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| Hi John, Cybercrime is the second most-reported economic crime in Australia and costs the economy an estimated $17 billion annually, but despite this there are widespread “frailties” in the governance of cyber security among executives in both the public sector and private enterprise, according to a newly published report.
Environmental activist organisation Greenpeace has questioned what Samsung plans to do with the remaining manufactured Galaxy Note7 devices, after production was halted due to fears of explosions.
Intel Security — soon to return to the McAfee name — has used its Focus 16 conference to reveal its new branding.
There was a time some years ago when the ThinkPad, that boring, ugly, black notebook made originally by IBM, was referred to as the Rolls-Royce of laptops.
Global wired and wireless semiconductor solutions company Broadcom is acquiring network solutions provider Brocade Communications for US$5.9 billion in a deal which Broadcom says will position the company as one of the leading providers of enterprise storage connectivity solutions to OEM customers.
Global data centre and interconnection company Equinix is collaborating with Facebook and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to deploy and test the Facebook-designed packet-optical switches, known as Voyager, inside two of its international business exchange data centres.
The world's biggest PC seller Lenovo has announced that it will be releasing a series of updates to the firmware in some of its signature laptops so that Linux can be installed on them.
British open-source company Collaborative Productivity, the developer of LibreOffice Online, has announced enhancements to its version of the cloud-based office suite.
There are many good reasons to visit the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association (ASCCA) Conference – new ideas and products, keeping up with technology to keep connected, even if “the latest” is not for you.
Memories of the Samsung Galaxy Note7 fiasco are fading for the moment but people appear to have used the episode for inspiration when it came to Halloween costumes.
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