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Watch That Tiny $74 1.5GHz Android-Powered Thumb-Puter In Action As devastating as the recent flooding in Queensland was, it’s amazing to think just how important a role technology played in managing the disaster this year – something that wouldn’t have been possible even five years ago. Telstra have a great example on their Exchange site which shows how NextG was used to share real time information about remote flooding areas during the Queensland disaster.
Gus over at Lifehacker has picked up on an exceptionally useful blog post from data recovery experts Kroll Ontrack with tips for data recovery if your hard drive gets wet. Given that half the country has been swimming in their loungerooms these past few weeks, the advice is particularly timely.
Well this has to be a new world record – it took almost a week after a natural disaster before the politicians decided it was time to try and score some cheap political points. Tony Abbott yesterday confronted media and called on the government to scrap the NBN in order to pay for the rebuilding in Queensland after the devastating floods last week.
There’s been little relief for our northern neighbours today as flooding continues throughout Queensland. The damage continues to affect major communications infrastructure, with all the major Telcos having to battle the weather to try and keep services running.
Voda customers in Queensland probably know this already, but the recent flooding has taken out a good chunk of the telco’s infrastructure in the (not-so) Sunshine State. UPDATE:Vodafone SEQ services have been restored in a number of areas. Vodafone statement below.
Queensland, Australia is in the midst of a massive flooding disaster that’s already claimed (at least) eight lives. Now, we’ve got some amazing amateur video of the flooding that shows—in horrifying glory—its full, powerful, car-moving devastation. Watch inside.
