Public-key cryptography pioneer Whitfield Diffie has poured scorn on former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull over the latter's comment that "the laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia" made in the run-up to the introduction of the encryption bill in Parliament last year.

Speaking of Malcolm Turnbull, the ex-PM is talking about technology again. Yes, that same Turnbull who gave us the multi-technology mix — or Malcolm-technology mix, take your pick — and also fibre-to-the-node.

Turing Award winner and globally renowned cryptographer Adi Shamir has confirmed that the US Government did not grant him a renewal of his tourist visa and thus prevented him from attending the RSA Conference this year. He questioned whether it was time to think of hosting top scientific confernces elsewhere.

The Australian Computer Society will host an event in Sydney on Friday — which is International Women's Day — to highlight the issues that women face in the technology sector.

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has called on the Australian Government to better communicate to Australian businesses the benefits of online services about to be implemented nationally.

Victoria University is implementing a new student system from TechnologyOne for its vocational education (TAFE) division, VU Polytechnic, which it says will transform its students’ experience.

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