Gov wants to flex its IT spend using an Agile mindset – Strategy
The federal government may be shaping to use Agile thinking – specifically the INVEST method – in its approach to IT work, to decrease the…
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Nokia to cut up to 14,000 jobs – Networking – Telco/ISP
Nokia will cut up to 14,000 jobs to reduce costs, warning it did not expect a market recovery soon after posting a 20 percent drop…
US FCC votes to advance plan to reinstate net neutrality rules – Telco/ISP
The US Federal Communications Commission voted to advance a proposal to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules and assume new regulatory oversight of broadband internet that…
Microsoft pitches glass as eternal storage medium – Cloud – Hardware
Microsoft has been experimenting with glass as a data storage medium for some years, and is now pivoting that research towards long-term data centre storage.…
Critical Citrix NetScaler bug needs more than patches – Security
The critical bug in some Citrix NetScaler products patched last week remains under exploitation, according to security researchers from Mandiant. The Google subsidiary said post-patch,…
Oracle issues mammoth patch collection – Security
Oracle’s quarterly patch release fixes an eye-watering 387 security vulnerabilities, but only 14 of them are rated critical (with a CVSS score greater than 9).…
Seven turns AI to ad targeting on 7plus platform – Cloud – Software
The Seven Network is expanding its use of AI technology to help advertisers find a targeted audience on 7plus. The media company said it is…
NBN Co is now upgrading 5000 premises a week to FTTP – Telco/ISP
NBN Co says it has doubled the number of premises being upgraded to full fibre since August, while also revealing work to enable its fixed…
Google researchers spot WinRAR exploits in the wild – Security
A vulnerability in the popular WinRAR archiving utility is being exploited by state actors, despite of being patched in August. According to Google’s Threat Analysis…
Ticketek fined $500,000 for spam breaches – Telco/ISP
Ticketek has been fined $515,040 for text and email spam breaches last year. The ticket seller had been under investigation from the Australian Communications and…
Five Eyes intelligence chiefs warn on China’s ‘theft’ of intellectual property – Security
The Five Eyes countries’ intelligence chiefs came together to accuse China of intellectual property theft and using artificial intelligence for hacking and spying against the…
Super SA discloses third-party data breach – Finance – Security
Super SA, the South Australian government-owned superannuation provider, has disclosed a data breach at a “former external service provider” that affects member data. Super SA…