As predicted, the ACCC's consultation and the outcome of the NBN Co SAU variation has been dragged out until after the election.



Patching of vulnerabilities is the security industry's equivalent of thoughts and prayers, a prominent American security expert has said during a debate on the topic "Patching is useless" at a recent online conference named Hack At The Harbor.

Retailer Coles Liquor is implementing Relex Solutions' Living Retail retail optimisation software across its 931 Australian stores.

Google's bid to position itself as some kind of competitor to Microsoft based on its security credentials has been dealt a bad blow, with the company reporting the third zero-day in its browser Chrome just before the long Easter weekend.

Process intelligence and automation specialist Nintex has appointed Eric Emans to the role of CFO.

Chinese smartphone brands OnePlus and Xiaomi have both been cited as wanting to aspire to the heights that Apple and Samsung have reached in the US, though the arguments mounted appear to be more in hope than anything else.

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire






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