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Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 12 February

12 February, 2015 by Jonathan Nally

Twitter CFO's account gets hacked, rare double failure was cause of airspace mess, computer glitch has Scottish bank holding onto your money and hair trigger missiles must go.


Symantec's US$17m patent case; NICTA, CSIRO to merge?; Telstra's new CIO

10 February, 2015 by Andrew Collins

US court orders Symantec to pay US$17m for violating patents, CSIRO's digital unit and NICTA could join forces and Erez Yarkoni is Telstra's new CIO.


IBM denies 110,000 layoff reports; BMW patches hackable cars; Australia launches cyberattacks

03 February, 2015 by Andrew Collins

IBM rejects reports of job cuts, BMW tackles a flaw that could have allowed hackers to unlock car doors and Australian cyberattacks outed.


Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 29 January

29 January, 2015

Did flight computers lead to crash?; tax office faces huge IT problem; TAFE teachers criticise IT failure; what to do with your old CRTs; and IT helpdesk funnies.


Self-service BI disrupting analytics models

28 January, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

New smart data discovery and analytics tools are taking business intelligence outside of the realm of IT and into the general business, but many self-service BI initiatives have poor governance.


NBN Co's FTTB rollout begins; eBay cuts 2400 jobs; UK drops HP-Autonomy investigation

27 January, 2015 by Andrew Collins

NBN Co earmarks first apartment buildings to get its FTTB services, eBay will cut 7% of its workforce in the next couple of months and the UK abandons its investigation into the sale of Autonomy to HP.


Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 22 January

22 January, 2015

This week: an unstoppable cricket robot; Apple's Siri turns snitch; hound found on Mars; solar-powered around-the-world flight; and origami-powered internet.


Apple, Google and co to settle for $504 million; Samsung's $9bn bid for BlackBerry; Google Glass 'dead'?

20 January, 2015

Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe reportedly reach a $504 million class action settlement; BlackBerry shares surge on news of Samsung's offer to buy the company; and Google halts sales of Google Glass.


Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 15 January

15 January, 2015

This week we look at: using the cloud to fight an ant invasion; UK PM’s plan to ban Snapchat; the very latest in rocket failures; and a poker-playing computer algorithm that can beat a human.


Businesses risk losing track of infrastructure

13 January, 2015

Organisations are at risk of losing sight of their technology infrastructure as they seek out smarter, faster and cheaper solutions in 2015, and beyond, according to TIBCO Software.


Business discovery - the new generation of BI

19 December, 2014

Unlike the traditional BI solutions, which are static and require time to be built and implemented, business discovery solutions are flexible, multifaceted and immediately available. They provide decision-makers from all levels within the organisation with resources to research for opportunities for business improvements and to implement them instantaneously.


Microsoft's Bitcoin trial; Arista hits back at Cisco; Turnbull's ISP deadline

16 December, 2014 by Andrew Collins

This week: Microsoft allows US customers to pay using Bitcoins; the federal government gives telcos four months to develop a copyright code or have one forced on them; and Arista hits back after Cisco launches patent and copyright legal action.


Apple court claim rejected; Hackers play Wall Street; ACS appoints new CEO

09 December, 2014 by Andrew Collins

The Federal Court rejects Apple's 'app store' trademark appeal, cybercrim attacks are actually stock market plays and the Australian Computer Society appoints Andrew Johnson as CEO.


Don't let the IoT spell D-O-O-M for your data

08 December, 2014 by David Kelleher

IT organisations must plan effectively to ensure adequate operating system, firmware and patch support within the new IoT age and secure methods of providing IoT clients with access to core data and applications.


Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 4 December

04 December, 2014

This week: Amazon's 15,000-strong robot army, Toshiba's 'creepy' lifelike robot that does sign language, the FBI warns about more Sony-like attacks and Microsoft does away with Clip Art.


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