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Some pioneers of digital spying have misgivings
Former US federal prosecutor Eric Friedberg is among a growing number of former officials ...
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Security
Google offers hackers $3.1 million to exploit Chrome operating system
Not one to take security lightly, Google has announced it will pay hackers a combined total of ...
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Security
Bug exposes webcams, baby monitors
A bug in some webcam and baby monitor software allows anyone with access to the device's internet ...
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Business
Data Armageddon: why we should preserve data
There's a crisis looming in scientific data, with a report estimating 80 per cent of current ...
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Business
Microsoft profit beats forecasts, Surface, Xbox sales help
Microsoft has posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly profit, boosted by strong sales of its ...
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Acquisition
Lenovo to buy IBM server unit for $2.6 billion amid slump
IBM has agreed to sell its low-end server business for $2.6 billion to Lenovo, decreasing its ...
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Internet
Chinese internet traffic redirected to small Wyoming building
In one of the more bizarre twists in recent internet memory, much of the internet traffic in China ...
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Broadband
'Fastest ever' broadband speeds achieved in fibre test
The "fastest ever" broadband speeds have been achieved in a test that hit 1.4 terabits per second - ...
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Security
Russia hacked hundreds of companies worldwide: report
A US cyber security firm has gathered evidence the Russian government spied on hundreds of ...
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Business
Sandberg becomes one of the world's youngest female billionaires
Sheryl Sandberg's fortune has surpassed $US1 billion after Facebook shares closed at a record high.
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Security
Seven signs your company has been hacked
One way of finding out your company has been hacked is by reading it in the news. But there are ...
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Security
16 million email accounts compromised in Germany
The online identities of 16 million Germans have been stolen, compromising their email accounts, ...
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Security
Credit card details of 20 million South Koreans stolen
The credit card details of 40 per cent of South Koreans may have been exposed by an employee at a ...
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Business
IBM resumes talks to sell x86 unit to Lenovo, Dell
Lenovo has resumed discussions to buy IBM's low-end server unit, according to a source familiar ...
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Innovation
Help poverty? There's an app for that
An Australian collaboration in real-time big data, cloud and mobile has piqued the interest of the ...
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Careers
Giving girls the code to a life in computing and engineering
An organisation encouraging young girls to develop an interest in computer science and engineering ...
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Business
Phone-free Nokia faces pressure to boost network sales
Nokia is expected to show a steep fall in network equipment sales in its results this week, ...
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Lay-offs
Intel plans to reduce workforce by 5000
Intel expects to shed about 5 per cent of its workforce, or 5000 jobs, in 2014, as it tries to ...
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Business
Twitter product chief Michael Sippey leaves the nest
Twitter's vice-president of product Michael Sippey has announced he will step down.
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Security
Cyber attack traced to hacked refrigerator, TVs and home routers
Call it the attack of the zombie refrigerators.
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Business
Dropbox value said to be $11.4b in BlackRock funding
Dropbox raises $284m in financing from BlackRock and others that values it at $11.4b, source says.
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Business
Yahoo honeymoon hits reality for Marissa Mayer
The axing of Yahoo's second-in-command sent a signal that reality is setting in for Silicon Valley ...
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Security
Russian code used in Target hacking
The malware at the centre of Target's recent data breach affecting millions of US customers was ...
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Spying
Obama bans spying on leaders of US allies, scales back NSA
The US President has announced a reining in of the National Security Agency's powers but has ...
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Algorithm
This algorithm lets you bet on sport without ever watching
Elihu Feustel bets millions of dollars on tennis, but watches less than an hour of the sport in any ...
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Networking
Software defined networking moving from 'what?' to 'how?'
Australian organisations running large data centre networks should be investigating software ...
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Surveillance
NSA scoops up millions of text messages a day
The NSA collects almost 200 million text messages a day from around the world, in the latest ...
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Business
Ericsson's Hans Vestberg considered for new Microsoft CEO
Microsoft's board is considering Ericsson chief executive Hans Vestberg as a potential successor to ...
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Security
Huawei denies US compromised equipment security
Huawei, which has long been dogged by security suspicions, has denied a report its network ...
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Surveillance
Obama to place some restraints on surveillance
US President Barack Obama will issue new guidelines on Friday to curtail government surveillance, ...
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Business
Yahoo! executive who clashed with Marissa Mayer leaves
Yahoo! chief operating officer Henrique de Castro will be leaving on Thursday, the company said in ...
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Security
NSA devises radio pathway into computers isolated from web
The NSA has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the US to ...
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Business
Google wants to organise the internet of things
The value of Nest for Google is as a point of entry to what may be the internet's next big frontier ...
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Internet
US court sets aside net neutrality rules
A US appeals court has rejected rules that bar internet and mobile providers from blocking or ...
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Start-ups
US investors keen on Australian start-ups
A Silicon Valley investor in Facebook and Netflix has poured $33 million into Australian hotel ...
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Business
Man with iPod vision sells to Google for billions
Anthony "Tony" Fadell, widely regarded as the godfather of Apple's iPod, has just sold his smart ...
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Business
Australian IT project failures spark new standard
The frequent failure of major IT projects across the country has spurred Standards Australia to ...
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Acquisition
Google to buy Nest for $3.5 billion
Google has announced plans to acquire Nest Labs, a maker of smart thermostats and smoke alarms, for ...
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Mobiles
BlackBerry CEO hires another former colleague to drive turnaround
BlackBerry has hired another of its new chief executive's former colleagues to head its global ...
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Surveillance
Obama to seek little change in NSA overhaul: sources
Barack Obama has indicated to legislators that he plans to seek little change in a controversial ...
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Security
At least 70 million US Target customers robbed of private details
US retailer Target has revised the number of customers whose personal information was stolen.
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Data overload
Too much information: machines learn video tricks
With the rise of wearable technology, we will need new and inventive ways to sift through all the ...
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Telcos
Telstra fined $500k for urban phone line delays
Telstra has been fined half a million dollars by the communications watchdog for taking too long to ...
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SDN
Prepare for software to eat your data centre
Before too many technology companies claim to have the best "software-defined networks" product, ...
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Rivalry
Apple, Samsung CEOs agree to meet
Apple and Samsung have agreed to attend a mediation session as they prepare to clash in court in ...