Backbytes

Gadgets

Backbytes: Microsoft Flight Simulator's 'out by 100x' error and Melbourne's mystery monolith

clock 21 August 2020 • 2 min read

Leadership

Backbytes: Why do banks make it so difficult to do banking in their own branches?

Banks and retailers trying to drive customers to their online channels are undermining their own 'unique selling point' against pureplay online rivals

clock 17 October 2019 • 4 min read

Cloud and Infrastructure

Backbytes: 'Alexa! Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?'

TV reporter sparks Amazon Alexa spike in dolls' house sales

clock 09 January 2017 • 2 min read

Privacy

Backbytes: C4's Hunted - who needs facial recognition when you have psychic power?

Future reality TV pursuit series likely to be much shorter

clock 28 October 2016 • 2 min read

Open Source

Backbytes: Open-source developers targeted in honeytraps, claims Eric Raymond

'Deliberately planned and persistent campaign to frame Linus and feed him to an outrage mob' - Raymond

clock 04 November 2015 •

Hardware

Top-of-the-range Microsoft Surface Book, sir? That'll be $3,199

Microsoft demands arm, leg, shirt off back AND your first-born for its new Surface Book

clock 21 October 2015 •

Software

Backbytes: How software companies are losing friends and alienating customers

Far from trying to hold on to their customers, big software companies seem to be trying to wring them even harder

clock 06 October 2015 •

Internet

Backbytes: How Sanmay Ved became the new owner of Google.com

And at the bargain price of just $12!

clock 05 October 2015 • 1 min read

Software

Backbytes: VW covering things up? It wouldn't be the first time...

VW didn't want anyone to know how easy their cars are to steal

clock 05 October 2015 •

Public Sector

Backbytes: Carly Fiorina. Hobson's choice for president?

Fiorina's business record doesn't really stand up to close scrutiny

clock 02 October 2015 •