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Consensus IT Writers Awards

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2003 Consensus IT Writers Awards
Award Categories

Select a category to view the list of entries

Most Controversial
Most Entertaining
Best Feature
Best News
Best Investigative
Best Technical
Best Headline
Best Editor
Best Web-site
Judges will also consider nominations for Kester Cranswick Life Time Achievement Award

Entrants 2003

Listed in order of arrival

Most Controversial
Sept 11: PR Godsend 
Garth Montgomery

Copy-proof CD is 'self-destructive' 
Karen Dearne

News Analysis - America's Army 
David Kidd

Super, thanks for asking 
Tim Dean

Spam: The Last Crusade 
Josh Mehlman

Missing the Train 
David Braue

The difference between Virtual and Real 
Bennett Ring

Optus plans download limit 
Kate Mackenzie

Tech-crash threatens to take down SETI@home 
Andrew Colley

E-Terrorism: An online war? 
Jeanne-Vida Douglas

The Final Countdown 
William Maher

iPod for Windows. What's the iDea? 
Alex Kidman

Activists SPEW over anti-spamming case 
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Most Entertaining
Big Brother's Mantle Restored 
Garth Montgomery

What's the problem? 
Darren Ellis

Life copies art in hi-tech lab 
Karen Dearne

News Analysis - Microsoft Certified 
David Kidd

Pointless - that's the point 
Tim Dean

Losing it 
Valens Quinn

Your call is important to us 
Josh Mehlman

Virtual sex -- the future is unreal 
Doc Spooge

Suit up or shut up 
Brendon Chase

Excellence in Eloquence 
John Gillooly

24fps - Smooth as Sandpaper 
Bennett Ring

Quantum leap 
Valens Quinn

Corporate amnesia hits E-store 
Jeanne-Vida Douglas

Tech Wizardry: Inside the Lord of the Rings 
William Maher

DIY Tablet PC 
Alex Kidman

Maggi uses its noodle to net online players 
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Best Feature
Made in India
Keith Power
Silicon Meltdown 
Garth Montgomery

Silicon Meltdown 
Garth Montgomery

DRM Machine 
Justin Kranzl 

Holiday Hacking 
Fiona Angus

Lure of Linux 
Mike MacCana

Locking in copyright/Singer sparks fury by backing downloads 
Karen Dearne

Home theatre 
David Kidd

Want to work in ICT? Take a number 
David Braue

H2H – Do believe the Hype(r-Threading) 
Bennett Ring

Netting a Solution 
Natalie Hambly

Hybrid security threats: Is your business prepared? 
Vivienne Fisher

Broadband bytes users 
Kate Mackenzie

Aussie Cybercops: Still playing catch up 
Jeanne-Vida Douglas

Hacking: The Big Bucks Industry 
William Maher

Heated debate on free speech

Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Best News
Fischer: Alston most tech savvy of the Feds 
Keith Power
Defence chief says conceptual mistakes to blame for overruns 
Siobhan Chapman
Cybercrime Spawns e-ghetto 
Garth Montgomery
Doing the dollars on development 
Helen Han
Despair as thousands fight for work 
Karen Dearne

A Pattern of Development 
David Braue

Feds force multimillion dollar upgrade 
Lauren Thomsen-Moore

Virgin Blue bypasses Cute 
Kelly Mills

Aust researcher finds hole in encryption program 
Vivienne Fisher

Australian biometric passport trials uncover fraud
Andrew Colley

Telstra's a price setter for US broadband providers 
Kate Mackenzie

Hughes' wireless Down Under - sham or cover up? 
Jeanne-Vida Douglas

The Bone Collector 
William Maher

More IT migrants on the way 
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Best Investigative
CFO: Friend or Foe 
Keith Power
XPOSURE: The New Wild West 
Siobhan Chapman

Slow Learning 
David Braue 

US war on sharerists 
Garth Montgomery

Sales team in limbo in HP-Compaq wait 
Helen Han

"Software licensing logic bomb" 
Karen Dearne

Nokia Australia set to compensate angry customers 
Andrew Colley

Something in the Air 
Justin Kranzl

Opportunity lost: Australia's skilled migrants 
Jeanne-Vida Douglas

Geeks in the Hood 
William Maher

Indians seek government deals 
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Best Technical
Intelligence gathering 
Keith Power
Big Blue Sky 
Fiona Angus

The host with the most 

David Emberton
Digital Radio and Videologic DRX-602es Tuner 
Darren Ellis
Jargon Buster - Processors 
David Kidd
See the light 
Tim Dean

Web services: Messiah or mirage? 
David Braue

You call that a Supercomputer? 
Justin Kranzl

Matrox revolutions 
John Gillooly

H2H – Do believe the Hype(r-Threading) 
Bennett Ring

Aerial Warfare 
William Maher

Palm holds key to smooth mining 
Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Best Headline
Building a better louse trap
David Braue 
September 2002
Technology & Business

Link 

Get thee behind me, SATA
Darren Ellis
October 2002
PC Authority

Link

News Analysis - Microsoft Certified
David Kidd
13/11/02
PC Authority

Link (PDF)

Moore's Wall
Tim Dean
15/05/02
Atomic

Link (PDF)

BenQ appeals to Prince with purple range
Josh Mehlman
December 2002
Technology & Business

Link (PDF)

Firewalled Linux box: beat the WAN curse 
Ben Mansill
October 2002
Atomic MPC

Link

The Bone Collector
Aidan Ormond
September 2002
APC Magazine

Link

Worm out of virus management 
Natalie Hambly
November 2002
Technology & Business magazine

Link 

 There's a bear in there... and some warez as well 
Alex Kidman
24 July 2002
ZDNet Australia Reviews Channel

Link

Best Editor

This category is assessed by the panel of judges reviewing a selection of material supplied as hard copy

Tim Dean
PC Authority
Brian Haverty
Technology & Business Magazine
David Crowe
Australian Financial Review
David Flynn
APC Magazine
Emma Geary
MIS Magazine
David Beynon
Computerworld

Best Web-site
 http://australianIT.com.au www.computerworld.com.au
www.itnews.com.au  http://www.zdnet.com.au/
www.whirlpool.net.au  www.misweb.com 

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