The federal government has not accepted a recommendation from senators Nick Xenophon and Stirling Griff to make giving a name voluntary while completing the census. [ + ]

HMD, the company established to develop handsets using the Nokia brand, has brought back the popular Nokia 3310 feature phone and launched three new Android-based smartphones. [ + ]

Two months after removing the technology choice section of nbn's address checker portal, the company has now restored this information. [ + ]

The government has opened the first of five planned Joint Cyber Security Centres, which will serve as spaces for government, industry and law enforcement to collaborate on security improvements. [ + ]

The CeBIT conference will be focused on the unified communication market, which is growing globally. [ + ]

Despite the decision to delay this month's batch of Windows patches, Microsoft has pushed out an update that fixes potential vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash libraries embedded in newer Windows browsers. [ + ]

Application scenarios for the new 5G wireless communications standard will be on show at the CeBIT event in Germany. [ + ]

The newly established ANZ subsidiary of Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group has urged Australian businesses to embrace new technologies and convergence to grow their export sales. [ + ]

Australian marketing technology companies Accordant and 2DataFish both took home awards at Adobe's latest APAC partner awards in Indonesia. [ + ]

Vodafone was the market leader in Sydney during the second half of 2016, while remaining third-ranked nationally and in most other capital cities. [ + ]

The ACCC will issue new guidelines and work with NBN retail service providers in an attempt to address mass confusion among customers about the speeds their plans are meant to deliver. [ + ]

Optus has selected Macquarie Park as the site for its initial launch of a new 4.5G network capable of delivering speeds of over 1 Gbps during network testing. [ + ]

UTS and the Australian Museum will work together on establishing a prize for excellence in data science. [ + ]

A study of fraud incidents and losses shows that only a minority of federal agencies believe that improving IT security helped reduce fraud. [ + ]

Google has disclosed a Windows flaw that could be used to steal private data, just days after Microsoft announced it is skipping the monthly release of Windows patches. [ + ]