A Sydney man has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison for possessing and selling thousands of DVDs on which films and TV programmes were recorded without the consent of the licence holders.

Internet service providers have taken exception to comments by NBN Co chief executive Bill Morrow in which he blamed them for customer complaints over speeds experienced on NBN connections.

Ransomware attacks caused 22% of small and medium-sized businesses in seven countries, including Australia, to pack up for good, a report from the security firm Malwarebytes claims.

And new Android mobile ransomware named LeakerLocker threatens to send personal data to a remote server and expose the contents to all contacts on the device.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service Queensland has deployed a solution from Riverbed Technology to accelerate mission-critical applications and deliver network performance insight to improve and expand life-saving healthcare services.

Education start-up Zookal has launched a new app called Quiz Affinity that offers a selections of quizzes based on popular content from Wikipedia using artificial intelligence.

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