40 percent of Australia will not be capable of 1Gbps broadband speeds thanks to a combination of fibre-to-the-node, fixed-wireless, and satellite technologies, NBN CEO Bill Morrow has said. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Month: May 2017
Universities to share AU$5.7m for defence cybersecurity, autonomous systems
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•22 universities in Australia will have to share the AU$5.7 million funding injection from the federal government to develop tech-related defence capabilities. …read more Source:: Open Source S
It’s not just Windows anymore, Samba has a major SMB bug
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•First, it was Microsoft’s turn to deal with a terrible SMB security hole, WannaCry. Now, it’s the open-source SMB server Samba’s turn. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Don’t hold your breath for blockchain-based Commonwealth services
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•AUSTRAC has said Australia is still ‘ways away’ from a time when big-business and government really grapples with the application of blockchain-based technology. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Taking music services on the go without a phone: then and now
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•Nearly a decade ago, the Slacker Player pioneered the idea of using a streaming music service with an offline player. Six months after Slacker finally pulled the plug, the Mighty …read more Source:: Open Source S
Polycom, Zoom forge video conferencing, collaboration pact
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•Zoom will be integrated into Polycom’s video conferencing systems with one-click access. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Crysis ransomware master keys released to the public
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•A total of 200 master keys can now be used by victims to decrypt and unlock their systems. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Apple opens first Southeast Asia store in Singapore
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•Open to the public from May 27, the two-storey Apple store is located along Singapore’s Orchard Road shopping strip and runs entirely on solar power. …read more Source:: Open Source S
DARPA challenges Boeing to create spaceplanes able to launch ten times in ten days
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•Boeing is tasked with creating the new craft in case satellites we rely on are destroyed in the future. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Metadata breach the only time journalist source records have been accessed: AFP
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•The Australian Federal Police bungled the only time it handled a journalist’s metadata, with the feds asserting that they have never made any journalist warrant applications. …read more Source:: Open Source S