Alex Dickinson
Alex is a relative baby in the News Ltd family. After nutting through a law degree at the Queensland University of Technology and a stint at the Glasgow University Law School in Scotland in 2005, “Dicko” finally turned to journalism to annoy his once-proud mum. He began on the Courier-Mail’s police desk in September 2007 chasing explosions and murders across Brisbane into the wee small hours of the morning, before crossing to News Ltd’s afternoon paper mX.
Articles by Alex Dickinson
My weekend with a bunch of hackers
That pesky cyber-gang of hackers, Anonymous, struck again on the weekend, bringing down Senator Stephen Conroy’s website for almost 30…... Read more
Court ruling gives joy to downloaders…kind of
Phew! A generation of movie and music sharers breathed a sigh of relief last week. In case you missed it,…... Read more
And in news just to hand from war-torn Britneystan…
The former Soviet country of Turkmenistan isn’t known for its trendsetting qualities. It’s dry. It’s cold and ugly. It exports…... Read more
Vegemite: how you eat it is what counts
So the new name for Vegemite iFail ver. 3.1 is finalised and we can at last put this brand-rape of…... Read more
Try talking to your cabbie, you might learn something
No matter if you’re sitting in a boozed state in the back of a cab at 2am, if you’re being…... Read more
If there’s a way to be bad, you’ll find it on the Internet
Since the first caveman caved in the head of his rival with a sharpened rock, it hasn’t taken us long…... Read more
Hunger and panic when the internet packs it in
It was the third day without internet that things really started to go pear-shaped. We’d tried everything. The modem, the…... Read more
World of Warcraft’s ultimate force of evil: Kevin Rudd
The online virtual world of Northrend - complete with Gnomes, Dwarves, Warlocks and Dragons – was the last place I…... Read more
Tips for pollies wishing to connect with Gen Y
Barack Obama is so Gen Y, even though he’s 47. Just this week he was copping a grilling on American…... Read more
Cover your humps in lycra to keep the boys at bay
It’s a shame to dredge up more dreck about this drongo but it seems the fallout from the Matty Johns…... Read more
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