Agile systems needed to ride the wave of disruption
08 July, 2015 by Rob Stummer, Managing Director, IFS Australia & New ZealandNo industry is immune from the Uber effect. In order to benefit from disruption and not fall victim to it, you must know your business; be agile and respond quickly; and employ low-drag systems that don't hold you back.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 2 July 2015
02 July, 2015This week: Apple in the naughty corner, rocket says 'No', Alan Turing's real thoughts about AI, leap seconds, and lasers you can touch.
ESET antivirus compromised; Telstra kills off dial-up; Blocking laws pass Senate
30 June, 2015 by Andrew CollinsESET patches "trivially compromised" security vulnerability, the end of the road for Telstra's dial-up, and Senate result will see offshore piracy-related websites blocked in Australia.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 25 June 2015
25 June, 2015This week: 'Send Undo' goes mainstream, hacks and failures delay flights, and a cool robot hand.
LastPass hacked; Exetel dumps users; 600m Samsung phones at risk
23 June, 2015 by Andrew CollinsPassword manager LastPass hacked, ISP Exetel reportedly jettisons 400 "heavy" users, and Samsung smartphone security flaw revealed.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 18 June 2015
18 June, 2015This week: "You failed utterly and totally", Macquarie to hand back $5.5m, Grand duplication auto, power outages blamed on birds, and robots falling over.
Kaspersky Lab hacked; TPG's iiNet could raise prices; Adobe breached Privacy Act
16 June, 2015 by Andrew CollinsKaspersky reveals it suffered a cyber-intrusion, ACCC says TPG’s proposed acquisition of iiNet may raise prices and degrade customer service and Adobe breached the Privacy Act by inadequately protecting customer data.
Curtin University to open computation institute
15 June, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCurtin University's Institute for Computation will be designed to improve computation and analytics capabilities for its researchers, as well as for Western Australia as a whole.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 11 June 2015
11 June, 2015This week: Lost classic game to be released, cool laser videos, PC failure creates a stink, KiwiRail's ticket time machine, Apple Music under investigation and on the trail of Chinese hackers.
Hack extortion attack targets child; TPG's new FTTB retail arm; NewSat CEO, CFO ousted
09 June, 2015 by Andrew CollinsHackers targeted the family of a senior employee at a Brisbane-based company, TPG forms Wondercom to sell wholesale FTTB and Newsat's CEO and CFO sacked after company goes into administration.
Android exploit injects pop-ups, ruins apps; $677m settlement in price-fixing case; Intel buys Altera for $21bn
04 June, 2015 by Andew CollinsA new Android exploit injects pop-ups and crashes apps, vendors to pay $677 million in a price-fixing case and Intel buys Altera for $21 billion.
DTO explores whole-of-govt service analytics
04 June, 2015 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe federal DTO is seeking to improve the experience of interacting with government through analytics, while the ACT Govt is upgrading its IT platform and NSW has outsourced its shared services functions.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 28 May 2015
28 May, 2015This week: Space sail-craft falls silent, wrong calculators trip up students, Sydney's Opal losing money, a speedy robotic cockroach and just as you suspected… reality doesn't exist.
Pacnet hacked; PayPal customers double-billed; iiNet to offer free legal advice for alleged pirates
26 May, 2015 by Andrew CollinsTelstra subsidiary Pacnet has had its corporate IT network breached by a third party, PayPal admits to charging some customers twice for transactions and iiNet will help customers fight Dallas Buyers Club cases.
Geek Weekly: Our top weird tech stories for 21 May 2015
21 May, 2015This week: Applying the 'Dear Leader' filter, Taekwondo champ loses due to computer freeze, lawyers sue over their own exams, glitch causes cargo pile-up and officials find a new way to deal with pesky ship passengers.
