IT Opinion
Comment
End of the on-demand dream: Uber model just doesn't translate
![Luxe is an on-demand valet app in the US.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/s/1/a/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gnrzmy.png/1459118942562.png)
Farhad Manjoo Across a variety of on-demand apps, prices are rising, service is declining, business models are shifting, and, in some cases, companies are closing down as investor appetite for on-demand companies has cooled.
Why Australia can't afford to miss out on the Internet of Things wave
![The Internet of Things is at the peak of the hype cycle.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/h/3/x/z/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gkh44o.png/1462781573190.jpg)
Eitan Bienstock The Internet of Things represents the biggest technology wave for years to come.
Business
Woeful 'women in tech' panels need to connect with reality
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Claire Connelly Women in tech panels seldom have anything to offer besides fortune-cookie wisdom and repackaged logic.
Opinion
Tim Cook blasts new laws
![Apple CEO Tim Cook listens to U.S. President Barack Obama speak at the Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection ...](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/f/p/n/r/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.1mbpuk.png/1440574690587.jpg)
Tim Cook Apple CEO Tim Cook steps up his condemnation of a new religious freedom law in Indiana.
Comment
Time to give tech start-ups a chance to maintain Australian standard of living
![Alan Noble.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/v/t/c/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13vrjs.png/1425550551331.jpg)
Alan Noble Start-ups should be given the regulatory support to take risks and turn Australia into a true knowledge and software-led economy.
Productivity
Multitasking does not work - and here's why
![Multitasking has serious drawbacks, eroding the quality of work over time.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/d/y/a/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.13dxlr.png/1423964551439.jpg)
Guy Cranswick Relying on email and all the other available collaboration tools may be affecting the quality of your work.
Alastair MacGibbon weighs in: law enforcers need metadata
![Alastair MacGibbon](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/3/2/3/h/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.1322uw.png/1422595988707.jpg)
Alastair MacGibbon OPINION: Alastair MacGibbon argues access to metadata is vital for criminal investigations, provided proper oversight is in place.
Microsoft
Windows 10: Has the trusty ol' Redmond dog learnt new tricks?
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Joe Sweeney Microsoft had been slow to adapt to a new economic landscape, but Joe Sweeney argues, its latest move signals it can change.
Comment
The tech industry is on fire, so why so many job cuts?
![HP and Microsoft delivered the biggest portion of the pink slips in 2014.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/n/m/o/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.12nlxv.png/1421185735535.jpg)
Katie Benner Despite the overall strength of the tech sector, employers in the computer industry saw the heaviest downsizing of 2014, announcing a total of 59,528 planned layoffs.
Broadband
NBN Co's new Telstra deal is as good as NBN will get
![The federal government has thwarted plans by private companies to force high-rise buildings](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/2/6/7/m/m/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.127mtl.png/1418626030162.jpg)
Paul Budde While we can argue Australia will have a second-rate version of a National Broadband Network, the reality is that with the new $11 billion deal with Telstra inked, this will be as good as it will get for the foreseeable future.
Have some fun with your technology
![Craig Gamble](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/z/s/w/q/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11q8sc.png/1422919902287.jpg)
Craig Gamble Even if technology won’t make you happy, it should at least make you smile sometimes.
Opinion
Let's face it: Google Glass will pay off in the end
![Josh Guest only takes his Google Glass off to shower and sleep.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/q/r/m/4/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11qr8u.png/1423182670517.jpg)
Josh Guest The fact US app developers are beginning to turn their backs on Google Glass, as recently reported, comes as a big surprise to me.
Great gadgets withstand the tech test
![Craig Gamble](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/z/s/w/q/a/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11kao5.png/1415947657226.jpg)
Craig Gamble Craig Gamble believes some pre-digital inventions will never lose their edge.
The sky's the limit in digital technology
![Craig Gamble](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/3/j/p/b/q/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11fplq.png/1415364300643.jpg)
Craig Gamble Digital technology is evolving so quickly and opening so many possibilities it is hard to predict what the next big thing will be, writes Craig Gamble.
Start-up
Innovation nation: Show us the money before it's too late
![Sam Chandler in Melbourne last year.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/g/v/r/v/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11gkrm.png/1415130446110.jpg)
Sam Chandler How can we turn Australia from a country that once rode on the sheep's back, and now rides a mining boom, into an innovation nation? Fresh from raising serious cash, Sam Chandler has some ideas.
Surveillance
Data retention won't catch terrorists without big data strategy
![Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull introduced data retention legislation into Parliament last week.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/e/s/4/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11fwo4.png/1414981132572.jpg)
Sandeep Rao Malcolm Turnbull won't necessarily catch many terrorists with his new Data Retention Bill, argues Sandeep Rao.
Strategy
Why Microsoft jumped on the fitness Band wagon
![Microsoft Band, available in the US from now.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/e/n/1/h/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11esx2.png/1414724267677.jpg)
Joe Sweeney Microsoft has released a fitness band and a health app. But why? Joe Sweeney explains.
Opinion
Law changes to crowd funding needed to kickstart Australian innovation
![Tim Heasley is a partner and chief operating officer of Artesian Capital Management.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/d/5/x/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.11d4on.png/1414487994583.jpg)
Tim Heasley It is only fair to allow ordinary everyday Australians to benefit from the wealth of entrepreneurial drive in this country, argues Tim Heasley.
Security
Confessions of a systems administrator
![Stephen Cavey's memo to CEOs: look after your IT people.](/web/20160608062736im_/http://www.smh.com.au/content/dam/images/1/1/9/s/n/i/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.119shx.png/1414127555325.png)
Stephen Cavey When things go right, no-one notices, when things go wrong, yours is the proverbial 'one throat to choke', writes a former sysadmin.