Obscure Box

It’s fair to say that 2011 was one of those years I’m glad is finally over and hello 2012. If it wasn’t one thing it was another that challenged all in 2011, from its damp, soggy and destructive start that seemed to have an impact on almost everything that followed. But isn’t it a case [...]

I have finally received an e-mail from the ABC over the Skype concerns I raised in “The ABC’s love affair with Skype” (Wednesday 20 April 2011),. The e-mail tells me the Audience and Consumer Affairs unit has investigated the matter I raised and has found nothing wrong with Skype mentions by the broadcaster.

It would have been a great story if it had been true. The LNP issued a media release yesterday (Wednesday 25 May 2011) titled “No women’s toilets at Mackay Courthouse” blasting the Bligh Government for apparent oversight in the plumbing in the legal precinct. Speaking after raising the issue at the Mackay sitting of Parliament, [...]

I found this out in a media release from Brisbane firm BWH Communication, called

So the software giant Microsoft has bought the on-line communications firm Skype. That’s according to a report I’ve just read on the ABC’s website, “Microsoft buys Skype for $7.9b” (Wednesday 11 May 2011). This only adds to my concern over the ABC’s reporters and presenters telling me when they do an interview using Skype (See [...]