Googling for a new dentist or therapist? Here’s how to look past the glowing testimonials
Many of the online testimonials you might read for dentists and other health professional can not only mislead, they can be illegal.
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Happy 30th anniversary to .au domains – what comes next?
This year marks the 30th birthday of .au domains. We've come a long way but there's big change ahead.
What’s wrong with the web and do we need to fix it?
The world wide web today is more useful and accessible to more people than it ever has been. So why do some early pioneers of the web think it has been ruined?
A change in Australia’s web rules would open up the .au space
The rules that govern what Australian web address people can register could be changed to allow more personalised .au domain names.
Google wants more mobile-friendly websites in its mobile searches
With more people using the web from hand-held devices the search giant Google wants you to see more mobile-friendly websites.
A new way to fix those frustrating websites
How many times have you been looking for information online, only to find yourself going round and round in circles? Or you’ve spent too long poking around a website trying to find what you need, only…
Your coastal town’s climate score? There’s a website for that
Australia’s coastal towns, many built around fisheries and tourism, are particularly vulnerable to climate change. South east and south west Australia are marine hotspots — they are warming much faster…
Tracking your digital fingerprint online raises privacy issues
Just how much information we give away about ourselves as we browse the web has been raised again by a tracking device used in thousands of websites. Researchers at Belgium’s University of Leuven have…
Poor design means terrible websites still haunt the web
There is probably not one of us reading this who has not lost themselves in time and space as they surf the web. So much engaging content, so many interesting lines of enquiry – and so much rubbish too…
Unijobs.com.au website hacked, more than 600 passwords exposed
Hackers have infiltrated popular job-search website unijobs.com.au and posted the login details and passwords of over 600…
Trust me, web users … I’m beautiful
Beautiful women make great con people, as do handsome men. Why? Because, for better or worse, we are predisposed to trust beautiful people more than normal-looking folks. But what if we take it one step…
In websites we trust
Internet users’ trust in websites increased by a fifth in five years, according research from the University of Melbourne…
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