NBN Co fibre to the node trials to start next month

4 April 2014 Happy Friday. This week we have many more stories for the newsletter than we can fit in it. So head to the IT Pro page after you finish reading the ones below. And please keep your feedback coming - we love reading your comments on the stories, watching you debate issues in threads and getting your emails. Have a great weekend. Lia Timson, Technology Editor, ltimson@fairfaxmedia.com.au NBN Co fibre to the node trials to start next month NBN Co will next month start building cabinets in the streets, as it pilots the controversial fibre-to-the-node broadband services that use a combination of new fibre and existing copper infrastructure. Could this Australian-made auto-complete tool save you loads of time composing emails? Aussie trio introduce what they believe will be next big thing in email: a time-saving, auto-complete typing feature. Billions 'wasted' on cyber security Businesses pour $US46 billion into IT security annually, but breaches continue to occur, growing at 20 per cent a year. NBN adds capacity for 9000 more satellite users NBN Co is spending $34 million to speed up internet services delivered to remote and rural users by its satellite infrastructure. Advertisement Hot topics Westpac's multimillion-dollar promise to geeks: we will nurture you Top five gender diversity policies that work Women angels watching over female-led start-ups Fledgling female angel investor outfit Scale Angels has made its second investment in the high-tech sphere, with a deal to provide an undisclosed amount of seed funding to Brisbane software start-up See-Out. The business case is dead, long live agile thinking In this era of sophisticated technology, getting a new project off the ground no longer needs to take months.   Spanish firm wins NSW iVote tender The NSW Electoral Commission has chosen Spanish vendor Scytl to provide electronic voting software for the 2015 NSW election, on what could be the first occasion the public is allowed to vote via the internet. NSA overhaul may require phone carriers to store more data Barack Obama's NSA reforms could force US telcos to collect and store more customer data than they are currently obliged to keep, officials say. Looking beyond Silicon Valley London might not be the first place Australian start-ups think of to spread their wings, but think again. Public sector technology jobs take a dive Public sector technology workers are becoming an endangered species in Queensland with the latest figures suggesting their numbers fell 24 per cent in the past 18 months. 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