The Turnbull government has finally responded to the recommendations of the Senate Economics Reference Committee which looked into the 2016 census debacle, saying that it would not accept making the submission of names voluntary through a legislative amendment.

Twitter has long been reputed as slow to act on anonymous "egg account" trolls, harassing users via its network. No more, the news and social network says, announcing it's finally taking steps.

A Norwegian tech website has come up with the idea of making readers take and pass a quiz before they can comment on articles, to ensure that they know something about the article they are commenting on.

Windows has been around for more than two decades, but there is still no insistence by Microsoft that an ordinary user account be created before one begins using the system. A recent study by Avecto found that the harm caused by malicious code on Windows systems could be largely mitigated by operating as an ordinary user.

Both Apple and Samsung have taken a hit to their reputations, according to the 2017 Global RepTrak 100, a listing of the world's most reputable companies prepared by the Reputation Institute.

TiVo, once so popular it was a verb in the USA, is bringing its Australian run to an end.

Backup and disaster recovery (DR) specialist Veeam is preparing to extend to Australia its $200 million incentive program aimed at getting customers to switch from on-premises DR to its cloud service.

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