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13/06/2018
5 Sci-Fi Classics That Predicted the Internet
Books! I mean, what even are they? Well I guess they're sort of like bricks, for smart people. And not unlike bricks, they come in varying quality. Some of the better ones can be as educational as they are entertaining, and the genre of science-fiction has often been good at hitting that sweet spot, to the point where some works of sci-fi have
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22/05/2018
12 Things You Didn't Know About the Internet
The internet is absolutely everywhere, and it's only going to become more and more ubiquitous. Here are 12 facts you may not have know about this amazing and omnipresent technology upon which we increasingly rely...   1. THE INTERNET IS A BABY BOOMER Primative precursors of the internet were actually bopping about even before the first computers
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12/06/2018
7 iPhone Tips That You'll Wish You Knew Yonks Ago
Are you the kind of iPhone owner who likes to stay in-the-know while on-the-go? Great! You sound very cool and important. Well, it just so happens that I have 7 (seven) very handy iPhone tips that are ONLY for the coolest and most important people - I personally don't deserve them, and I want you to have them, don't ask me how I got them, you don't
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7/06/2018
Real Life Cyborg: Neil Harbisson
Photo by Hector Adalid.Born with a severe form of colour-blindess, Neil Harbisson was only ever able to see the world in grayscale. This did not hinder his artistic pursuits, and by age 16 he was studying art at the prestigious Institut Alexandre Satorras, where he was given special permission to use no colour in his work. Neil's life changed when
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7/06/2018
Real Life Cyborg: Moon Ribas
Photo by Michael Sharkey.Imagine being able to detect an earthquake on the side of the planet, or having the ability to feel the seismic activity of the very moon. This is a daily occurrence for Catalan avant-garde artist and cyborg, Moon Ribas. Though it sounds like the stuff of science-fiction, Moon is one of the many people who are embracing
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8/05/2018
4 Things You Can Use Unlimited Broadband For (Besides Finding Bigfoot)
So you've looking into getting unlimited broadband? That's swell! And you've made sure that you're gonna get the best deal applicable to your specifics? Well right on, man, right on! But now you're not sure what you're gonna use all that data on? Well that's peachy keen, jelly bean, 'cause I've got all kinds of great suggestions - and I promise
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8/05/2018
When Did the Military First Weaponise Memes?
Was 2011 a golden age of memes? I mean, we had Scumbag Steve, Rebecca Black, Pepper Spraying Cop, Conspiracy Keanu, Nyan Cat, 60's Spider-Man - and so many more classics. What a time to be alive! With such a meme renaissance abounding, I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone thought "hey, what if we used memes for evil?". One such
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18/04/2018
7 Things You Didn't Know Were Disrupting Your WiFi
If you're reading this from the 21st Century, odds are that your goodly establishment has been decked out with some of this "WiFi" that all the kids are caterwauling about. And I dare say that you rely on this WiFi for everything from online procurements to binge-streaming. I therefore posit that you require this WiFi to be functioning at an
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24/04/2018
Choosing the Right NBN Plan For You
So the NBN is in your future. Great! But how do you go about finding the plan that's best for you? Well, thankfully, it's not too daunting if you have a little help. It all boils down to a few key factors... 1. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD?Maybe you're a lone wolf, favouring a life of broody solitude, not unlike Batman. Conversely, you
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29/03/2018
3 Things You Didn't Know Were Hooked to the Internet
The world is a crazy place, the internet's even crazier, and the two are becoming exponantially entwined as technology moves in leaps and bounds. Broadband has become ubiquitous (and connecting to it has become super easy to do), and as such there is an exciting zeitgeist that's seeing more and more devices hooking up online (like typical
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11/04/2018
3 of the World's Most Exotic Wi-Fi Hotspots
The world's a big place, but the internet is (intangibly) bigger. Here are three of the most exotic locations where you can find hotspots whilst on your worldy sojourns... 1. MOUNT EVERESTEarth's highest mountain used to be devoid of wi-fi, and that's the only reason I haven't climbed it yet. But times are changing, and if there's any locale that
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10/04/2018
What Would an EMP Attack Do to Your Internet?
An invading army swoops in and utilises a weapon of pure energy manipulation to take out our infrastructure. It sounds like the stuff of science-fiction, doesn't it? But then, once upon a time, that's how the internet sounded. So what would the former actually do to the latter? What would an EMP attack to do to our beloved interwebs? An EMP (or
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