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ABC presenter behind anti-Labor Twitter lists goes missing
24 April 2022 in Technology RegulationThe ABC News presenter who was found to be hosting public Twitter lists on her account of those she categorised…
European Union agrees on laws to crack down on digital companies
24 April 2022 in Technology RegulationThe European Parliament has reached a political agreement that will provide a transparent and safe online environment for its 27…
Privacy body raises fresh concerns over ABC compulsory iview logins
22 April 2022 in Technology RegulationThe ABC has been asked to clarify whether iview users are being informed about the extent to which their data…
ABC compulsory iview logins kick in during election campaign
22 April 2022 in Technology RegulationThe ABC, which appeared to have delayed the imposition of compulsory log-ins beyond its original stated deadline of March, now…
Trivago fined $44.7 million for misleading consumers
22 April 2022 in Technology RegulationHotel aggregation site Trivago has been ordered to pay penalties of $44.7 million by the Federal Court.
NBN be warned as T‑Mobile smokes the competition in the US
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Canonical may go public in 2023, claims US$175m profit last year
22 April 2022 in Open SourceThe head of Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, claims it recorded a profit of US$175 million (A$237.7…
Meta COO Sandberg urged to quit over pressuring Daily Mail to drop story
22 April 2022 in StrategyThe co-founder of UltraViolet, an American national gender justice advocacy organisation, has called on Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg…
Wilkie, Whish-Wilson call for Assange to be brought back to Australia
22 April 2022 in StrategyTwo Australian senators have called for WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to be set free by the UK and…
Remotely exploitable flaws found in codec used by many Android phones
22 April 2022 in SecurityResearchers from Check Point Research, part of the Israeli firm Check Point, have released barebones details about remotely exploitable vulnerabilities…
Election campaign unmasks journalists for what they really are
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Another analyst firm predicts easing of chip shortage in 2H2022
21 April 2022 in HardwareA prominent technology analyst firm claims the global shortage of semiconductors is likely to ease significantly in the second half…
Women playing big role in farm-water monitoring firm Farmbot
21 April 2022 in DataA Sydney-based agritech company, that has a very high percentage of female staff, says the take-up of its water-level monitors…
TSMC founder says making chips in the US is still too expensive
21 April 2022 in Manufacturing TechnologyThe former chairman and chief executive of the globe's biggest semiconductor fab, which has had a manufacturing plant in Oregon…
Assange extradition order issued, sent to home sec for approval
21 April 2022 in StrategyThe Westminster Magistrates Court in the UK has issued an order to extradite WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange to…
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One Identity Partner Circle Program hits targets for FY2022
25 April 2022 in CHANNEL NEWSUnified identity security One Identity’s One Identity Partner Circle Program has achieved 80% of global company sales target linked to…
Telenor consolidates Telenor Global Services and Telenor Digital
25 April 2022 in Business TelecomsNorwegian majority state-owned multinational telecommunications company Telenor merges its two subsidiaries, Telenor Global Services AS and Telenor Digital AS, to…
Ericsson halts operations in Russia
25 April 2022 in Business TelecomsSwedish vendor Ericsson has suspended its business in Russia indefinitely to comply with European sanctions weeks after the country invaded…
Zoleo SOS feature provides continuous updates to users in emergency situations
25 April 2022 in MobilityZoleo launches its SOS feature, which allows users to receive ongoing status updates when they trigger an SOS alert throughout…
Dan Lloyd joins Ofcom as group director to lead its spectrum division
25 April 2022 in People MovesFormer TPG executive Dan Lloyd will join British communications service provider Ofcom as group director of its spectrum division.
SoftBank invests in 5G to help address social issues in Japan
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise trials 24 research experiments to develop breakthroughs in space
25 April 2022 in SpaceIn-space commercial edge computing HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 has completed 24 research experiments to accelerate time-to-insight from months and days, to…
Worldwide telecom capex to gradually diminish by 2023 and 2024, according to Dell’Oro Group
25 April 2022 in Business TelecomsWorldwide telecom capex, the sum of wireless and wireline telecom investments, increased by 9% year-over-year and remained on track to…
Huawei names Meng Wanzhou as rotating chair
25 April 2022 in People MovesTelecom giant Huawei has named chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who returned to China in 2021 after nearly three years…
Telsyte: Apple and Samsung smartphone sales plunged in 2H21; interest in foldable devices growing
25 April 2022 in MobilityThe smartphone sales of Apple and Samsung took a hit in 2H21 due to supply chain shortages and a hangover…
NBN Co to provide fast download speeds to eight million premises by 2023
25 April 2022 in Telecoms & NBNNBN Co is expected to bring Home Ultrafast, offering download speeds of up to 500Mbps to 1Gbps, to eight million…
Vodafone Portugal picks Mavenir’s MAVcore solution
25 April 2022 in Business TelecomsVodafone Portugal will be using the MAVcore solution for its fully containerised Converged Packet Core network after it selected Mavenir…
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Astell&Kern fuse a high-end headphone amplifier and DAP in the portable Acro CA1000
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The SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE ArmorATD is the ruggedised USB HDD for the adventurer in us all
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Brother keeps your paperwork processes popping with its new multi-function home and office printer
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The Cyber Acoustics Essential Webcam 1080P 5MP brings out the best you
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Election campaign unmasks journalists for what they really are
By Sam Varghesein Open Sauce
Eight years ago, the independent American journalist Matt Taibbi outlined what he thought was the best use which… -
Google exposed as it bids to show up Microsoft over security
By Sam Varghesein Open Sauce
Google's bid to position itself as some kind of competitor to Microsoft based on its security credentials has… -
Murdoch, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Brin, Page are all A-okay. But Musk???
By Sam Varghesein Open Sauce
The objections to Elon Musk buying Twitter can be distilled down to one simple thing: his policies will… -
AFR shows it does not know difference between poll and focus group
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The Australian Financial Review, which claims to be one of the country's top newspapers, does not appear to… -
Whatever happened to the government's ransomware action plan?
By Sam Varghesein Open Sauce
Last October, with great fanfare, Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews announced the Ransomware Action Plan, vowing to make… -
Upheaval in the Solomon Islands as China pokes its nose in
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When the phrase "the Pacific family" is used by the Australian Government, one knows what is happening: some… -
World War 3 is nigh because Albanese forgot a few numbers
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The Register masks fact that CIA-backed firm behind power grid claim
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Federal election: ABC Insiders fails the acid test as poll is called
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For weeks, the ABC has been boasting about how good its coverage of the federal election will be.…
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New Activ8me NBN Sky Muster plans offer daily data
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Ericsson cannot estimate impact of DOJ breach notices
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Ericsson in disclosing its first quarter results for 2022 could not estimate the impact of what actions the… -
NBN Co to provide fast download speeds to eight million premises by 2023
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Patching is security industry's 'thoughts and prayers': ex-NSA man Aitel
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ABC yet to issue clarification on presenter's anti-Labor Twitter lists
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Google exposed as it bids to show up Microsoft over security
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Trivago fined $44.7 million for misleading consumers
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ABC presenter behind anti-Labor Twitter lists goes missing
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Re: iTWire - Election campaign unmasks journalists for what they really are
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I purchased my Premium version from their website over three years ago for around $100. The website advertised this version[…]
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Regional Australia gets to watch Sky News Regional on Channel 56. People in Sydney can often get Wollongong or Newcastle[…]
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