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Acquia to hold Engage conference in Sydney in August
Open source company Acquia will hold its first regional Engage conference in Sydney on 22 and 23 August. Acquia Engage Asia Pacific Japan will have speakers in the digital field and practitioners from...
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ACMA consults industry on 3.6GHz spectrum ahead of 5G introduction
Planning for the eventual introduction of 5G in Australia is a key focus of the Australian Communications and Media Authority in an industry consultation paper it released on Friday. The consultation...
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Get data recovery skills or be 'taken' by ransomware
WannaCry and ransomware have been in the news so much that it is becoming expected that you will be held to ransom – when not if. Imagine if your data was “taken” but instead of panicking, you...
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Vault 7: tools to hack air-gapped Windows PCs detailed
WikiLeaks has released another set of documents from the CIA, revealing details of a project known as Brutal Kangaroo that targets closed Windows networks by jumping the air gap using thumb drives....
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Adelaide gets its first electric bus
The first Australian designed, engineered and manufactured electric bus to be used on a public transport system in Australia has been launched in South Australia. The bus, one of two electric buses and...
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Sony launches the Xperia XZ Premium – as good as it gets (first look)
Sony has launched its uber flagship Xperia XZ Premium and it has as more new-tech packed into the 5.5” glass slab that any other to date. This $1,099 smartphone definitely comes with the 2017 tech...
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Mobile roaming regulation would deliver $658 million in consumer savings: VHA
Australian mobile users could benefit to the tune of $658 million in savings every year if domestic roaming services are regulated, according to a new independent study by a London-based economic group...
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Microsoft claims on Windows 10 S security blown away
Microsoft's claims that no known ransomware can run on Windows 10 S have been blown sky high by a researcher – in just three hours. When the company announced Windows 10 S, it made much of what it said...
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Internal Windows 10 builds among 32TB of Microsoft leaks
A massive leak of Microsoft's internal Windows builds has been reported to have taken place on the private website Beta Archive, along with huge chunks of source code. The Register reported that about...
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HTC U11 – my main squeeze (review)
HTC has a world’s first – the addition of Edge Sense to a flagship class phone and as you could say, “She’s my main squeeze.” The squeeze, sorry Edge Sense, is HTC’s pioneering new addition to a touch...
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Glüh – not Amazon – the real game changer for IT managed service providers
An innovative online program promises to be “even better than Amazon”, providing small to large IT Managed Services Providers (MSPs) with a revolutionary way to effortlessly sell IT products online. As...
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Hackers hit UK parliament in bid to gain email access
The British parliament was hit by a cyber attack on Friday that sought to gain access to email accounts of both parliamentarians and their staff which had weak passwords. The Guardian reported that MPs...
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Kaspersky may be collateral damage in US-Russia stoush
Kaspersky Lab may have been targeted by the US government as part of retaliatory measures taken by the Obama administration after it allegedly discovered that Russia had made plans to influence the...
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Optus hits out at VHA over mobile roaming regulation
Optus has disputed suggestions that regulation of mobile roaming services in Australia might lead to price reductions for consumers and has taken a swipe at competitor VHA and its response to an ACCC...
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ACCAN doubts about funding of National Relay Service
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has raised concerns about future funding by the Federal Government of the National Relay Service (NRS) which has a critical role as a...
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Lenovo’s Lau takes on new role for ANZ region
Lenovo has moved Brendan Lau to a newly created position as PC & smart devices (PCSD) consumer & SMB director for the Australian and New Zealand markets. Lenovo says the new role was conceived...
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Sky and Space Global completes successful 3 Diamonds satellite launch
Australian-listed satellite company Sky and Space Global has successfully launched its 3 Diamonds nano-satellites in the first stage of the launch of a full constellation of 200 nano-satellites in the...
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Women starting to close gender gap in IT: report
The number of women working in the Australian IT sector is on the increase, according to a new report which reveals that females now represent 39% of the total IT sector population. According to the...
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New ANZ Bank exec to manage digital transformation
ANZ Bank has appointed former eBay Europe executive Jennifer Scott as general manager digital transformation and performance. Scott, who reports to group executive digital banking, Maile Carnegie, has...
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A woman's NBN tale of woe with Telstra
A woman in the final stages of pregnancy should not have to bother about much more than the health of her unborn child. But in the case of Francesca Sherrard, the NBN and Telstra have both put paid to...
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