IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 01/09/2015

Apple, Boeing partner with US Defence for wearables
Sensors for soldiers, military aircraft.

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Aussie telcos push for severe restructure of ACMA
Optus wants regulator replaced, Telstra lobbies for deregulation.

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When being rude to IT can get you fired
Fair Work Commission finds abusive emails are not OK.

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Ashley Madison parent CEO quits after massive data breach
Troubled company now looking for new chief.

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HSBC IT glitch leaves thousands of Brits without wages
Problem with BACS payments.

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British cops arrest six for using Lizard Stresser DDoS tool
Police embark on anti-DDoS education campaign.

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Fortescue deploys survey drones at Cloudbreak mine
Removing staff from risky situations.

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Victorian emergency services agency names new CIO
AGL veteran to oversee ESTA systems overhaul.

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Google to freeze Flash ads in Chrome
To improve browser performance.

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ACCC approves Optus HFC NBN deal
Second key regulatory hurdle to MTM cleared.

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Available Tags:CEO , CIO , Google , Chrome , NBN , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 27/08/2015

WA roads department hunts for a new IT chief
New leader to head reforms.

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Victoria Police gets a new CIO
Wendy Steendam promoted to deputy commissioner.

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Inside the stalemate on Australia's piracy code
Still not registered almost five months on.

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Linux Foundation starts security vetting program for FOSS
Seeks input on initial criteria.

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Google Play store app exploited critical 'Certifi-gate' Android flaw
Recordable Activator dev only wanted a temp solution.

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Ashley Madison owners offer $530k reward for info on data leak
Canadian police call on white hat hackers to help.

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The Toshiba scandal: what went wrong?
Inside a world of "channel stuffing" and impossible targets.

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Australia's fintech hub opens for business
Stone & Chalk commences operations.

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Qld Education uncovers 270 extra lost child abuse reports
Staff cuts during OneSchool implementation blamed.

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Life is short. Shorter if your affair data lands in enemy hands
[Blog post] Full impact of Ashley Madison hack still to come.

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Available Tags:CIO , Linux , security , Google , Android , Toshiba , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 20/08/2015

NSW Police arrest 21 in online drug crackdown
Technology posing "unique challenge" to law enforcement.

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Vodafone CEO promises profitability in the 'near future'
Fixed-line services are “definitely” in telco's plans.

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Seek thanks $26m IT investment for record profit
Achieved without a CIO.

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NSW wants to rent out govt car spaces via booking app
Takes lead from Divvy, ParkMonkey.

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Google launches wi-fi router for homes
Pushes into smart residences.

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Mortgage Choice writes off $1.2m from IT broker platform
Amidst Dynamics CRM overhaul.

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Urgent out-of-band patch released for Internet Explorer
Drive-by attacks possible with critical vulnerability.

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AFP dumps $145m investigation system replacement
Exclusive: Contractor sacked from PROMIS project.

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China arrests thousands for cybercrimes
Crackdown targets websites providing illegal information.

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Microsoft releases MDOP with support for Windows 10
Enterprise tools updated.

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Available Tags:CEO , via , Google , router , Microsoft , Windows , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 19/08/2015

Security research: Obama’s new Prohibition
[Blog post] Let's learn from past mistakes.

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Who's to blame when AI systems go wrong?
[Opinion] Key questions of liability remain unanswered.

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TAFE IT manager admits to running fake cloud services from home
Insists he plans to pay back $1.1m in illicit gains.

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Australia’s defence cyber unit scales up bug hunting
Specialise if you don’t want to lose the war.

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Google's next Android OS is Marshmallow
SDK released for developers.

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US tax payer data theft proved more extensive
Review reveals more than 300,000 records breached.

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IBM launches Linux mainframes for on-premise clouds
Two LinuxONE servers promise scalable virtualisation for business.

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Adobe settles giant 2013 data breach class action suit
Compensation not disclosed.

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Available Tags:Security , Android , IBM , Linux , Adobe , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 18/08/2015

Alleged TAFE IT scammer eluded checks to claim $1.7m
Still suspended on full pay one year on.

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Salesforce cross-scripting flaw put users at risk
Single sign on exacerbated problem.

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Debunking the myths of IT price benchmarking
Inside Aon's dedicated 'IT finance' function.

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Govt to launch national geolocation platform
Designed to slash duplicate data collection costs.

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Companies leaking big data troves onto the internet
Wrongly configured databases are publicly accessible.

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BitTorrent can be exploited for large-scale DoS attacks
Up to 120 times traffic amplification.

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NEC snatches $37m DFAT support deal from Fujitsu
Contract awarded for first major ICN tender.

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Apple OS X hit by new zero-day
Proof of concept released without notifying Apple.

