Microsoft fix breaks Windows

So Microsoft tell us they hold back fixes until their monthly "patch Tuesday" to ensure quality. So much for that idea.

There's a simple solution. Use Firefox. Although there is a major update to Firefox out too.

Government obsessed with T3

The Federal opposition's communications spokesman, Stephen Conroy, claims broadband services are suffering because the government is focused on propping up Telstra for the T3 sale.

It's an interesting claim with a bit of truth, but the real problem for Australian communications is that it is bundled with broadcasting. The minister of communications under any Labor or Liberal government is really the minister for keeping the Packers and Murdochs onside. Everything else is just a distraction.

What we really need are separate broadcasting and communications ministers. This would go some way to separating communications policy from the games our party pollies play to keep their paymasters onside. The only danger with such an arrangement is that the communications minister would find themselves out of cabinet while the broadcasting minister would probably be number three after the treasurer.