Is there trouble brewing at the top of the IT shop at Australia’s dominant telco? The top three IT roles at Telstra have now fallen vacant with the resignation of chief information security officer Mike Burgess today.

Google’s new Pixel and Pixel XL will be on sale from 8 am, Thursday 20 October from Telstra, JB Hi-Fi and online at Google Store. What is it and why all the hype? We present a first look, courtesy of Ray Shaw.

WikiLeaks has said US Secretary of State John Kerry asked Ecuador to cut its leader Julian Assange's Internet connectivity after the organisation had released the content of paid speeches that Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had given to Goldman Sachs.

Vodafone has denied allegations that it is phasing out its pre-paid phones, saying it is only following its usual practice of launching a new range of models for Christmas and what it calls the "student season".

Data-hungry mobile users can feast on a new first birthday deal from Kogan Mobile with the launch of new a pre-paid mobile plan for $4.90 monthly with 12GB of data for the first recharge of their plan.

Microsoft's Skype issues have continued this week with the software giant announcing that the Web version of the application is experiencing login issues.

And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com.

Have a great day!

Stan Beer, Editor in Chief, iTWire

ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com

Contact:

andrew.matler@itwire.com

0412 390 000