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• Vic govt set to slash its phone bill

  The Victorian government says that a new group of five telecommunications contracts will save the state $34 million a year.

• Data retention delays release of key telco interception report

  The Attorney-General’s Department says it is still working on the latest edition of an annual report that gives the most in-depth public picture of the use of telecommunications interception powers by Australian law enforcement organisations.

• Telstra launches 1Gbps LTE data service

  Telstra has launched the world’s first commercial Gigabit LTE service, available via a portable hotspot from Netgear.

• New transcoders will underpin ABC platform expansion

  The ABC is planning a massive upgrade of the transcoding facilities it uses to convert a wide range of video formats for use on television, podcasts, Internet publishing and various forms of mobile and social media.

• Carbanak Group uses Google for malware command-and-control

  In 2015, the Carbanak Gang, now infamous cyber criminals, pulled off a billion dollar cyber heist - in what would be the first-of-many known criminal activities by the group - putting them on the radar of many security researchers around the globe.

• Defence begins IT services procurement overhaul

  The Department of Defence has released a formal request for tender to establish a new panel of ICT service providers.

• New 'Made in China' chip on the way as country boosts indigenous tech

  The number of powerful chips coming out of China keeps growing as a war of words on semiconductors with the U.S. escalates.

• Dropbox highlights productivity enhancements in rollout of new services

  Dropbox kicked off its 2017 product launches with a pair of major announcements Monday aimed at improving users’ productivity at work. The cloud storage company announced the general availability of its Paper document collaboration service, along with the closed beta of a Smart Sync feature that gives users easy access to every file shared with them in Dropbox.

• Google strengthens Android relationship with Intel in IoT

  Intel may have cut ties with Android on smartphones and tablets, but the company's partnership with Google on Android for the internet of things is growing stronger.

• Ransomware disrupts Washington DC's CCTV system

  Around 70 percent of police cameras in Washington D.C. were reportedly unable to record footage for several days before President Trump's inauguration due to a ransomware attack.