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08 November 2014

Talking WireLurker, Google, Peta Credlin on 1395 FIVEaa

The WireLurker malware that affects Apple’s iOS and OS X devices has been in the technical news this week. That caught Will Goodings’ eye, as did the Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful people. We chatted about both on Friday afternoon.

I wrote about WireLurker at Crikey, so I won’t repeat that here. Our conversation on 1395 FIVEaa fleshes out some of the issues. If you want to get into the technicals, you can always read the original report from Palo Alto Networks or the independent analysis by Jonathan Zdziarski.

As for the Forbes list, Goodings was wanting to chat about Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page jointly holding the number nine spot. Which we did. But he also was interested in my suggestions.

For the most powerful Australian, I nominated the prime minister’s chief of staff Peta Credlin. “Nothing goes into the prime minister’s ear without her say-so, and nothing comes out of the government onto the media without her say-so,” I said.

Goodings then added his own comments, based on having see Credlin at work. It’s worth listening to. It starts at 15 minutes 27 seconds. I’ll also extract them for the next episode of The 9pm Edict.

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28 June 201427 January 2019

The 9pm Humanity, with added confusion

The Internet of Trees: click to embiggen

This episode of The 9pm Edict heads into a eucalypt forest in search of the internet, and encounters a dog.

You’ll hear about the National Broadband Network’s fibre-to-the-node trial, Russell Brand, Bertrand Russell, the 20th anniversary of a sarin nerve gas attack in Japan, the 25th birthday of the internet in Australia, the 60th birthday of nuclear power stations, Hillary Clinton and the mangoes, Google co-funder Larry Page’s threat to kill 100,000 people, and the arsehattery of Village Roadshow co-CEO Graham Burke.

And there’s the dog, of course.

And a cat. Sort of.

But don’t forget the dog.

24 January 201107 July 2011

Weekly Wrap 33

A weekly summary of what I’ve been doing elsewhere on the internets. It’s already Monday, which makes this post late. You’ll cope. There isn’t a photo this week either. You’ll cope with that too.

Articles

Reading Steve Jobs’ entrails, is it time for Apple to come clean?, for Crikey, written following the announcement that Apple’s CEO was on indefinite medical leave.
Forget Steve Jobs, Appleâ€™s rolling in cash, for Crikey, written the next day, when Apple announced record revenue and profits. Again.
Google kids have grown up, but where will they take the firm?, for Crikey, being an overview of Google’s place in the world following the announcement that co-founder Larry Page will be replacing hired-help “designated adult” Eric Schmidt as CEO in April.

Podcasts

Patch Monday episode 72, “Flood-proofing your business IT”. My guests are Tom Worthington, who works at both ANU and the CSIRO and has a particular interested in emergency IT and disaster planning, and Lewis Benge, founder of Qld IT Relief.

Media Appearances

On Thursday I spoke with Liz Ellis, the former Australian netball captain and now radio presenter on ABC Radio 702 Sydney about the great work the Queensland Police did using their official Twitter and Facebook accounts during the recent floods.

Corporate Largesse

On Tuesday, Acronis paid for lunch at the Italian Village restaurant in The Rocks as they announced the Acronis Global Disaster Recovery Index.
Also on Tuesday, Intel Australia provided quite adequate catering for the Australian launch of their 2nd Generation Intel Core processors in the laughably-named Crystal Ballroom at Luna Park. They also shouted a water taxi to take us across Sydney Harbour to the Opera Bar at Sydney Opera House.

Elsewhere

Most of my day-to-day observations are on my high-volume Twitter stream, and random photos and other observations turn up on my Posterous stream. The photos also appear on Flickr, where I eventually add geolocation data and tags.