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• NBN Co hits gigabit HFC downloads with in-field DOCSIS 3.1 trial

  NBN Co says it hit speeds of up to 994 megabits per second over a hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) connection during an in-field trial of DOCSIS 3.1 technology.

• Data retention: Government gave Optus ‘exemption’ from encrypting metadata

  Optus says that it would have struggled to comply with its legislative obligations without a decision by the government that exempted it from a requirement to encrypt all metadata collect as part of Australia’s data retention regime.

• Dozens more government agencies accessing 'metadata'

  More than 100 federal, state and local government agencies are known to be accessing so-called telecommunications ‘metadata’ despite not being among the list of enforcement agencies included in the data retention legislation.

• Vodafone to refund customers over ‘premium’ content billing

  Vodafone is the latest telco to fall afoul of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over its Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) service.

• Federal government renews, revamps Microsoft procurement deal

  The federal government has renewed its whole of government volume sourcing arrangement (VSA) with Microsoft.

• Symantec ends talks to sell to Broadcom over price: sources

  Cybersecurity company Symantec has walked away from negotiations to sell itself to chipmaker Broadcom Inc over price disagreements, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.

• Anaxi ties together GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira

  Anaxi offers unified, personalized views across GitHub, Bitbucket, and Jira via web, desktop, and mobile clients

• Facebook JavaScript engine boosts React Native on Android

  Open-source Hermes JavaScript engine could be used to improve performance of all JavaScript-based mobile applications

• Microsoft previews 'chromified' Edge's group policies to win enterprise approval

  Microsoft is offering a sneak peek of group policies they could use to manage the still-under-development "full-Chromium" Edge.

• How Microsoft Teams can help frontline workers

  As Ferguson looks to transform and improve business, it’s turning to the team chat app to help its showroom workers and do more in less time.

• To pay or not pay a hacker’s ransomware demand? It comes down to cyber hygiene

  A recent call for city leaders to stop paying ransomware demands underscores the need for municipalities to step up their cyber practices and have a good backup process in place.

• Best tools for single sign-on (SSO)

  SSO can reduce the risk of weak passwords and administrative overhead associated with managing account access. These are the top single sign-on solutions to consider.

• How Alphabet security moonshot Chronicle fits in at Google Cloud

  In late June this year, Google parent company Alphabet announced that Chronicle - the 'moonshot' or experimental spinout that would become an independent security company - would be folded into Google Cloud.

• Faulty network gear behind ATO tech woes

  An “intermittent error” from a network switch was responsible for a range of Australian Taxation Office (ATO) services being rendered inaccessible on Friday.

• Aurecon reveals ‘significant’ investment in Queensland AI firm

  Engineering giant Aurecon has announced a “significant” investment in artificial intelligence company ELARA.