Hi John, The Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network has opened inquiries into the NBN Co's business case and the rollout of the network in rural and regional areas.
Many people may consider last week's introduction of Australia's New Payments Platform, which will enable faster payments for both consumers and businesses, as a measure that is long overdue. But not so fast - there may be a downside in that it will also enable faster fraud. NBN alternative Internet service provider Spirit Telecom has launched a back-up Internet service for when an NBN service goes down that will remain redundant until it is needed, under the name Redundancy-as-a-Service. A judge in a New York district court has ruled that embedding a tweet on a web page could be a violation of copyright, overlooking years of precedent that say otherwise. Thirty customer class action lawsuits and two securities class actions have been filed against Intel in connection with two vulnerabilities in its processor which were made public in January. Want to learn all about the dark web? Well you’re not alone. An industry-based organisation partnering with Charles Sturt University to provide online Masters degrees to IT professionals, is claiming the dark web has attracted unprecedented interest as a subject in a new course at CSU. 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
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