Switching the national broadband network to using fibre-to-the-distribution-point technology is an interim solution; the correct solution, which will cost about the same, is to go full fibre, according to experts.

However, using fibre-to-the-distribution-point technology for the NBN instead of fibre-to-the-node will enable the Turnbull Government to save face and also provide a better network, a senior academic who was involved with the project at its inception says.

The leak of a massive trove of data in Sweden has recently come to light, with the actual leak having happened nearly two years ago. But the person responsible was only docked half a month's pay.

Global software provider SmartBear Software has opened a new Asia-Pacific region headquarters in Melbourne to satisfy what it says is increasing regional demand for its services.

The ACCC is finally moving to investigate the Takata killer airbag scandal which has resulting in the largest vehicle recall in history. If I have an accident in my car, which I now know has the recalled dodgy airbags, I could be killed by flying shrapnel, but it turns out the recall sees car makers re-installing still faulty airbags!

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