Tony Abbott rules out change to Huawei NBN ban

1 November 2013 The saga over Huawei's NBN ban continued this week, with some visible differences of opinion in the Coalition camp. For the moment it seems settled, but the company won't rest. Expect more on this next week. This story and many more below and on the IT Pro page this week. It's a good idea to bookmark that page if you haven't already. As always, your feedback on our stories and weekly newsletter is welcome. Lia Timson, Technology Editor, ltimson@fairfaxmedia.com.au Tony Abbott rules out change to Huawei NBN ban Prime Minister Tony Abbott has stamped out speculation that Huawei might be allowed to participate in the NBN. 150,000 more fibre connections approved for NBN A further 150,000 premises will be connected to the national broadband network after Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull's office approved a new round of construction contracts last week. Branding now a marketing strategy for people too Lessons on dress style, body language, written and oral communication and the use of social media. Melbourne firm adding IT jobs, 100 at a time As more organisations undergo business and technology transformation, one Melbourne company is reaping the rewards. Advertisement More on IT Pro The internet is a spook's best friend: Yaakov Peri Coca-Cola to pour more data into Microsoft NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo!, Google data centres worldwide, Edward Snowden documents say Edward Snowden's files show the NSA has positioned itself to collect from hundreds of millions of users via Yahoo! and Google data centres. Crazy Domain customers mad about being offline One thousand Crazy Domains customers were unable to access email and websites for five days after the company's hosting servers went down.   All companies are technology companies now Technology is revolutionising the way even the smallest and most traditional  businesses manage their operations. 38m users impacted, Photoshop code also stolen Adobe's recent data breach impacted 10 times more users than originally thought, plus more source code was compromised. Swimming pool register drowning in high demand The NSW pools website has failed to grant people access on the last day of registration. Broadband vectoring is real and it works: Alcatel chief Alcatel-Lucent defends copper technology described as "pixie dust" by Senator Stephen Conroy. We've sent you this email because your email address garn14.tech@blogger.com has been registered for a Fairfax Media membership. You can unsubscribe from this email at any time. At Fairfax Media, we'll never ask for your personal or credit card information via email. If you receive a suspicious email claiming to offer Fairfax Media services in exchange for your details, please delete it. Copyright © 2013 Fairfax Media Privacy Policy Conditions of Use Unsubscribe