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		<title>The End of 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2012/01/01/the-end-of-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 09:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of 2011 brings with it the conclusion of another year, the optimistic view towards the upcoming new year and some tech industry news. Some of the latest update are major, some surprising and others are yet interesting. From a little bit of all three we have the sale of major I.S.P. (Internet Service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Australian ISPs Going Forward With Internet Filter</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/07/03/some-australian-isps-going-forward-with-filter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[failure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPrimus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optus]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/?p=130</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though their press releases from last year have re-surfaced recently in an effort to find out more about their intentions, plans and motives, internet service providers such as Telstra, Optus and iPrimus still seem like they are full steam ahead in forcing the “voluntary” internet filter onto their uses. Telstra have recently acknowledged and confirmed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whirlpool 2011 Survey Results</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/04/20/whirlpool-2011-survey-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/?p=123</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest numbers are in and the results are interesting to say the least. While the majority of Whirlpool membership is no doubt more technically savvy than your average computer user, the numbers indicate just what many in the computing industry really are feeling about internet service providers in general, the National Broadband Network and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case For User Responsibility: iiNet Wins</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/24/the-case-for-user-responsibility-iinet-wins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/24/the-case-for-user-responsibility-iinet-wins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 07:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[court]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[piracy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/?p=114</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you sue the postal service for carrying letter bombs? Do you sue the telephone company because you receive threatening calls? Do you sue airline companies for the loud children on your flight? Do you sue the makers of a car or road because of a collision? No. All of these examples indicate how a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Technology Column has a new site feature</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/22/the-technology-column-has-new-site-feature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/22/the-technology-column-has-new-site-feature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[the technology column]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have undergone a few changes to our site. Until we know that people are actively needing and using it, we have decided to disable RSS. Please use our poll to the right if you are interested in it being supported again. We are also interested in seeing what content our visitors might like to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vodafone CEO&#8217;s Message to Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/22/vodafone-ceos-message-to-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/22/vodafone-ceos-message-to-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[3G]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[upgrades]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An event that only happens once in a blue moon, something so rare that it actually deserves some attention and praise when it happens, no matter who or where it is from. This time, from Nigel Dews, Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone in Australia. An admission of a major problem. Vodafone recently contacted their customers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virgin/Optus 3G network problems in Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/19/virginoptus-3g-network-problems-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/19/virginoptus-3g-network-problems-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/?p=102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems lately that the Optus and Virgin, who use the Optus infrastructure for providing 3G access, are having similar problems as Vodafone are/were as indicated by the "Vodafail" incident. Many users are complaining that general connectivity problems, shaky connections and data flow, random disconnects, etc have been persistent since about the 20th of January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is The Cloud About To Burst?</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/17/is-the-cloud-about-to-burst/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/17/is-the-cloud-about-to-burst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 07:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cloud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freedom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cloud Computing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/?p=97</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The question in the title is a rhetorical question. Of course it is not going to burst, because cloud computing as a concept is a great piece of marketing speak for "anything web-based". This means YouTube, GMail, HotMail, most intranet sites, etc. But there are people who are promoting it as something more and pushing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress On The Australian National Broadband Network</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/11/progress-on-the-australian-national-broadband-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/11/progress-on-the-australian-national-broadband-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/?p=95</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been several updates and developments on the national broadband network front, some of which include agreements with Australia's largest telecommunications provider Telstra, changes in several internet service providers plans, realisations of a changing market and plenty more. So what has been happening? The Australian government has purchased the use of existing ducts in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FamilyVoice calls for pool fence for the internet</title>
		<link>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/05/familyvoice-calls-for-pool-fence-for-the-internet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/2011/02/05/familyvoice-calls-for-pool-fence-for-the-internet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bad analogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FamilyVoice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival of Light]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fred Nile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Filter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thetechnologycolumn.com/?p=91</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[FamilyVoice (formerly "Festival of Light") who was associated with the Rev Fred Nile of controversial fame, is calling for the implementation of Stephen Conroy's internet filter to be expedited and likens it to a pool fence. It seems Roslyn Phillips, FamilyVoice research officer, is calling for a "pool fence"-like internet filter and explains how requiring [...]]]></description>
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