The brains behind Oculus, Facebook's $2 billion baby

28 March 2014 Happy Friday. This week Sylvia Pennington spoke to Twitter Australia's MD Karen Stocks and to some of the lucky people running global tech operations from their base in Australia. Stuart Corner kept a watch on the Internet Industry Association's last days, Cynthia Karena explored the issue of education as a way to increase women's participation in ICT, while Adam Arbolino from DesignCrowd listed his favourites sites for DIY code school. Ben Grubb had a look at a little known aspect of the new privacy legislation: your right to remain anonymous. And today, Microsoft finally launched Office for iPad among new cloud offers - that story is here. Those stories and more on our IT Pro page . Have a great weekend. Lia Timson, Technology Editor, ltimson@fairfaxmedia.com.au The brains behind Oculus, Facebook's $2 billion baby The other-worldly Oculus Rift virtual reality headset may be the brainchild of 21-year-old Palmer Luckey, but he's had some help along the way. Running the world from Down Under Is Australia a great place to live but a backwater if you're hoping to rise to the top of your field? Comms Alliance adds cyber security to to-do list Australia's Internet Industry Association is to close down and transfer its core responsibilities to Communications Alliance, the telecommunications industry's self-regulatory body. Obama to call for end to NSA's bulk data collection The Obama administration is preparing to unveil a legislative proposal for a far-reaching overhaul of the National Security Agency's once-secret bulk phone records program in a way that - if approved by Congress - would end the aspect that has most alarmed privacy advocates since its existence was leaked last year, according to senior administration officials. Advertisement Hot topics Twitter Australia moves to tackle profit issue Education a strong driver for future female tech leaders PCs to lose more ground to tablets: survey Sales of traditional computers will lose more ground in 2014 to tablets and other mobile devices, a market tracker says. In the future customers, not companies, will manage the relationship CRM systems have been at the heart of sales and customer service for two decades but they are struggling to fulfil the needs of organisations in today's customer-centric world.   Nine great sites to teach yourself how to code There are great tools out there that can help anyone learn how to write computer code, and it's much easier than you may suspect. NSA breached Chinese telco Huawei seen as spy peril Classified documents provided by Edward Snowden show the NSA infiltrated Huawei's networks so it could gain intelligence on allies and foes. Want to be anonymous? Now you have a right to be Australian citizens now have the right to remain anonymous or use a pseudonym when interacting with government agencies, private health service providers, and large organisations under new privacy laws. Microsoft-Nokia deal delayed until April Nokia does not expect to close the sale of its phone business to Microsoft until April, fuelling speculation it may have to make patent concessions to get the deal done. 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 © 2014 Fairfax Media Privacy Policy Conditions of Use Unsubscribe