Thursday, October 24, 2013

Huawei a 'credible business': Malcolm Turnbull

25 October 2013
The Sydney Morning Herald

Three consultancies have just been picked by NBN Co to help the network builder with its 60-day (now only 38-day) strategic review.

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Lia Timson, Technology Editor, ltimson@fairfaxmedia.com.au

Huawei a 'credible business': Malcolm Turnbull

New Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has described Chinese technology company Huawei as a ‘‘very credible business’’ and confirmed he would review the government ban on its involvement in building the national broadband network (NBN). 

SAP's acquisition of Hybris will give the e-commerce software company a helping hand in Australia.
Hybris pushes into top global software ranks

E-commerce software vendor Hybris is planning a bigger foothold in Australia.

Google Fibre boss Kevin Lo says he's confident improvement in speeds will lead to more innovation.
Build gigabit broadband and they will come: Google Fibre boss

Google has sought to dispel what is says is a "myth" that consumers don't want, won't pay for or don't need high-speed, gigabit broadband.

Mark Zuckerberg: The Facebook CEO was paid a record $2.37 billion.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg paid record $2.3 billion

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg set a new record for corporate compensation in 2012 with a package worth more than $2.37 billion.

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Microsoft will cease supporting Windows XP next April, leaving millions of enterprise users with no protection against new security vulnerabilities.

Researchers are working on ways to control machines just by thinking about what we want them to do.
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Is the next frontier in computer interfaces controlling machines just by thinking about them?

 

Start-ups are keen to offer US-style employee share options as soon as possible. Start-ups want review of ESOP regulation now

Australia's technology start-ups feel they are "collateral damage" in federal portfolio shake-up.

The advertisement argues Mr Turnbull hasn't been listening to thousands of Australians asking for a fibre-to-the-premises NBN. Campaign for fibre NBN arrives at Turnbull's door

Supporters of fibre-to-the-premises broadband are taking their campaign to Communications Minister Malcolm Tunrbull's electorate.

Google: uProxy allows citizens under some regimes to bypass government censorship or surveillance software to surf the web. Google launches underground tunnel to fend off cyber attacks

Google will shield news organisations and human rights groups from cyber attacks and allow citizens under some regimes to bypass government censorship.

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The government has asked all Australian telcos for detailed maps of their fixed broadband networks as part of a national survey of internet availability.


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