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In building my home over seventeen years ago, I had it wired specifically to a home automation standard that Clipsal had designed. It was in the very early days of home automation so the programming of the devices was quite clumsy and the interface l…

Just sit back for a minute and think of the process involved to deliver you the computer sitting on your desk or the phone sitting in your hand (I am assuming you are reading this column in an electronic form of course). As electronics companies grow…

In 1858 the first inter-colony telegraph links were built when Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney were linked together with Brisbane being connected three years later. To emphasise the simplicity of the early networks, the Overland Telegraph Line was mad…

The term ‘Big Brother’ has entered our lexicon and is widely used throughout society today. As I am sure you are aware, the term comes from the title of George Orwell’s 1949 fictional novel by the same name where the residents of th…

In 2004 Nokia introduced the 7610 and the world of camera manufacturers started to change forever. It was the first megapixel camera and introduced the world to the concept of reasonable quality cameras in phones. It was only a short period of time b…

I constantly read a variety of Web sites and subscribe to various organisations to try and stay in touch with where the technological world is heading and I see new products every day. Some of them I shake my head at wonder how they received financia…

Over the last two months we have seen a plethora of new mobile phones hit the market from the biggest names in the business. The Sony Xperia X Performance; the ill-fated Samsung Note 7; the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus; the Google Pixel and Pixel XL and the S…

We are in the midst of an ongoing technology battle. You might think I am talking about Google V Samsung V Sony V Apple but this is a slightly different battle. The current battle we are witnessing in the Australian consumer market is between Apple a…