There are four important reasons to consider flash storage over the traditional disk-based approach, and they are cost, capacity, simplification and flexibility, writes EMC's Darren McCullum. [ + ]

$15bn more needed to build the nbn, GST for online purchases under $1K, and John McAfee blasts the product that bears his name. [ + ]

Australian businesses are coming to recognise the benefits of card and other digital payments for B2B transactions, but adoption remains limited and paper processes are still ubiquitous. [ + ]

Commonwealth Bank launches real-time alerts, Westpac and IBM hold first Payments Hackathon, and Trend Micro adds more fake bank app protection. [ + ]

This week: Space Station computer delivery, hydrogen-powered iPhones, a 'crashless' disk file system, Canada's overblown IT contract, and RC helicopter madness. [ + ]

The proportion of female technology entrepreneurs is on the rise, and prospective participants consider a shortage of expertise and confidence to be bigger hurdles than a lack of formal STEM training. [ + ]

Australia's National Broadband Network covered 1.2 million premises as of the end of June and had 486,000 active connections. Now nbn aims to increase this nearly tenfold by 2018. [ + ]

A survey of over 13,000 mobile, desktop, cloud and IoT app developers shows that the industry is still dominated by young males, and many developers are earning below a living wage from their creations. [ + ]

Gartner Executive Partner Poh-Ling Lee explains how female CIOs lead differently from their male counterparts to manage the opportunities and risks that come with digital transformation. [ + ]

Australia had the dubious honour of joining the top 10 list of sources of global DDoS attack traffic during the second quarter, marking the first time it has been included. [ + ]

Today's world demands a new breed of IT pro… those who understand that there is no such thing as a distinct IT strategy — there is only a business strategy that's powered by IT. [ + ]

Kaspersky Labs denies reports it tried to damage rivals, Salesforce patches takeover vulnerability and Lenovo stops shipping exploitable laptops. [ + ]

Labor is considering changing the name for the National Broadband Network to differentiate the current rollout from the project originally envisioned by the Rudd government. [ + ]

While the number of malicious URLs clicked by Australians fell significantly during Q2, attackers turned to more creative ways of using existing exploits such as macros and exploit kits. [ + ]

The Sungard Data Centre at Kidman Park facility in Adelaide, South Australia, has expanded to 1750 square metres, making it South Australia's largest data centre facility. [ + ]