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Neerav Bhatt

Kobo Touch eInk eBook eReader (Review)

The Kobo Touch eInk eBook eReader genuinely surprised me in how much it has evolved from the second-generation Kobo Wireless. Significantly smaller than its predecessor, the Kobo Touch is also comfortable to hold thanks to its quilted back. Unlike the Kindle which is one colour the Kobo Touch is available in Silver, Lilac, Black or [...]

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Protesters and Politicians Wearing Anti-Fascist V For Vendetta Guy Fawkes Masks

Activists around the world in the Occupy, Anonymous movements as well as those protesting against proposed copyright laws like ACTA, SOPA and PIPA have taken to wearing smirking Guy Fawkes masks inspired by Alan Moore’s anti-fascist graphic novel which was adapted into a Warner Bros movie V for Vendetta in 2006 starring Hugo Weaving. Considering [...]

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Investigation: Why People Believe Diamonds Are Forever

Advertising campaigns would have you believe that they are rare and “a diamond is forever” but this idea is not timeless. The popularity of diamonds in the last 60 years is based on a brilliant advertising campaign by a cartel that restricted the supply for decades. With February 14th, Valentines Day only a few days [...]

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Freelance Journalist Work for January 2012

This is a list of articles, photography and other media work I’ve done as a freelance photographer/journalist during January 2012. I intend to continue writing freelance articles and do more radio interviews in the future. They will be linked to on a regular basis. Interviews, Talks and Events Listen to my 20th January 2012 – [...]

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“The Straits” Review – ABC TV Attempt At HBO Style Drama

People of Australia rejoice. There’s a new crime drama on TV and it isn’t Underbelly 52: NSW Rum Rebellion. The Straits is a new ten part series set in far north tropical Queensland and the Torres Strait. I just watched the media preview disk of the first 2 episodes and will definitely see the rest [...]

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Cricket Australia Simultaneously Encouraging and Banning Taking Photos

I’ve always been a cricket fan. Last week I attended a T20 Big Bash league match at the Sydney Cricket Ground and found that the Cricket Australia terms and conditions of spectator entry regarding photography inside the venue were seemingly arbitrarily enforced. When entering private land you consent to rules that land owners impose on [...]

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Analog to Digital Shift: Implications of Owning Vs Renting Books, Music, Movies etc

What happens to the concept of ownership of books, music, DVD Movie & TV series collections etc in the shift from Analog to Digital? As a journalist and keen observer of how technology affects society I see many upsides to digital content such as ease of use and the ability to carry around massive collections [...]

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Shark Attack Fears Irrational – Death from Defective Toaster More Likely

If sharks could write they would have complained long ago to the Press Council about having their reputation maligned by sensational, unbalanced, media over-coverage of a tiny number of human deaths caused by sharks each year compared to the mass slaughter of sharks by humans worldwide. Photo Credit: WWF According to the Taronga Zoo Shark [...]

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My 2011 Reviewed: Journalism, Photography, Evolving Technology and more

2011 was a momentous year. I created opportunities to cover a wide variety of topics for an increasing number of media outlets as a freelance journalist/photojournalist, quit watching free to air TV (turned off my TiVo) and switched my reading habits almost exclusively from print books to Kindle/Kobo ebooks. During the year I travelled for [...]

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Freelance Journalist Work for December 2011

This is a list of articles, photography and other media work I’ve done as a freelance photographer/journalist during December 2011. I intend to continue writing freelance articles and do more radio interviews in the future. They will be linked to on a regular basis. Interviews, Talks and Events Hurstville City Council Library, Museum & Gallery [...]

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Reviews: SPOT 2 Satellite GPS Messenger and Inmarsat iSatphone Pro

Mobile phone coverage spots in remote areas like Western Australia’s Kimberley region are few and far between for Telstra NextG customers, and mostly non-existent for Optus and Vodafone. So the only way you can regularly make contact with family, friends and work colleagues is to use satellite-based communication systems. As luck would have it the [...]

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Government and Reserve Bank Don’t Directly Control Interest Rates

ANZ Bank will soon disprove the myth perpetuated by many parts of the Australian media and backed by disingenuous statements from federal politicians that implies the Federal Government and Reserve Bank of Australia directly control interest rates charged on mortgages and other loans. photo credit: woodleywonderworks EDITOR: This article was syndicated/re-published at the ABC Online [...]

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Freelance Journalist Work for October November 2011

This is a list of articles, photography and other media work I’ve done as a freelance photographer / journalist during October and November 2011. I intend to continue writing freelance articles and do more radio interviews in the future. They will be linked to on a regular basis. Interviews, Talks and Events ABC News interviewed [...]

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Canon PowerShot SX230HS vs Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20 Compact Ultrazoom Cameras Compared (Review)

Two compact ultrazooms are competing to be king of the ultra zoom digital cameras. I put Canon and Panasonic’s new geotagging marvels to the test. Compact ultrazoom cameras have progressed a lot in the last five years, It’s fair to recognise the great success of Panasonic’s Lumix TZ cameras in leading the pack but Canon’s [...]

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Freakonomics: Study of Human Incentives (Movie DVD Review)

In “Freakonomics: The Movie” Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubnor explain why incentives matter because if you can figure out what people’s incentives are you can guess with reasonable accuracy how they will behave. Economics is just boring graphs and statistics – wrong. Freakononics challenges conventional wisdom by analysing how people behave in interesting situations, stripping [...]

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