Orders by a French court for Google to filter salacious images of Max Mosley from search results will be an inconvenience for the company but may have worse implications for smaller web firms. [ + ]

Three directors have been appointed to NBN Co’s board: Internode founder Simon Hackett, one-time NBN head of construction Patrick Flannigan and Telstra alumni Justin Milne. [ + ]

Optus is offering its subscribers free calls and SMS to the Philippines in the wake of typhoon Haiyan, and is helping provide emergency satellite phones for affected areas. [ + ]

Will big data - the collecting of vast amounts of data about nearly everything - finally help us predict the future? Humanity's cognitive biases may prevent big data from making accurate predictions, Elizabeth Rudd writes. [ + ]

UXC Connect, the ICT infrastructure and services division of UXC, has secured a $20m deal to provide a range of services to government organisation Melbourne Water. [ + ]

Hackers have stolen more than $1 million dollars' worth of bitcoins from an Australian bitcoin wallet service, according to the operator of the service. [ + ]

NBN Co has appointed ex-Telstra executive Greg Adcock to the position of chief operating officer, making Adcock the third Telstra alum to be given a senior role at NBN Co in the last six weeks. [ + ]

Older Australians are using the internet nearly as often as teenagers, but a lack of awareness about cybercrime risk is leaving them vulnerable to fraud. [ + ]

Business leaders may be starting to give the IT function more credit as a font of innovation, and CIOs are being given more input at the executive level, a survey suggests. [ + ]

Australia is a popular target for online banking malware, iOS phishing sites and command and control attacks, according to research from Trend Micro. [ + ]

Amdocs will buy Celcite for $136m in a bid to broaden the network management software and services it can offer to its telecom service provider customers. [ + ]

The government has launched a review into the personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) project, claiming poor take-up rates to date among Australian clinicians. [ + ]

A National Library of Australia exhibition uses modern technology to provide insight into rare and valuable old maps, as well as the origin of the geospatial industry. [ + ]

Use of software-defined communications technology among Australian businesses is increasing, with CIOs starting to show a preference for software-only PABX systems. [ + ]

The cloud is probably the most hyped concept in IT right now, and also the one greeted with the most cynicism by wary IT pros. We spoke to three IT leaders to get their honest thoughts on three aspects of the cloud: the OPEX/CAPEX argument, end-user adoption of cloud tools and potential government surveillance of cloud data. [ + ]