Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims has said he expects to be taking telcos to court over misleading claims on broadband speeds. …read more Source:: oss watch
Month: July 2017
Singapore government uncovers lapses in IT systems control
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•Numerous oversights have been found in how the country’s government agencies managed its IT systems, including unapproved administrative changes and unauthorised access by external vendors. …read more Source:: oss watch
Ashley Madison offers users caught in data breach $11 million in compensation
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•Whether or not former users of the affairs website will take up the offer, however, is up for debate. …read more Source:: oss watch
Sorry, Golang 2 probably won’t add your ‘missing’ feature
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•By Serdar Yegulalp The official Golang blog has provided the first concrete details about the next version of Google’s Go language, which is used to create popular applications like Docker and Kubernetes, …read more Source:: OpenSource
Google’s billion-euro tax bill discharged by French court
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•Google has won its French tax evasion court battle, with the Tribunal Administratif de Paris ruling that the search giant does not have sufficient operations in France to warrant paying …read more Source:: oss watch
Singapore’s proposed cybersecurity bill should put many on notice
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•Questions remain over the kinds of services that will require a license and government officials’ liability, but the proposed legislation is clear in one thing–that cybersecurity must now be a …read more Source:: oss watch
Vocus receives second takeover proposal
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•Vocus has received a second takeover proposal from Affinity Equity Partners, offering the same purchase price of AU$3.50 per share as that outlined in KKR’s takeover proposal last month. …read more Source:: oss watch
Microsoft Azure Stack is ready to order from Dell EMC, HPE and Lenovo
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•Microsoft’s first three server partners are starting to take orders for Microsoft’s hybrid-computing Azure Stack appliances. …read more Source:: it-priorities
Australia ‘actively’ working on TPP with signatories
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•The Australian government has confirmed its commitment to the TPP, saying it is ‘actively engaging with TPP signatories’ on ways to push through the trade deal after the departure of …read more Source:: oss watch
Importance of AI, data in law enforcement suggests growing tension with privacy
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•Security experts believe machine learning and artificial intelligence are critical in combating crime, but the associated need for data access is likely to escalate concerns about privacy. …read more Source:: oss watch