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Kaspersky faked malware to harm rivals: Ex-employees
Company strongly denies allegations.

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REA Group fixes login flaw in Android app
Jumps to patch after responsible disclosure.

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Available Tags:BitTorrent , NEC , Fujitsu , Apple , Android , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 13/08/2015

Infosec pros hit back over new UK software export controls
Calc.exe exploit demos exempted from guidelines.

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Tech boosts CBA's investment spend to three-year high
$1.25 billion in FY15.

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Oracle CSO blasted over anti-security research rant
Throws licence agreement book at those who test for flaws.

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Symantec to sell Veritas for $11 billion
To focus on security software.

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ATO debuts new $90m IT services panel
16 govt agencies sign up to buying plan.

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Sensis blames carriers for privacy breach
Takes a week to delete exposed silent numbers.

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Australia's DTO hires UK govt's digital 'boy wonder'
GDS poaching spree continues.

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Hackers indicted over $137m US insider trading scheme
Media releases accessed to pre-empt corporate announcements.

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Available Tags:UK , Oracle , Symantec , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 12/08/2015

Fingerprints: the new frontier for hackers
[Blog post] Biometrics easy pickings for Android hackers.

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Researchers debut rival to AWS cloud storage
Aim for flexible framework adaptable to performance, efficiency.

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Optus launches voice over wi-fi for Android, iPhones
Telstra, Vodafone looking to follow suit.

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Tech efforts drive Domino's to record profits
Net figures up 40 percent on last year.

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Meet Sundar Pichai, the new head of Google
From A to Z: Alphabet's new businesses.

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Google founders restructure business, form new parent company
Giant shake-up makes Google a subsidiary of Alphabet.

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Microsoft boosts bug bounties to $135k with Windows 10
Cleaning up new OS post launch.

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Available Tags:profits , Google , Microsoft , Windows , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 11/08/2015

How Nokia is preparing its return to the handset market
One-time phone giant plots "rebirth".

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ANZ Bank hires tech panel to advise board
Follows rivals into innovation space.

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Brandis urged to dump telco security reforms
Industry unites in fierce opposition to proposed changes.

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Health e-record opt-out trials to cost $51 million
Price tag for million-person experiment revealed.

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Apple iOS Masque bug under active exploit
Cybercrims crack open security on Apple devices.

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Hackers attack American Airlines, Sabre systems
Carrier denies customer info was compromised.

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NAB pilots new personal banking origination platform
'Step-change' to improving customer service.

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Xen Project to stick with QEMU despite vulnerabilities
Work on sandboxing hardware emulation kicks off.

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RMIT opts for spill and fill in tech restructure
Adopts matrix management in IT transformation.

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ATO hoovers up migrant data for tax compliance
Details of one million migrants, sponsors and agents exchanged.

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Available Tags:Nokia , security , Apple , iOS , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 10/08/2015

Android Certifi-gate flaw threatens hundreds of millions of devices
More infosec problems arise with Google's mobile OS.

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How Australia won the robot soccer world cup
UNSW's rUNSWift takes down German team.

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Five overseas tech experiments the Australian govt could borrow
The best ideas from the Technology in Government conference.

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IBM to spend $1.4bn on health imaging business
Testing out Watson on x-rays and CT scans.

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Review: Windows 10
How it will affect you and your business – whether you upgrade or not.

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Tourism Australia’s major IT overhaul nears completion
Switches core systems from Oracle to Microsoft.

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IAG hires ex-NBN CIO as new IT chief
Claire Rawlins joins insurance group.

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Microsoft releases first iteration of iOS code translator
Wants iOS devs to create Windows apps with Objective-C code.

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Available Tags:Android , IBM , Windows , CIO , Microsoft , iOS , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 07/08/2015

Former Qld Education CIO stands down over child protection IT failure
Fallout from OneSchool failure expands.

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ICANN website passwords captured by hacker
Users asked to reset passphrases.

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PUE critics want water added to data centre efficiency metric
Add WEE to PUE.

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Ex-Telstra boss David Thodey lands at CSIRO
Takes over as chairman of the board.

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Deakin University hires first-ever CISO
Resilience a key focus for former D&B, BHP exec.

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China to put govt security teams inside big internet firms
To ensure fast action on undesirable online behaviour.

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Hackers can steal fingerprints from Android phones remotely
Google now pushing monthly Nexus security updates.

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US, EU close to sealing data-sharing deal
Snowden leaks forced renegotiation.

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AFP, ASIC uncover alleged hacker's plot to boost stock prices
Court freezes $77,000 in suspected criminal profits.

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General Electric unveils Predix customised cloud
Builds on Pivotal platform.

