Danny Allen
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Gizmodo Goes Inside Acer’s Taiwan HQ With Bosses Stan Shih And Jason Chen
As Acer’s Chairman, Stan Shih, talks through the company’s new direction, he doesn’t seem like a man days from stepping down. Then again, Acer’s founder first retired 10 years ago, temporarily returning last year to help it return to profit and chart the future in a declining PC market. Besides new laptops and tablets, Acer’s…
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Computex: The Colourful Chaos Of Taipei’s Guang Hua Computer Market
So Gizmodo Australia has been here in Taipei all week for Computex — Asia’s largest computer expo (read all the breaking news). The show has been a blast, but we’ve also ventured out into the balmy night food markets and computer malls — including the famed Guang Hua Digital Plaza. Here’s a look inside six-storeys…
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Australian Community TV And Radio Dodges The Budget Bullet
From regional access to 2SER, 3RRR and FBi — community broadcasting provides vital diversity across our airwaves thanks to armies of volunteers, sponsorships and pledges. Despite this, the recent Commission Of Audit recommended complete abolishment of the sector given various Commonwealth-funded ABC and SBS services. However, after Tuesday night’s budget, community TV and radio lives…
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Australia To Boost Joint Strike Fighter Order To 72 Aircraft: A Brief History Of The Troubled F-35 Program
According to several reports, Prime Minister Tony Abbott will today formally announce that Australia will buy 58 more F-35 Joint Strike fighters — bringing the planned F-35 fleet to 72 aircraft in total. The first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is slated for delivery in 2018 ahead of RAAF operation in 2020. But as technically…