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Google brings its cloud platform to Sydney

Officially launches cloud services from Sydney data centres

The top 7 Linux IoT projects

IoT, in all of its manifold forms, is increasingly a Linux game, and the Linux Foundation lists seven projects as the key players in the march of connected open-source systems. Here's a rundown.

Encryption in government’s crosshairs

No backdoors, just front doors, government indicates

Police partner with Facebook for child abduction alerts

Law enforcement agencies back Facebook-based ‘AMBER Alert’ system
Inquiry calls for Centrelink ‘robo-debt’ system to be put on hold

Report highlights ‘procedural fairness flaws’
Government moves to implement NBN subsidy

Bill to legislate so-called ‘NBN tax’
SA government funds expansion to ‘Gig City’ program

Possible regional expansion mooted
Google brings its cloud platform to Sydney

Officially launches cloud services from Sydney data centres
‘API economy’ company Twilio coming to Australia

Twilio looks to hire country manager, developer evangelist

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SA government funds expansion to ‘Gig City’ program

The South Australian government has upped its funding for Adelaide’s ‘Gig City’ program.
Government moves to implement NBN subsidy

The government has introduced legislation to implement the so-called ‘NBN tax’: A levy on superfast broadband services that will help subsidise services on the National Broadband Network that would not otherwise be commercially viable.
Police partner with Facebook for child abduction alerts

Australia’s federal, state, and territory police forces have partnered with Facebook to introduce a child abduction alert system to the social network.

ATO hit by service outage

Key Australian Taxation Office services have gone down.
Crappy streamed video makes us sad and disgusted, research suggests

Low resolution video with buffering breaks disgusts viewers, according to research by Akamai.
FAQ: Microsoft drafts new Windows Server upgrade blueprint

Microsoft is changing its upgrade cadence for Windows Server, crafting a schedule that mimics Windows 10 and Office 365 release dates.
Inquiry calls for Centrelink ‘robo-debt’ system to be put on hold

The report of a Senate inquiry has recommended that Centrelink pause its automated data-matching program designed to claw back welfare overpayments.
Why Cisco’s new intent-based networking could be a big deal

Cisco has announced hardware and software capabilities that use machine learning to provide advanced network automation The system allows users to express policies and includes a software platform that executes the policies and maintains the desired state of the network.
Uber CEO resigns, leaving company in search of a new strategy

Uber is now a driverless vehicle, after CEO Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday.
Changes to GST-free threshold delayed until 2018

Senate amendments to the Treasury Laws Amendment (GST Low Value Goods) Bill 2017 have formally been accepted by the House of Representatives.

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NSW government keen to tackle cyber skills shortage

A ‘speed networking’ event at NSW Parliament this week brought together representatives of 25 companies that are seeking the next generation of cyber security talent with 130 students from the state’s universities.
Gallery: Telstra Labs

Telstra’s new CTO, Hakan Eriksson, yesterday took journalists on a tour of Telstra Labs
In pictures: Leading the Tech Agenda in STEM Education: Preparing Youth for Success - Sydney

For those leading the technology agenda in the digital education revolution - including ICT managers, directors and heads of department - there’s a pivotal role to play in the planning, organising, directing, controlling and coordinating the STEM agenda.
In pictures: Leading the Tech Agenda in STEM Education: Preparing Youth for Success - Melbourne

For those leading the technology agenda in the digital education revolution - including ICT managers, directors and heads of department - there’s a pivotal role to play in the planning, organising, directing, controlling and coordinating the STEM agenda. A group of industry experts gathered at the Crown in Melbourne to attend the Computerworld Education Event Series: Leading the Tech Agenda in STEM Education: Preparing Youth for Success, sponsored by Dell and Microsoft.