Technology
Sam de Brito
When technology offers a slice of immortality
Sam de Brito Prior to his funeral last year, R U OK? Day founder Gavin Larkin had the touching idea to deliver his own eulogy via video.
Jonno Seidler
Technology is only as malicious as the user
Jonno Seidler When technology is the preferred answer, nobody asks the difficult questions. The tragic suicide of Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi last week once again induced mass hysteria about the...
Kim Huynh
Don't lose heart, technology can still save the day
Kim Huynh Recently a group of my friends and colleagues acquired iPhones. Some now happily tweet and text, while others display reservations about being throttled into the 21st century.
Michael McNamara
Passion and pride are the missing ingredients
Michael McNamara Who might you think was judged to be Australia's most successful exhibitor at the highly prestigious Sydney Royal Cheese and Dairy Show, announced on Friday?
Ross Gittins
Smartphone fever: perils of embracing the cyber crowd
Ross Gittins Is the productivity boost of mobile technology worth the hassle?
Ross Gittins
No pause to think in a world that's in touch while on the go
Ross Gittins I confess to a having an old fogey's ambivalence towards mobile phones. There are times when it suits me to keep in touch, but most of the time I don't want a phone taking over my life - or even...
Patients lose as DNA case puts money before sense
Richard Ackland The genetic disposition of human beings is today's frontier of science, money and disease control.
Martin McKenzie-Murray
Camera drones: technological advance or Orwellian spies?
Martin McKenzie-Murray It was not until the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 that the world began to grasp the diabolical scale of repression in East Germany.
Two thumbs up for Sydney's 'ugliest building'
Jesse Adams Stein Widely regarded as the ''ugliest building in Sydney'', the UTS tower is usually the subject of derision and complaint.
A brave decision as legacy debate begins
Barney Zwartz Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, long Pope John Paul II's right-hand man, watched that Pope's long decline and the paralysis it caused at the top in the Vatican, the intrigues and the pursuit of agendas.
Heckler
Youngsters are clueless about life for oldsters
Heckler AT 64 I have read that a group of 40-year-olds working for a think tank recommend raising the knackery level to 70. Oh, the aches and pains now.
Alecia Simmonds
Why oh why, Gen Y, are you so nauseatingly conservative?
Alecia Simmonds In the late '90s, when raving meant dancing and sun-dried tomatoes meant culinary sophistication, I joined a group at university called the Activist Left.
Heckler
Going back to school will never be the same
Heckler ''DROP off your school list and we will pack it for you to pick up later.'' This is the offer from a big office supplies chain. I can't imagine anything worse.
Heckler
Time was when people were prompt
HOW did it get to be ''OK'' for people to be late for everything?
Peter Martin
Hacker's suicide a warning to those seeking to punish copyright breaches
Peter Martin Harsh penalties for violating websites' terms of service are hugely out of all proportion.
Greg Barns
Some sex offences are best dealt with out of the courts
Greg Barns Less serious cases of sexual offending could be dealt with in a restorative justice setting.
Chris Berg
This doomsday endgame could last a long time
Chris Berg Apocalyptic preachers feed your anxieties. Just turn the sound off.
Ronald Millar
Lament for a single backhander: the art in tennis has been lost
Ronald Millar The game is not the same.
Heckler
Vilifying the virus of email
PLEASE everyone, spare me that pitying look on your smug faces when you ask for my email address and I say that I am not on the internet.
Peter Martin
Paying a price for impulse
Peter Martin So you're about to go shopping. I imagine you trust yourself. You shouldn't. New research shows you are far more vulnerable to whims than previously thought - even when buying really big things - and...