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Available Tags:CIO , security , Android , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/31/2015

SA facing new legal battle with another IT vendor
Refusing to pay ac3 over dumped CASIS project.

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Westfield tests out beacons with CommBank
Location-aware apps in shopping centres a major challenge.

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New Android bug renders device silent, unresponsive
Denial-of-service flaw affects more than half of all current users.

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US to rewrite controversial zero-day export policy
Chorus of complaints has an effect.

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Australia-wide missing persons matching system to go live next week
CrimTrac completes new interstate data capability.

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Fujitsu to spend $12m upgrading Western Sydney data centre
More power to be tunnelled to site.

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Windows 10 lands in Australia
Campaign to get business to upgrade kicks off.

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SA govt faces end of IT shared services experiment
Centralised tech trickles to a halt.

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Sydney Opera House to hire CTO
Iconic venue poses some unique IT challenges.

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Available Tags:Android , Fujitsu , Windows , Opera , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/30/2015

Immigration shoots for faster, easier traveller processing
Seeks partner for new platform following proof-of-concept.

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NAB to pour $50m into innovation fund
Follows Westpac to tap new markets.

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SA govt taken to court over expired software licenses
Won't let go of patient system.

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Critical vulnerability found in Apple App Store, iTunes
Device name in invoices can be swapped with malicious code.

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Amazon wants sky-high drone superhighway
Pushes for 200ft airspace to be allocated to delivery fleet.

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Aussie cyber centre warns of growing threat in first report
But ACSC reveals no major national attack yet.

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Intel and Micron launch new class of memory chip
Up to 1000 times faster than NAND.

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Australia Post gives online retailers leg-up into Chinese market
Sellers take advantage of proprietary platform.

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ANU picked to house web consortium office
Canberra campus beats other universities as host.

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Available Tags:Apple , Amazon , Intel , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/29/2015

The danger of infosec ignorance in IoT
[Blog post] Jeep hack demonstrates problems with new market.

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ASIC removes consent barrier for digital product disclosures
Overwhelming feedback demands modernisation.

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When Australia's telco sector says enough is enough
[Blog post] Don't poke the bear.

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Myer to replace CIO with chief digital, data officer
Omnichannel guru sought as retailer continues business review.

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Android bug leaves a billion phones open to attack
Hackers only need phone number to target devices.

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Former top US security officials oppose encryption backdoors
Bad idea, ex-Homeland Security and NSA bosses say.

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Google admits defeat with Google+
Only Google Account needed from now on.

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NSW to build its own myGov
Service NSW digital profiles available by September.

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Telco reforms will set cyber security back: industry
More companies criticise draft law.

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ICAC targets TAFE IT manager over alleged $1.7m fraud
Digs up more dodgy dealing in NSW training sector.

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Available Tags:CIO , Android , security , Google , Google+ , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/24/2015

Billabong pins online retail hopes on new NetSuite platform
Company turnaround hinges on technology.

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Telco rivals slam govt intervention in Telstra price decision
Call on Turnbull to drop submission to ACCC inquiry.

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Huawei commits to training 100 Aussie students a year
New $30m Sydney training hub to spearhead local expansion.

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Australia's leaders agree to end GST-free online goods
Gerry Harvey may finally get his way.

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CSIRO to equip aircraft technicians with wearable tech
Signs licensing deal with TAE.

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Turnbull's dept backs Telstra in ACCC price fight
10 percent wholesale price drop would hurt sector, NBN.

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Qld finally starts looking for new privacy commissioner
Position to be filled after three-and-a-half year vacancy.

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Google patches 43 vulnerabilities in Chrome browser
Bug hunters strike gold.

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High-risk denial of service flaw found in Juniper network gear
Customers asked to patch against JunOS vulnerability.

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IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/23/2015

Australia's industry piracy code still stuck on cost debate
Forced to go to external third-party for assessment.

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Infosec experts hack Jeep, gain control of moving car
Highlight concerns about driver safety in internet-connected vehicles.

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Victoria to wait another eight months for public IT dashboard
Slow path to tech transparency.

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Apple shares tank after weak iPhone results
China revenues soar.

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Telstra, telcos fume over new security reforms
Angry at yet more legislative burden, cost.

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Microsoft posts $4.3bn loss as it writes down Nokia business
But Office 365, Azure revenue up 96 percent.

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Toshiba CEO resigns in accounting scandal
Eight officials gone in total.

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CSIRO ends nine-month search for new CIO
Apppoints long-time public sector IT executive.

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Vodafone still struggling as half-year losses grow
Coupled with falling customer numbers.

