Telstra’s profitability has taken a big hit from its disastrous investment in US-based business Ooyala with the big telco reporting profit for the six months to the end of December plunged by 5% to $1.7 billion compared to the previous half year.

Adelaide-based satellite communications firm Myriota will invest $1.36 million of its own money plus a matching grant from the South Australian Government to set up an Internet of Things laboratory, creating more than 50 new jobs in IT and advanced manufacturing.

Removing administrator rights would mitigate 80% of the critical vulnerabilities found in Microsoft products in 2017, a security firm claims.

A search tool that can look for specific files on Amazon Web Service servers has been released by a group whose identity is unknown.

The Alexa app has been updated, bringing with it routines and pushing it to the top of the smart home assistant list, says resident CIO David M Williams.

There’s some good news on the jobs front. Technology is amongst the business and industry sectors to record a strong increase in jobs advertising for the three months to the end of January.

Wi-Fi company Ruckus Networks has signed a original equipment manufacturing (OEM) agreement with Dell EMC to deliver globally Ruckus’ portfolio of wireless solutions, including access points (APs), controllers, virtualised and data analytics assets, and Cloudpath secure network access software.

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