anguskidman

Angus Kidman | Lifehacker Editor Angus has been writing professionally about technology since 1994 and breaking it for even longer. He is based in Sydney but spends a frankly unhealthy portion of his life on the road, tracking down the latest stories. In 2011, he won the IT Journo Award For Best Consumer Technology Journalist and Consensus IT Writers Award for Best Technical Writer for his work on Lifehacker; about time too.
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  • Why The Latest EFA Claims About Piracy In Australia Are Nonsense

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    The topic of movie piracy often lends itself to dubious claims and dubious statistics. Advocacy group Electronic Frontiers Australia has launched a site which tries to track whether movies that Australians download illegally are legally available. Unfortunately, the interpretation of the data is questionable at best and ludicrous at worst.

  • Game Of Thrones Australian Exhibition Extends Evening Hours

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    So we noted earlier in the week that the queues for the Game of Thrones exhibition were insanely long — and we can tell you from our birds-eye view here at Gizmodo Towers that they aren’t getting any shorter. Fortunately for Thrones fanatics, the hours are being extended today and tomorrow.

  • ACMA Busts Dodo For Not Sending Data Usage Alerts

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    So here’s a concrete example of how data charges are still a problem: the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a formal warning to frequently-troubled provider Dodo for failing to send data usage alerts to its customers.