Paul Wallis
Digital Journalist based in Sydney, Australia.
Joined on May 27, 2007
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Internet experts are baffled by a denial of service attack on a business called Money Management. The attack was made using a botnet having 4500 computers in Mexico and South America. The fact is that denial of service attacks are now buyable.
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A house seized by the Sheriff's office valued at $630,000 was sold for a top bid of $1,000. The second highest bid was $200. There’s a lot which doesn’t make sense here.
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans sign up regularly for unpaid internships which many experts say really should be salaried jobs. Some of these internships are based on “experience” for entry-level people. Like hell.
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Thomson Reuters journalists are to go on strike after receiving a measly 1.75% pay rise offer. This figure, which is way below inflation, barely deserves to be called a bad joke. There are other big possible problems, and they need a look.
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Anonymous is generally reviled for their hacks by the people who should have systems that can’t be hacked. The FBI hack does make a point - These hacks relate to much bigger systemic problems.
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Around 35 million people die of sugar-related medical conditions around the world annually. The situation is now so bad that a University of California San Francisco study has called for regulation of sugar consumption.
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It’s visual chaos, but Pinterest, according to Mashable, is the new hot website for all things marketable. This is visual media in overdrive, called a pinboard. People share pictures. That’s what's generating the business.
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A UN panel has warned that the world’s resources of food, water and fuel are running out. The panel wants an “evergreen revolution” for sustainable development and management of resources. So after 50 years of warnings, someone’s noticed.
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If you’ve been finding the tech pages full of kidsy entrepreneurial manure and cutesy nursery rhyme garbage recently, no, you’re not getting senile. Apparently America’s corporate Disneyland has penetrated Silicon Valley.
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The public float of Facebook has been talked about for years. It’s now happening. The initial placement offering (IPO) will make Facebook one of the biggest companies in the world. How the market treats Facebook will be interesting to see.
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The Obama administration has flagged that the US military needs a new business model. Defense Secretary Panetta has a working model which is raising the hackles of an election year Congress bent on self-preservation.
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Originally, libertarianism was a highly respected ideal, based on individual liberty. Far from its original high principles, modern libertarianism has turned a philosophical Disneyland into a downmarket trailer park and called it art.
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President Obama has already won one round of this year’s election. He used the State of the Union speech to redefine America’s big issues as economic rights and privileges. The GOP disliked the State of the Union address, but can’t do much about it.
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The 26th of January is Australia day, the anniversary of Federation in 1901. Most Aussies wish each other a Happy Australia Day. A new survey claiming those with flags on cars were more likely to be racist hasn’t exactly gone unnoticed.
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A drug shortage in the US is going global. The main drugs involved include anaesthetics, penicillin and drugs for treatment of serious medical conditions. The pharmaceutical industry now wants financial “incentives” to supply.
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If you think you’re going insane (What, you’ve never been?) no less than 20% of Americans were with you in the last 12 months, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has discovered.
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Anonymous, understandably and consistently no more thrilled with the SOPA and other anti-piracy laws than anyone else online, took down the Justice Department, the RIAA and other sites as its contribution- Then got misreported.
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Congress responded rapidly to the big dark-out by major websites. Support for the two main anti-piracy bills has evaporated, and there’s now general acknowledgement that a lot more thought has to go in to planning any legislation.
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SOPA is on hold, but Wikipedia’s “strike” threat for tomorrow and similar action by Reddit and Boing Boing are still going ahead. The White House has expressed less than fizzy enthusiasm for anti piracy proposals and is asking for help from users.
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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which has already got flak from Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, Yahoo! and others is getting a lot hotter. Wikipedia is going to be offline on Wednesday in protest.
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