We invited company co-founder Eric Liao -- and his prototype Panel -- to a local Starbucks to find out.

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"Giant Robot is awesome, " says Chinese-American student Wendy Liao, 17.

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At least 15 corporations in Australia were severely hit, including a leading retailer, an information technology firm and several non-profit organisations, said Mr Liao.

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Moran credits his success to his affiliation with CoderDojo, co-founded by fellow Irishman James Whelton and Australian entrepreneur Bill Liao.

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The two founders of CoderDojo are just as inspirational, 20-year old James Wheltan and his business partner, Bill Liao created the open source coding movement out of nothing except a belief that learning, especially programming, should be free and open, oh and the world needs more programmers.

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At 80 percent brightness, Liao says the device's 4200mAh rechargeable battery gives it 4 to 5 hours of spreadsheet slinging bliss, and those buttons on the right side might be used to control more than brightness and contrast -- should the company adopt wireless USB as originally planned, Liao intends to have them double as arrow controls, allowing you to cut the cables and still have basic e-reader functionality.

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