Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 9 October
09 October, 2014This week we take a look at a US$617 billion fat-finger earthquake in Tokyo, the Nobel Prize research that brought us blue and white LEDs, Elon Musk’s aim for 90% autonomous cars in the next 12 months, and a quaint 1960s view of what today's computers would be like.
Vertigan wants to split NBN Co; ACMA slaps iiNet, Dodo on the wrist; Alcatel sells enterprise division for $290m
07 October, 2014 by Andrew CollinsThe Vertigan panel's recommendation to split NBN Co has received a mixed response; ACMA sends iiNet and Dodo to the naughty corner; and Alcatel-Lucent has sold its Enterprise division to a Chinese company for $290 million.
Aussie spies could tap entire internet; Symantec settles on new CEO
30 September, 2014 by Andrew CollinsThe Australian Senate last week passed laws that would allow ASIO to monitor every device on the internet; Michael Brown has been appointed permanent CEO of Symantec, replacing sacked former-CEO Steve Bennett.
Key technology trends for CIOs in 2015
30 September, 2014Big data, ITaaS, the continuing shift to the cloud, location-free workplaces and wearables are some of the technology trends forecast to strengthen in 2015, according to a survey of Australian CIOs and IT decision-makers.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories
25 September, 2014Apple's 'flexi' phone vs Blackberry's "bizarre" one; Bionic brains will be analog; When your car just won't listen; Home Depot needs data DIY.
Experts savage eBay's hack response; Ellison replaced as Oracle CEO; Aussie cops want more Google user data
23 September, 2014 by Andrew CollinsExperts have criticised eBay for its response to a hack designed to steal users' credentials; Ellison steps down as CEO, but stays as CTO and executive chairman; and Australian authorities requested more information on Google users in the first half of 2014 than in the same period in 2013.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 18 September
18 September, 2014Frankenstein robots are coming; BP's £4bn fat finger fail; Detroit's 'broken' IT system; How random is your smartphone?; Big cat 'bot can bound.
Consumer identity management - 10 key areas
17 September, 2014 by Jan Zeilinga, CTO, First Point GlobalThe explosion of mobile, social, cloud and big data is challenging all of us to come up with new customer-facing solutions.
Five million Gmail passwords 'leaked'; TPG FTTB gets ACCC go-ahead
15 September, 2014 by Andrew CollinsAlmost five million Gmail addresses and passwords have been posted online, but not everyone's convinced they're all genuine; and the ACCC says it won't stand in the way of TPG's fibre-to-the-basement plans.
Geek Weekly: Our top tech stories for 11 September
11 September, 2014NASA's Moon computer; $47m idea that sucks; IBM's Watson could cure you; Brain-to-brain messaging; Outages galore this week.
Field Service Business magazine launches
27 August, 2014Specialist business-to-business magazine and digital publisher Westwick-Farrow Media (WFM) - publisher of Technology Decisions - has launched Field Service Business, Australia's first dedicated media channel for the field service sector.
Moving from government to e-government
26 August, 2014 by Kevin Hayes, VP, Australia and New Zealand, OpenTextThe move to e-government offers many rewards and eliminates many risks arising from uncontrolled, unconsolidated, unstructured information. But it can also open up new sources of risk that need to be recognised and confronted.
IFS to provide ERP system for Mid West Ports
23 July, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMid West Ports Authority will use IFS Applications as an ERP system as it seeks to drive operational efficiency and cope with significant volume growth at the port of Geraldton.
KPMG and Imperial College London form £20 million partnership
17 July, 2014KPMG to invest over £20m to partner with Imperial College London on a new KPMG Centre for Advanced Business Analytics, with the aim of putting the UK at the forefront of data science.
National Map consolidates government geospatial data
09 July, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe communications ministry and NICTA have launched the National Map Open Data initiative, a single map that contains a variety of government geospatial data.
