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NBN retail service providers achieved between 85.0 and 98.9% of maximum plan speeds across all fixed-line plans in the busy evening hours of 7-11pm in December 2020, according to the latest Measuring Broadband Australia report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.



The GTIN – the number behind the barcode – was developed 50 years ago and transformed the global economy, and now GS1 calls for collaboration towards next generation barcodes.

NBN Co is preparing changes to its business satellite services that will increase coverage to 100% of the Australian mainland and surrounding large islands, as well as significantly reducing some wholesale charges.

Australian media company Nine Entertainment claims Russia or North Korea may be behind a network attack on the company which led to major issues on Sunday, preventing its TV network from presenting a full line-up of programs.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre says it is aware of disruptions being experienced on some Department of Parliamentary Services-issued smartphones and tablets over this weekend.

Free Software Foundation executive director John Sullivan has quit after 18 years in the job, even as the organisation is mired in controversy over allowing founder Richard Stallman back on to the board.

Business software vendor Progress has announced an enhanced version of the Chef Enterprise Automation Stack and foreshadowed the release of Chef Infra Client 17.

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