Julie Bishop's websites cost $113,000

6 June 2014 Happy Friday. I'm pleased to start this newsletter with something other than a data breach. Our leading story this week was the price tag of the website upgrades for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. What do you think? This week also some great contributions from Sylvia Pennington, Beverley Head and Matthew Hall, with plenty on security and business technology, from our contributing experts. And I'd be interested to know what you made of the sexism row involving an Atlassian employee. Typical sexist Silicon Valley or lack of sense of humour all around? Till next week when I'll be reporting on some interesting stuff from Japan. Lia Timson, Technology Editor, ltimson@fairfaxmedia.com.au Julie Bishop's websites cost $113,000 Three websites have cost taxpayers $113,130, according to answers to questions on notice at Senate budget estimates.  In face of cuts, Defence hunts for young cyber army The head of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, is fighting to attract young science minds, despite staring down budget cuts. University revamps IT to cope with the new thrifty, electronic age While debate over proposed university fee deregulation rages in Australia, one institution has pressed ahead with a technological transformation it hopes will prepare it for whatever comes. Sick, vomit, diarrhoea: key words on the social media radar of food safety authorities Australian health authorities are tracking a New York City initiative that uses social media and restaurant review websites to investigate cases of food poisoning. Advertisement Security Newly uncovered vulnerability in software that caused Heartbleed NSA collecting millions of faces from web images 'White hat' Jonathan Brossard warns cars can be hacked on the road Google testing software to take email encryption to the masses Prefabricated data centres the rage in a pop-up cloud world Data centre infrastructure providers are seeing an upsurge of interest in their prefabricated or modular offerings, which are forecast to take a much bigger share of the market over the next few years. Victorian government commits $3m to lift ICT and attract tech workers After spending three years getting its own high-tech house in order, the Victorian government has turned its attention elsewhere, with a $3 million plan to make companies more tech-savvy and get more people working in the technology sector.   Australia's tech darling Atlassian in sexism row Mike Canon-Brooks apologises for employee's presentation gone wrong. Thieves planted malware to hack ATMS ATM skimming attack may be a harbinger of more sophisticated scams to come. Ericsson attempts phone comeback with $18 chip Swedish technology pioneer Ericsson is betting third time's the charm for its mobile phone comeback. China calls for 'severe punishment' for Google, Apple, US tech firms Chinese state media lashed out at tech giants, denouncing 'the pawns' of the US government for monitoring China and stealing secrets. 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