Networker: Mobile computing
Mobile computing
The rise of the internet as a means of mass communication has made the
requirement for interconnection between personal computers almost universal.
The primary means is through the
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Icebergs provide new global warming alert
Two massive icebergs — one as large as Jamaica — have broken away from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, again drawing attention to warnings that human-induced global warming and its potentially catastrophic
Members First to contest CPSU national elections
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
Arguing that the current leaders of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) have not stood up to challenge massive job losses and outsourcing in the Australian Public
Mozambique, a country of 20 million inhabitants, has just suffered its worst floods for 30 years. The government estimates the cost of reconstruction at US$250 million. While governments of the industrialised countries point to the emergency aid they
Congratulations on 400 issues
I've enjoyed reading Green Left for nearly 10 years. The coverage of world events over the past decade has been exemplary. There are few left publications in the world that consistently defend and fight for the
Mixed insights into East Timor
East Timor: too little too lateBy Lansell TaudevinDuffy and Snellgrove, 1999$24.95, 319 pp. Ballot and bullets: Seven days in East TimorBy Tim FischerAllen and Unwin, 2000$19.95, 149 pp. Review by Jon Land
A swathe
While the Australian government seeks to avoid its obligations under United Nations conventions against racial discrimination in regards to mandatory sentencing, it is trying to toughen the terms of another UN convention to further narrow the
BY SUE BULL
GEELONG — Union leaders have described as a great success a strike by Deakin University staff, who walked off the job on April 5 to protest against stalled enterprise bargaining negotiations. Michael Pegg, Victorian assistant
LOS ANGELES, California — This was the year California schools went test-crazy. In every district, students have taken the new state-mandated STAR (Standardised Testing and Reporting) test by the thousands. Based on their scores, every school in
A faux pas
So there is no such thing as a stolen generation? Maybe what we have here is a failure to communicate. It's all a misunderstanding. Or maybe the government got its dates mixed up — "Oh, you mean that generation. But there were so
Police crack down on anti-IMF/World Bank activists
WASHINGTON — It was around 8 o'clock last Thursday evening [March 30] when the buzzer rang in activist Adam Eidinger's apartment. Thinking that some of his fellow activists had arrived a bit
MADRID — What Have I Done to Deserve This? is the title of a popular movie directed by Spanish film-maker Pedro Almodovar. This is a question that I have often asked myself since living in Spain. I was born in Chile, left in 1975 following Augusto
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