Recent articles by Ian Yates

Opinion: Mine’s cheaper than yours

Opinion: Mine’s cheaper than yours

Microsoft is shouting it from the rafters – Apple notebooks cost more than the ones that come loaded with Windows.
Ian Yates Oct 17 2008, 11:46AM Hardware
Opinion: Side by slide

Opinion: Side by slide

What with the global financial meltdown recession depression crisis thingy in full-swing it’s not surprising that retail sales have begun to slide, and the direction is downwards.
Ian Yates Oct 16 2008, 6:50AM Sales & Marketing
Opinion: Ding dong Dell

Opinion: Ding dong Dell

When a major direct channel vendor wants to get cosy with the channel, there’s bound to be hesitation and suspicion.
Ian Yates Oct 14 2008, 11:46AM Hardware
Opinion: Information highway to hell

Opinion: Information highway to hell

Telstra's claims that we desperately need the National Broadband Network and that it should be made from fibre optic cables haven't really been disputed by anyone really.
Ian Yates Oct 13 2008, 7:54AM Collaboration
Opinion: Information highway to hell

Opinion: Information highway to hell

Telstra’s claims that we desperately need the National Broadband Network and that it should be made from fibre optic cables haven’t really been disputed by anyone really.
Ian Yates Oct 9 2008, 3:55PM Collaboration
Opinion: Twice the bits

Opinion: Twice the bits

If you’ve previously tried Vista and hated it, you need to take another look. Here in the rainforest we acquired a basic Dell laptop, which came with Vista pre-loaded, and we hated it.
Ian Yates Oct 8 2008, 12:54PM Software
Opinion: Still crazy after all these years

Opinion: Still crazy after all these years

The lunatics are well and truly in charge of the asylum now.
Ian Yates Oct 7 2008, 1:13PM Finance
Opinion: Boom crash opera

Opinion: Boom crash opera

Here in the tech sector most of us seem to be ignoring the financial meltdown on Wall Street and all the other streets around the world which are home to a stock exchange.
Ian Yates Oct 2 2008, 8:34AM Finance
Opinion: Batteries only just included

Opinion: Batteries only just included

It’s always interesting to watch somebody blowing their hard-earned money on a risky lawsuit...
Ian Yates Sep 30 2008, 10:41AM Hardware
Opinion: Shiver me timbers

Opinion: Shiver me timbers

Back in the days when real pirates roamed the seas it never occurred to anyone to make the treasure cheaper so they’d stop bothering to steal it.
Ian Yates Sep 27 2008, 9:04AM Software
OPINION: Size matters

OPINION: Size matters

News just in that iPhone users are sucking heavily on their data download allowance confirms what many of us have been saying for yonks – you need a decent-sized screen if you’re going to do much web browsing.
Ian Yates Sep 25 2008, 4:38PM Mobility
Opinion: Truth or dare

Opinion: Truth or dare

You can’t knock the ACCC for trying to keep website operators honest, but really, their chance of succeeding has to be slimmer than a snowflake’s in hell.
Ian Yates Sep 24 2008, 4:10PM Finance
Opinion: Poor reception

Opinion: Poor reception

Hallelujah! Telstra is now offering pre-paid NextG broadband.
Ian Yates Sep 24 2008, 6:23AM Collaboration
Opinion: Normal viewing resumed

Opinion: Normal viewing resumed

Bill Gates’ career as an advertising actor has been quite short. After just two episodes he and Jerry Seinfeld have been canned from their roles as chief TV spruikers for Microsoft.
Ian Yates Sep 19 2008, 3:36PM Software
Opinion: iPhoney

Opinion: iPhoney

Would you buy a computer if you could only run the applications the vendor approves? Probably not.
Ian Yates Sep 18 2008, 7:22AM Sales & Marketing
Opinion: I will if you will

Opinion: I will if you will

What if they made an upgrade but nobody bought it?
Ian Yates Sep 16 2008, 3:15PM Software
Opinion: Bang, you’re dead

Opinion: Bang, you’re dead

We’re not saying you’d have to be stupid to fall for an email scam telling you that a huge nuclear explosion has happened in Sydney.
Ian Yates Sep 15 2008, 3:36PM Security
Opinion: LEOS loom large – again

Opinion: LEOS loom large – again

It doesn’t seem all that long ago that stories appeared about “low earth orbit satellites” known by their acronym LEOS, taking over the telecommunications world.
Ian Yates Sep 12 2008, 9:22AM Collaboration
Opinion: The monopoly we had to have

Opinion: The monopoly we had to have

News that the Terria consortium wants the NBN to be a separate entity owned by "we the people" is being construed by Telstra as nothing more than sour grapes because Terria isn’t going to get the gig.
Ian Yates Sep 10 2008, 2:30PM Collaboration
Opinion: Thanks for nothing

Opinion: Thanks for nothing

Unwired is now offering a generous 10GB download limit for just under $40 per month. Such a deal! But wait, there’s always a catch.
Ian Yates Sep 9 2008, 10:59AM Collaboration

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