Some of the most highly ranked internet searches for Australia in 2016 include 'how to play Pokemon Go', 'where is New South Wales', and 'why is my poop green'. [ + ]

Eighteen Queensland residents have been named Advance Queensland Community Digital Champions by the Queensland Government. [ + ]

The tech industry will be one of the strongest performers when it comes to creating jobs of the future, according to research by IBISWorld and Torrens University Australia. [ + ]

An HPE storage area network failure was the cause of a nearly two-day outage of the ATO's website and online services, but despite reports to the contrary no data has been permanently lost, the agency said. [ + ]

The government's proposal to impose a $7 per month levy on high-speed broadband services to fund the delivery of NBN services in rural areas amounts to "robbing Peter to pay Paul", according to Internet Australia CEO Laurie Patton. [ + ]

More than 70% of ANZ companies in industries such as media, health care, software and the IoT surveyed by Ovum for Zuora are looking to shift to a subscription model. [ + ]

Damaged and lost phones on planes have been nominated by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority as the biggest dangerous goods safety risk in 2016. [ + ]

Software company Splunk will set up its ANZ headquarters in Melbourne, creating more jobs for the tech sector. [ + ]

Organisations spend an average of 5.6% of their IT budgets on security, but often falsely conflate spending with security maturity and do not have a true understanding of their security spending. [ + ]

A hardware failure led to the outage of the ATO's entire website on Monday, including its online services and portals. [ + ]

The Queensland Brain Institute is using technology from Brocade, HDS and Oracle to build a high-performance, high-capacity storage fabric to accelerate its research into preventing brain diseases. [ + ]

A PhD which outlines the development of a standard and automated approach to assess IT processes for improvement has been recognised by the Australian Council of Professors and Heads of Information Systems. [ + ]

BlackBerry has announced a comprehensive platform of security and enterprise collaboration solutions that will form the bedrock of the company's new software focus. [ + ]

An RMIT team working on silicon photonics technologies to improve data centre efficiency while cutting energy consumption costs has been selected to take part in a CSIRO high-tech accelerator. [ + ]

In a new draft report, the Productivity Commission has recommended a modernised approach to universal telecommunications services in Australia. [ + ]