I thought that I would post this piece that formed part of my half-day workshop on information security at PacINET 2008 in the Cook Islands. My slides were almost the same set that I used last year…
A US company claims it is ready to build a microwave ray gun able to beam sounds directly into people’s heads.The device – dubbed MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) – exploits the…
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Let’s be honest, Fiji’s ISPs have room for improvement. The problem with residential broadband in Fiji is value for money. Value in this case means a combination of 1.) actual, as opposed to…
There has been much said this week about the recent American report on human rights in Fiji. From the perspective of a Fiji blogger, it is interesting to see that blogs are explicitly mentioned…
Fijilive has run a story on email security based on interviews with Franck Martin of PICISOC and myself. Here is an excerpt.
While email is an extremely useful technology, it is not very secure,…
Note to RFMF readers: I would be very interested in hearing your comments on this post. The Royal Fiji Military Force (RFMF) recently posted a document entitled Commander’s Intent 2008 on the their…
2007 and now 2008 have not been easy years for the small Pacific nation of Fiji. Between a coup and ensuing political turmoil, an economic down turn driven by a drop in tourism visits, a couple of cyclones, occasional flooding, corrupt officials, home invasions, drownings, road deaths, typhoid, and water and power cuts; things have been challenging. And now, I sit down in front of my computer,
Since the 2006 coup, I have tried to chronicle the rapidly changing world of blogs in Fiji as they start up, shut down, climb to great heights, and then fall out of the spotlight. My comments even garnered some unwanted attention from the Human Rights Commission Director who, paradoxically for a human rights officer, seemed to be arguing against freedom of speech. While the interim government
UNESCO has formally announced the installation of the Koha open source library management system in the Nelson Memorial Library in Apia, Samoa. I was honoured to be involved in this project.Dear Pacific Library colleagues, The Communication & Information (CI) Sector of UNESCO, the University of the South Pacific (USP) Library, and the Samoa Nelson Memorial Library are very proud to announce
Complaining about your ISP is one of the most popular topics in ICT circles in Fiji. So I wanted to put the question publicly, does your ISP deliver what they promise?
How often do you achieve the maximum throughput that you pay for?How often are one or more of your ISP’s services offline?What is your experience calling customer support?
Have you used more than one ISP? If so, was one better
