Australian start-up companies will visit Chengdu in August to help facilitate a bilateral trade and innovation exchange between Australia and China. [ + ]

CSC and TasTAFE have created a partnership that will enable TAFE students to gain real-world experience through working at CSC Hobart's Centre of Excellence (COE). [ + ]

Older Australians are accessing the internet in greater numbers than ever before, according to ACMA research. [ + ]

Wavelink and Honeywell are undertaking a five-city roadshow across Australia and New Zealand to showcase their joint mobile solution for the retail and logistics industries. [ + ]

Australia's primary financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, has established a new cyber team dedicated to identifying online terrorism financing activities, money laundering and financial fraud. [ + ]

A new survey suggests that 79% of Australian IT departments will keep a closer eye on network performance during the Games, while 73% plan to limit access to Olympic content. [ + ]

Four newly discovered Android vulnerabilities have been announced by mobile researchers from Check Point Software Technologies Ltd at Def Con 24 in Las Vegas. [ + ]

A 'digitalisation forum' in Melbourne in September will bring together industry leaders to discuss the impact of digitalisation on a wide range of industries. [ + ]

Juniper Research expects there to be significant growth in the total value of transactions made over contactless POS equipment over the next few years. [ + ]

Sportsbet is offering odds of $1.50 that the Census website will crash on Census night, with $2.50 odds for it to remain online for the duration. [ + ]

The second #TechDiversity Gala Dinner saw the Victorian digital technology industry come together to recognise those behind important diversity initiatives. [ + ]

There has been a steep rise in disclosed vulnerabilities in the industrial control systems that manage critical infrastructure including electric grids and water supplies, and a full third of these have no patches available. [ + ]

IT industry body CompTIA is offering a proforma managed service provider agreement for Australian premium members as part of a rollout of free legal resources. [ + ]

Equinix has completed a $37 million expansion of its Melbourne International Business Exchange, bringing capacity to 1125 cabinets with a co-location area of 3300 square metres. [ + ]

Spark Festival Sydney, a week-long event designed for aspiring entrepreneurs in the global tech start-up market, is expected to attract more than 10,000 local and international industry leaders in October. [ + ]