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Available Tags:hack , Apple , iPhone , security , Microsoft , Nokia , Toshiba , CEO , CIO , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/13/2015

Westpac CIO poaches ANZ IT exec as new tech deputy
Jayne Opperman named new divisional CIO.

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ACMA slaps CSP for tricking customers into phone deals
Clients told they would receive a discount from their existing carrier.

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Microsoft releases Office for Mac, but only on cloud
Following 100,000 feedback messages.

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SpeedCast buys NewSat teleport sites for $12m
Acquisition rescues 20 jobs from sinking satellite provider.

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More Aussie agencies wanted Hacking Team's spyware
ASIO, IBAC, state police contacted hacked spyware merchant.

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Xen patches admin privilege escalation vulnerability
Allows admins with limited privileges to take full control.

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Immigration shakes up IT after CIO departs
Brugeaud steps in as tech chief.

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Millions of US citizens' personal data taken in OPM hack
Stolen data includes social security details.

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'High severity' flaw discovered in OpenSSL
Certificate bypass check possible.

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IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/10/2015

AusPost hands end-user computing to Fujitsu
Contract finally signed after months of negotiation.

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Telstra to boost mobile investment to $5bn
Will increase 4G coverage to 2.5 million km2.

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AGD joins Canberra's great CIO hunt
Tech executive musical chairs as two-year hiring freeze ends.

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M2 buys majority stake in Aggregato Global
Makes "puzzling" $4.9m investment in calling card operator.

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Morpho hackers hit Apple, Microsoft for corporate data
Cyber gang stealing sensitive info from big business.

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NYSE, United Airlines downed by tech glitches
Stock exchange out for three hours.

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Microsoft cuts Nokia losses, will drop 7800 more staff
Writes down $10.2 billion on mobile acquisition.

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ATSB goes it alone with new IT environment
Surface Pro 3 tablets deployed in tech overhaul.

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IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/9/2015

Facebook to build fifth data centre
Will be powered by adjacent wind farm.

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Perth asks ISPs to set up public transport wi-fi for free
No money in state coffers.

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Govt funds robots, cyberbullying projects with new grants
$86.9m given to 252 joint industry-uni research initiatives.

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Symantec poaches Oracle exec to head Australia
Six-month search ends with Ian McAdam.

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Crypto experts slam govt encryption backdoor demands
Revisiting a bad idea considered an even worse idea.

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Major Vodafone network upgrade goes live
New Ericsson network switched on ahead of VoLTE rollout.

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Nokia Networks testing drones for cell site optimisation
More efficient than people.

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Adobe to patch leaked Hacking Team Flash 0day
Flaw being exploited in the wild.

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Adelaide Uni's new CRM ready for action
Major IT overhaul reaches halfway mark.

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Fujitsu launches low-cost managed Chromebook service for ANZ
VDI for traditional corporate Windows apps.

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Available Tags:Facebook , Symantec , Oracle , Nokia , Adobe , Fujitsu , 

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/7/2015

APRA updates cloud guidance for banks
Stands firm against offshore, public cloud for systems of record.

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Government exploit vendor hacked, client data exposed
Update: Australian agencies potentially compromised.

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NSW to revisit legal protection for personal privacy
Weighing up measures to protect against drones, revenge porn.

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Researcher withholds exploit details over export control concerns
Cites confusion created by Wassenaar Arrangement provisions.

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Telstra takes Warrnambool fire lessons to more sites
Completes all recommendations from 2013 review.

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Tennis Australia CIO quits
Seeks new opportunities.

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iiNet is 'over the hump' of Netflix slowdowns
More network improvements to be rolled out by the end of August.

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CBA's retail CIO promoted into top digital role
Pete Steel takes over after Lisa Frazier's departure.

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Microsoft Azure Australia East hit by outage
[Updated] Unknown network fault leaves customers cloudless.

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Govt readies e-health record push to boost adoption
Training drive slated for 2016.

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IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/2/2015

SA puts $100m on the table in tech EOI free-for-all
Pitch anything you want to the state government.

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Vic Education chasing $7.5m in IT contracts scandal
IBAC hears detail of alleged dodgy dealings.

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NBN to offer TV connections through fibre for greenfields
Ditching aerials to come at a cost.

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Deadline confusion threatens EPAS rollout to new hospital
South Australia continues to struggle with $422m ehealth project.

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VentraIP buys hosting company IntaServe
Looking for more acquisitions.

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Cisco to buy OpenDNS for $823m
To bolster security business.

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Extra leap second could cause headaches for IT admins
Urged to monitor systems.

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VMware, Carahsoft to pay $98m in US govt pricing scandal
Settlement over alleged overcharging.

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US court rules NSA can resume bulk data collection
Telcos to hand over data following court order.

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Available Tags:NBN , TV , Cisco ,