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Season's greetings
Technology Decisions is taking a break now until 8 January, so we'd like to wish you a merry festive season and a safe and prosperous New Year. [ + ]
Google to pay $481.5m to settle dispute with ATO
Google will pay $481.5m to settle a longstanding dispute with the ATO over back taxes, with the ATO hailing it "another e-commerce victory". [ + ]
The highs and lows of IT in 2019
Implementation of legislation, ongoing security challenges, the nbn, skills visas and many other topics dominated the IT headlines in 2019. [ + ]
WCD attacks still a significant issue
The highly publicised web cache detection vulnerability is still plaguing a number of the world's top websites nearly two years after its discovery. [ + ]
Govt commits to digital platform reforms
The government has committed to implementing a range of reforms aimed at giving Australian regulators more power to crack down on abuses by tech giants. [ + ]
Does Australia really have an ICT skills shortage?
Industry complains of the lack of skilled IT staff while at the same time students are flocking to our universities. Where does the truth lie? [ + ]
Australian-led operation takes down hacking tool
The AFP has led an international law enforcement action taking down a website hosting a remote access trojan hacking tool. [ + ]
Optus to pay $6.4 million over misleading claims
Optus has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay $6.4 million in penalties for making misleading claims about home internet disconnections, after action by the ACCC. [ + ]
nbn data use jumps by almost 25%
There's been a dramatic rise in broadband data use by households, with overall consumption increasing by almost 25% in the last 12 months. [ + ]
Meeting the retail challenge with mobile technology
Intense online competition requires traditional retailers to scale up their own e-commerce enterprises and find latent value in bricks-and-mortar stores. [ + ]
Data on 1.2 billion consumers exposed online
A massive trove of around 4 billion customer records has been found online sitting on an unsecured server. [ + ]
Survey: APAC digital transformation progress threatened by lack of business alignment
Two-thirds of organisations are piloting, scaling or deploying transformation programs, but disconnects in IT culture and delivery speed stand in the way. [ + ]
Playing into the hands of the criminals
Law enforcement agencies are calling for backdoors to be installed in encryption apps. These tools will almost certainly be exploited by criminals. [ + ]
Challengers making inroads in nbn market
Smaller providers are slowly taking market share away from incumbent nbn retail service providers Telstra and TPG, according to the ACCC. [ + ]
Australia faces risk of 'leakware' attacks
A cybersecurity expert is warning Australian councils and governments to be wary of an emerging ransomware attack method known as leakware. [ + ]
