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Australian broadband still trailing global peers
Australia ranked a mere 46th in the world in terms of average broadband speeds during the second quarter, and also fared poorly in terms of 4 Mbps or higher broadband adoption, Akamai said. [ + ]
TPG to keep building rival infrastructure to the nbn
Strict new regulations designed to prevent TPG from cherrypicking lucrative potential customers away from the nbn have not deterred the company, according to its executive chair David Teoh.
[ + ]Microsoft commences launch of Office 2016
The latest version of Microsoft's widely used Office suite adds numerous improvements, including enhanced document creation collaboration tools and built-in DLP. [ + ]
Australian infosec spending to hit $2.36bn this year
Gartner expects new legislation and product refresh spending to stimulate a 7.5% increase in Australian spending on information security technologies for 2015. [ + ]
Internet Australia calls on Turnbull to review policy
Internet Australia CEO Laurie Patton is hopeful that Australia's new tech-savvy PM will review the "fundamentally flawed" Data Retention Act and take a more realistic approach to internet legislation. [ + ]
Geek Weekly: Technology Decisions' quirky tech stories for 22 September
This week: The Martian movie gets five stars, self-destructing computer circuits, iPads worsen school performance, collectable computers, and a cool drone swarm video. [ + ]
Nearly 200 Cisco routers infected with SYNful Knock
Scans by Cisco and Shadowserver have so far detected nearly 199 Cisco routers in 31 countries infected with malware that gives attackers backdoor access to the devices. [ + ]
Dangerous iOS malware discovered in the wild
At least 39 popular apps on the Chinese iTunes store are infected with a powerful and insidious malware that has made unprecedented attacks on the iOS ecosystem, analysis indicates. [ + ]
Turnbull names his replacement as comms minister
The appointment of a relatively unknown senator without an explicit technology background as communications minister has left pundits speculating that Turnbull aims to retain the driving role for the portfolio. [ + ]
FTTN nbn services launch in Belmont
nbn has launched its first FTTN services, and aims to expand the FTTN component of the network to pass 3.7m premises by mid-2018. [ + ]
Digital governance — the balance between opportunity and risk
Digital governance is not just about complying with regulations and minimising risk — it's about maximising the value of information to create a profitable business. [ + ]
Fury over Windows 10 preloads; 'Porn Droid' targets device PINs; McAfee runs for US president
Old Windows versions are silently downloading huge Windows 10 preloads, new Android ransomware locks users out and sets a new PIN, and antivirus pioneer John McAfee wants to "return sanity to the government".
[ + ]nbn to trigger a digital eruption: Bill Morrow
nbn CEO Bill Morrow says the network is poised to supercharge the economy, and that despite all the political disagreement over the nbn there is broad support from all sides for its core principles. [ + ]
One in four US IT managers would become hacker
One in four US IT decision-makers would become a black-hat hacker for US$2000 or less, and a similar proportion hear more about office happy hours than about IT security, a survey suggests. [ + ]
HP to cut up to 30,000 more jobs in corporate split
HP expects the restructuring efforts associated with the separation of HP Enterprise into a separate company to result in the reduction of 25,000 to 30,000 jobs. [ + ]
