 Example - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Nov 10 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Nov 10

"Just as newsrooms were starting to stir with the rumoured explosion of a Qantas plane off Indonesia, and journalists began making calls to hotels on the island of Batam, Twitter was recording thousands of versions of what might have happened. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Just as newsrooms were starting to stir with the rumoured explosion of a Qantas plane off Indonesia, and journalists began making calls to hotels on the island of Batam, Twitter was recording thousands of versions of what might have happened. "</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 06 Nov 10

Some fascinating things to consider in this media article between informal twitter users and formal journalists as the social networking tide sweeps across the story to lift it gently onto the beach. What really happened, when and where is the real news?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Some fascinating things to consider in this media article between informal twitter users and formal journalists as the social networking tide sweeps across the story to lift it gently onto the beach. What really happened, when and where is the real news?</div>

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CBA's NetBank, ATM, eftpos hit by glitch | Commonwealth Bank - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Mar 11 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Mar 11

"Police have issued a warning after reports that more than 40 Commonwealth Bank ATMs have been dispensing large amounts of cash. Police are unsure at this stage what has caused the fault and are liaising with the Commonwealth Bank, which has been hit all day by a technical glitch that has disrupted its online banking, ATMs, and eftpos services."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Police have issued a warning after reports that more than 40 Commonwealth Bank ATMs have been dispensing large amounts of cash. Police are unsure at this stage what has caused the fault and are liaising with the Commonwealth Bank, which has been hit all day by a technical glitch that has disrupted its online banking, ATMs, and eftpos services."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 01 Mar 11

Interesting programming bug for a machine to spit out cash.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting programming bug for a machine to spit out cash.</div>

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Facebook facial recognition technology sparks renewed privacy concerns - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Jun 11 - No Cached

photo-tagging suggestions are only made when new photos are added to Facebook, that only friends are suggested and that users can disable the feature in their privacy settings
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"Tag Suggestions" feature uses facial recognition technology to speed up the process of labeling friends and acquaintances that appear in photos posted on Facebook
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Roland Gesthuizen on 08 Jun 11

"Facebook has quietly expanded the availability of technology to automatically identify people in photos, renewing concerns about the privacy practices of the world's top social networking service."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Facebook has quietly expanded the availability of technology to automatically identify people in photos, renewing concerns about the privacy practices of the world's top social networking service." </div>

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Facebook Photos Can Be Exposed Even If Profile Set To Private - 1 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 17 May 11 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 17 May 11

The wife of an Australian security expert has been targeted by another security expert in a Facebook privacy vulnerability test demonstrated at a security conference in Queensland. The privacy vulnerability, which can affect all Facebook users if a hacker has enough time, allows for privacy-protected photos to be accessed without being the user's "friend".

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The wife of an Australian security expert has been targeted by another security expert in a Facebook privacy vulnerability test demonstrated at a security conference in Queensland. The privacy vulnerability, which can affect all Facebook users if a hacker has enough time, allows for privacy-protected photos to be accessed without being the user's "friend".</div>

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Hayastan Shakarian Cuts Internet Cable In Georgia - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 11 Apr 11 - No Cached

Hayastan Shakarian, 75, severed a fibre-optic cable on March 28, shutting off the information highway in much of Georgia and all of Armenia for several hours. The cable ran parallel to a railroad track in eastern Georgia where she was allegedly scavenging.
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"The incident forces our company to think about diversifying our channels."
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Tbilisi, said that she had only been collecting firewood. "I have no idea what the internet is,"
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Roland Gesthuizen on 11 Apr 11

"An elderly Georgian woman who allegedly shut off internet services in her country and neighbouring Armenia while scavenging for copper cable is facing charges that could lead to three years in prison. In an interview the woman tearfully insisted she was innocent and said she had never heard of the web."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"An elderly Georgian woman who allegedly shut off internet services in her country and neighbouring Armenia while scavenging for copper cable is facing charges that could lead to three years in prison. In an interview the woman tearfully insisted she was innocent and said she had never heard of the web."</div>

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Roland Gesthuizen on 11 Apr 11

Interesting disaster recover planning case study.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting disaster recover planning case study.</div>

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Exposed: hacking threat to our vital buildings - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 12 May 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 12 May 13

"You're in intensive care at a hospital when the lights go out and the heating turns up. Meanwhile, doctors trying to get you to an operating theatre have been trapped in elevators for almost an hour as hackers take control. Experts are warning that this fictitious scenario is all too plausible after two researchers discovered in Australia 653 computer-based building management systems attached to the public internet."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"You're in intensive care at a hospital when the lights go out and the heating turns up. Meanwhile, doctors trying to get you to an operating theatre have been trapped in elevators for almost an hour as hackers take control. Experts are warning that this fictitious scenario is all too plausible after two researchers discovered in Australia 653 computer-based building management systems attached to the public internet."</div>

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Australia Falling Behind in IT Ranking | World Economic Forum - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 17 Apr 13 - No Cached

This reinforces both the need for high-speed ubiquitous broadband but importantly, the critical need to invest in lifting the skills needed to gain the greatest benefit from this infrastructure
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The problem has been risk aversion when focussing on IT and then ignoring the enormous opportunity risks in not taking up business change
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Roland Gesthuizen on 17 Apr 13

"Australia continues to fall in technology-ready global rankings because it is too risk-averse and conservative with IT spending."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Australia continues to fall in technology-ready global rankings because it is too risk-averse and conservative with IT spending."</div>

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'Password fatigue' haunts internet masses as experts ponder the future of the password - 0 views

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shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 26 Jun 13 - No Cached

Roland Gesthuizen on 26 Jun 13

"Sixty-three random alpha-numeric characters - in this case, generated by an online password generator - are as good as it gets when it comes to securing your virtual life. But as millions of internet users have learned the hard way, no password is safe when hackers can, and do, pilfer them en masse from banks, email services, retailers or social media websites that fail to fully protect their servers."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Sixty-three random alpha-numeric characters - in this case, generated by an online password generator - are as good as it gets when it comes to securing your virtual life. But as millions of internet users have learned the hard way, no password is safe when hackers can, and do, pilfer them en masse from banks, email services, retailers or social media websites that fail to fully protect their servers."</div>

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