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Uncertainty over H-1B visa holders' stay increases
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has asserted its authority to limit the length of stay of an H-1B visa holder in the US in a statement about additional protections to combat what it calls...
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EU seeks to seize overseas data when needed: report
The European Union is, for once, reportedly drafting legislation that would meet with approval in the US, seeking to force commercial entities to provide access to data, no matter where it is...
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Malware hits Oracle WebLogic servers with two monero miners
Malware that ends up downloading two cryptocurrency miners — 32-bit and a 64-bit — to Windows computers that it infects, has been spotted by researchers at security firm Trend Micro. Researchers...
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Macquarie Telecom partners with G8 Education on SD-WAN deal
Macquarie Telecom has inked its largest SD-WAN deal to date with child care centre operator G8 Education to deploy SD-WAN services to more than 500 child care centres across Australia. Currently being...
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Pronto partners with Forticode on smartphone authentication
Pronto Software has taken up an investment and partnership with cyber security firm Forticode to offer what it says is secure yet simplified smartphone-based authentication for Australian businesses....
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Indians lack creativity, says Apple co-founder
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has told an interviewer in India that it is unlikely a technology company similar to Google, Apple or Facebook will be created in the country because Indians lack...
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Technology a key contributor to growth says Cabcharge
Taxi fleet operator Cabcharge attributes significant technology initiatives to contributing to the company’s growth over the half year to the end of December and delivery of $90 million in revenue....
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Network expert says govt NBN paper 'seriously flawed'
A network expert who was associated with the initial stages of the national broadband network rollout has described the working paper issued by the Department of Communications and the Arts on network...
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Turnbull hooks up to NBN at 100Mbps
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has 100Mbps connections to the NBN at his home in Point Piper and at Kirribilli House. The Lodge is yet to be connected, but according to officials of the...
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Australian bitcoin 'creator' hit with US$10b lawsuit
An Australian who has claimed to be the founder of bitcoin has been hit with a US$10 billion lawsuit by the estate of one of his early collaborators. Craig Wright has been sued by the estate of David...
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Microsoft email case: Supreme Court could go either way
A bill which will enable courts to decide cases in which the US Government seeks access to data stored abroad by American companies is unlikely to pass through Congress in time to resolve a case...
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Uh, oh! Linux confuses Bleeping Computer again
The tech website Bleeping Computer, which carries news about security and malware, has once again demonstrated that when it comes to Linux, its understanding of security is somewhat lacking. What makes...
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Fintech lenders open up to greater transparency
Australia’s fintech business lenders have taken an initiative to increase transparency and disclosure in the fintech industry. The initiative sees the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise...
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Brand Collective migrates to BigCommerce platform
Brand Collective is set to migrate the online stores for its portfolio of brands to BigCommerce and to relaunch 10 distinct websites on BigCommerce representing its portfolio of household brands. The...
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In a two-OS mobile world, there is no room for Linux
After the demise of the Ubuntu Phone, Linux users appear to be placing their hopes for a mobile device on the Librem 5, a smartphone that managed to raise much more than it asked for in a crowd-funding...
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Crowd Mobile edges forward with ‘reinvigoration’
Australian-listed mobile entertainment and digital media company Crowd Mobile has reported revenue of $21.1 million for the first six months of the 2018 financial year on the back of what it says was a...
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Women in tech push for more speaker roles at events
A group of women who work in the technology sector has set up a list of their peers who can serve as speakers at tech events, in order that they can be better represented at such events. Vic ICT for...
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For Turnbull it's 100Mbps; for the rest it's 49Mbps
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull should not be faulted for having an NBN connection at his home or elsewhere using HFC because he has no choice in the matter. In coming to that conclusion, my...
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Trustico revokes SSL certificates due to stored private keys
SSL certificate wholesaler Trustico has revoked tens of thousands of certificates that it issued on behalf of digital certificate provider DigiCert, an order that is likely to occasion the purchasers...
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Intel updates bug fixes for Broadwell, Haswell range
Intel has updated patches issued earlier for its Broadwell and Haswell range of processors to guard against one variant of the Spectre vulnerability. Unlike earlier releases, this time Intel did not...
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