Sam Varghese
A professional journalist with decades of experience, Sam for nine years used DOS and then Windows, which led him to start experimenting with GNU/Linux in 1998. Since then he has written widely about the use of both free and open source software, and the people behind the code. His personal blog is titled Irregular Expression.
Take-up of faster NBN plans increasing, company claims
More customers are switching to faster broadband plans, NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, claims.
PageUp admits pre-2007 passwords stored in clear text
Human resources outfit PageUp People, which had claimed after it was hit by a massive data breach that user authentication data had been encrypted, has now changed its tune and says that passwords set up before 2007 were stored in clear text.
Vault Systems boosts executive team with new hire
Secure government cloud provider Vault Systems has hired former Fujitsu vice-president for sales platforms business, Anthony Simkins, to join its executive team.
