Nathan Cochrane
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Nathan Cochrane is an Australia
n technology journalist and Editor-in-Chief for IT publications CRN Australia and iTNews, both of which are published by Haymarket Group
. Cochrane previously edited the NEXT IT section in The Age
and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers. Prior to this, Cochrane edited the IT section of The West Australian
newspaper in Perth
in 1996 after a stint as its communications roundsman and general reporter.
His 2002 story on exploding CD-ROMs sparked the imagination of Beyond Television Productions
and featured in the second episode of the first season of MythBusters
.
A story the previous year, Melbourne Man Patents the Wheel, blew the lid off the growing absurdity of Australia's patent system and, after it was featured on Slashdot
, led to MIT awarding jointly an Ig Nobel Prize
to the patent applicant and IP Australia
. Cochrane also broke the story that exposed the video compression scandal surrounding Adams Platform and its founder Adam Clark , and first brought to light the plight of Adam Hinkley ("Hinks") the young creator of the first modern peer-to-peer
application, Hotline, and its company Hotline Communications
. Cochrane was among the first journalists to sound warning bells about emerging music and video filesharing applications in 1996 and 2000, respectively.
At age 24, and after a decade online, he became Australia's first journalist on the web with the internationally acclaimed GameWave website.
He is one of the world's biggest TV gameshow cash prize winners, winning $A515,000 in a single episode of Deal or No Deal.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n technology journalist and Editor-in-Chief for IT publications CRN Australia and iTNews, both of which are published by Haymarket Group
Haymarket Group
Haymarket Media Group is a privately owned media company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It has offices in Australia, Belgium, China, Germany, India, Japan, Singapore and the United States....
. Cochrane previously edited the NEXT IT section in The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers. Prior to this, Cochrane edited the IT section of The West Australian
The West Australian
The West Australian is the only locally-edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, and is owned by ASX-listed Seven West Media . The West is published in tabloid format, as is the state's other major newspaper, The Sunday Times, a News Limited publication...
newspaper in Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
in 1996 after a stint as its communications roundsman and general reporter.
His 2002 story on exploding CD-ROMs sparked the imagination of Beyond Television Productions
Beyond Television Productions
Beyond Television Productions is a subsidiary of the Australian company Beyond International. The company is involved in the creation and international exploitation of television, feature films and ancillary products. The company has an extensive television program catalog of over 5000 hours...
and featured in the second episode of the first season of MythBusters
MythBusters
MythBusters is a science entertainment TV program created and produced by Beyond Television Productions for the Discovery Channel. The series is screened by numerous international broadcasters, including Discovery Channel Australia, Discovery Channel Latin America, Discovery Channel Canada, Quest...
.
A story the previous year, Melbourne Man Patents the Wheel, blew the lid off the growing absurdity of Australia's patent system and, after it was featured on Slashdot
Slashdot
Slashdot is a technology-related news website owned by Geeknet, Inc. The site, which bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. Each story has a comments section...
, led to MIT awarding jointly an Ig Nobel Prize
Ig Nobel Prize
The Ig Nobel Prizes are an American parody of the Nobel Prizes and are given each year in early October for ten unusual or trivial achievements in scientific research. The stated aim of the prizes is to "first make people laugh, and then make them think"...
to the patent applicant and IP Australia
IP Australia
The Australian Patent Office is a division of IP Australia which is an agency of the Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. APO issues patents for inventions. APO was established in 1904 by the Commonwealth of Australia and since 1998 has been located in one building,...
. Cochrane also broke the story that exposed the video compression scandal surrounding Adams Platform and its founder Adam Clark , and first brought to light the plight of Adam Hinkley ("Hinks") the young creator of the first modern peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
application, Hotline, and its company Hotline Communications
Hotline Communications
Hotline Communications Limited was a software company founded in 1997, based in Toronto, Canada, with employees also in the United States and Australia. Hotline Communications' main activity was the publishing and distribution of a multi-purpose client/server communication software product named...
. Cochrane was among the first journalists to sound warning bells about emerging music and video filesharing applications in 1996 and 2000, respectively.
At age 24, and after a decade online, he became Australia's first journalist on the web with the internationally acclaimed GameWave website.
He is one of the world's biggest TV gameshow cash prize winners, winning $A515,000 in a single episode of Deal or No Deal.