Google and several affiliated tech companies have been sued for patent infringement by Rockstar Consortium, a joint venture owned by Apple, Microsoft, BlackBerry, Ericsson and Sony. [ + ]

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has questioned the legitimacy of NBN Co's 2013 annual report, which was produced by NBN Co under the previous government and released to the public just last week. [ + ]

Pitcher Partners, an accountancy, auditing and advisory firm, has implemented a 4G Wi-Fi cradle to improve its audit teams' access to the internet while on the road. [ + ]

NT government department DCIS has contracted IBM to provide a new mainframe system, as part of its regular four-year IT refresh. [ + ]

The National Museum of Australia is using CSIRO telepresence technology to offer students virtual tours of Phar Lap's heart, hide and skeleton - each located hundreds of kilometres apart. [ + ]

Telstra is suing NBN Co in the NSW Supreme Court over a dispute regarding the $11.2 billion deal the two companies signed in 2011. [ + ]

Eleven teams with unique start-up ideas are finalists in this year's Sydney Genesis Entrepreneurship Challenge, competing for $13,000 in cash. [ + ]

With an increasing number of devices being used across the enterprise and the eagerness with which many individuals, departments and branches tend to pursue their own software purchasing plans, is it any wonder that few organisations are able to easily identify their true software licensing costs? [ + ]

The increasing importance of digital assets to government processes will prompt a number of state organisations to create new dedicated C-level roles, Gartner predicts. [ + ]

LinkedIn's new Intro app, designed to insert profile data from the social network into users' emails on iOS devices, has been called "a dream for attackers" by security experts. [ + ]

The businesses that succeed in the future will be those that gather information for analysis today, argues Rackspace's Alan Perkins. [ + ]

M2 Telecommunications may lay off up to 100 staff in a "partial restructure" of its business, following the company's acquisitions of Dodo and Eftel earlier this year. [ + ]

Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has fined Samsung $355,000 (NT$10 million) after finding the company hired people to post fake online reviews of Samsung phones and phones from a Samsung rival. [ + ]

MyNetFone has arranged to provide continuity of service for customers of PennyTel and iVoisys, two telecom resellers forced into liquidation last week. [ + ]

Ardent Leisure, the owner of Australia's largest theme park - Dreamworld, has contracted Brocade to upgrade and replace the park's wireless networking infrastructure. [ + ]