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Sydney's start-up talent on show
Sydney's start-ups will get a masterclass from some of the tech sector's biggest national and international names at two upcoming festivals. [ + ]
Three-year rollout plan for the nbn
nbn's new three-year rollout plan aims to have around 9.5 million premises connected to the nbn or in the process of getting hooked up by September 2018. [ + ]
Telstra comes out on top in mobile benchmarks
Telstra again beat rivals Optus and Vodafone in a second annual mobile voice and data performance benchmarking, while Vodafone has revealed plans to implement voice over LTE by Christmas. [ + ]
Anger at LogMeIn's $110m LastPass buy; nbn COO Adcock departs; Twitter chops 8% of staff
Users angry at LogMeIn's US$110m purchase of LastPass, nbn's COO Adcock is leaving the company, and Twitter announces plans to lay off 8% of staff worldwide. [ + ]
Consumers confident they can handle IoT security
Is the Internet of Things safe? ISACA's latest survey suggests a major confidence gap about the security of connected devices between the average consumer and cybersecurity professionals. [ + ]
SQL Server 2005 approaching end of life
Companies still using Microsoft's SQL Server 2005 will have less than six months to upgrade before the ageing operating system reaches its end of extended life. [ + ]
Dell to acquire EMC for around $93bn
Dell will take on a whopping US$50bn in debt to acquire storage giant EMC for around US$67bn ($92.6bn), in turn becoming the world's third-largest IT vendor. [ + ]
Metadata law takes effect, but few if any are compliant
The mandatory metadata retention legislation has taken effect, but few if any ISPs are compliant, with many still not even understanding what data they are required to store. [ + ]
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 13 October
This week: Mushrooms to power batteries, computer glitches cause more airport headaches, and a smartphone that's also a robot. [ + ]
Australia needs a cybersecurity curriculum agenda
Education and training are fundamental to driving Australia's growth and require a coordinated and mutually invested partnership between government, higher education and the private sector. [ + ]
More woes for taxi industry: ACCC proposes to deny ihail app
Touted as the taxi industry's comeback to Uber, the ihail booking app may not see the light of day with the ACCC proposing to block its entry to the market. [ + ]
Telcos still receiving thousands of complaints
Telecommunication companies received thousands of complaints from Australians for mobile, internet and landline services in 2014–15 according to figures released by the industry's ombudsman. [ + ]
Software engineers must reject unethical requests
The professionalism arm of the global federation representing ICT employees has insisted that software engineers have an obligation to refuse and even report unethical orders from higher-ups. [ + ]
LinkedIn pays $18m over lawsuit; CSC to buy UXC for $428m; HP approves split
LinkedIn to pay $18m to settle a class action over unwanted emails, Global IT services company CSC plans to purchase Australian company UXC, and HP will split into two listed entities.
[ + ]AI, automation to shape 2016 tech trends
Gartner expects the rise of artificial intelligence, machine learning, a diverse and growing range of connected devices and other technology advances to shape the main tech trends for 2016 and beyond. [ + ]