Australia

Satya Nadella spoke with Australian PM about opportunities created by pay-for-news-plan. Zuck called the Treasurer for a chat, too

And the day after news of those talks emerged, Google said it never threatened to pull search from Australia

Legal31 Jan 2021 | 34

Digital burglars break into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Miscreant fingered server that held docs related to credit applications down under

Security25 Jan 2021 | 8

We'd rather go down in Down Under, says Google: Search biz threatens to quit Australia if forced to pay for news

Meanwhile, web giant agrees to cough up euros to French publishers

Personal Tech22 Jan 2021 | 80

Vatican absolved of one financial sin after revelation of data discrepancies

Anti-money-laundering agency says it mis-interpreted info, leading to allegations of unexplained $1.8bn transfer to Australia

Storage15 Jan 2021 | 14

After 11 years, Australia declares its national broadband network is ‘built and fully operational’

Those 35,000 connections that aren’t built? Celebrate the 11.86 million that were, says Minister

Networks23 Dec 2020 | 42

Australia wants Google to jump higher and sweat before it can buy Fitbit

Ad giant’s promise to play nice with other exercise gadgets accepted in Brussels, deferred down under

Legal22 Dec 2020 | 4

Google rejects Australia’s revised pay-for-news plan, proposes its own plan instead

Shows why it irks politicians by putting a link to its argument on home page

Personal Tech18 Dec 2020 | 24

Australia sues Facebook for slurping user data from Onavo Protect VPN app

Promised it was free and safe, but Facebook’s promises about privacy aren’t worth the mouse you click ‘em with

Software16 Dec 2020 | 17

Australia mostly sticks to its guns in final plan to make Google and Facebook pay news publishers

YouTube and Instagram exempted, Bill kicked into committee for a while

Personal Tech09 Dec 2020 | 21

China unleashes fearsome new cyber-weapon: A very provocative meme

This one has Australia, America, even the wine-drinking world angry

Personal Tech03 Dec 2020 | 63

In 2016 Australia's online census failed. Preparations for the 2021 edition have been rated 'partly effective'

Devs can make unauthorised changes, data integrity is a work in progress, security is not there yet ... and there's just nine months to go

Security20 Nov 2020 | 9

Australia to track coronavirus encounters with payment card records

Plan calls to link government data across jurisdictions, even sharing airline records to track outbreaks and people who may be at risk of infection

Security16 Nov 2020 | 34

Google won’t let Australia have shiny new toys unless it picks apart pay-for-news plan

Pauses News Showcase rollout while it awaits government capitulation

Legal13 Oct 2020 | 18

Diplomats are supposed to be subtle and clever. Australia’s just leaked 1,000 citizens’ email addresses

And not just any citizens, but folks stranded overseas and in dire need of assistance

Security01 Oct 2020 | 11

Google sees signs of success in its campaign to water down Australian pay-for-news plan

Regulators apparently sympathetic to calls for revision of arbitration process to set payments

On-Prem30 Sep 2020 | 11

SAP S/4HANA rollout at Queensland Health went so well that hospitals bent over backwards to avoid using it

Updated Leading to AU$540m in late invoice payments

Software28 Sep 2020 | 18

All those ‘teleworking is the new normal’ predictions? Not so much, say bosses

Australian government survey's post-plague adoption prediction finds only tiny future increase in usage

Science25 Sep 2020 | 46

Russians charged for $16.8m crypto-coin heist, but traders warned their cash is only as safe as their security is tight

In brief Plus: Lazarus Group joins the big league, ex-Aussie PM doxxed, new flaw found in Bluetooth, and more

Security21 Sep 2020 | 4

0ops. 1,OOO-plus parking fine refunds ordered after drivers typed 'O' instead of '0'

Inspectors tried to let them off the hook, council managers held firm

Software16 Sep 2020 | 191

Don't pay the ransom, mate. Don't even fix a price, say Australia's cyber security bods

Better yet - do the basics and your systems won't get encrypted in the first place

Security12 Sep 2020 | 68

IBM repays millions to staff after messing up its own payroll

$9m already coughed up with more to come, plus 'contrition payments’ to Australian government

Software11 Sep 2020 | 20

IBM’s Cloud just ruined a perfectly good lunchtime by losing power to a few racks in Australia

Reminder: Top-tier clouds promise they’re really good at keeping power on all the time

SaaS09 Sep 2020 | 6

Australia starts second fight with Google, this time over whether app stores leak data, gouge devs, steal ideas and warp markets

Apple also in sights of inquiry that could spark more new laws

Software08 Sep 2020 | 19

Facebook rejects Australia's pay-for-news plan, proposes its own idea: How about no more articles at all, sunshine?

+Comment The toys are maintaining a constant horizontal velocity from the pram

Personal Tech01 Sep 2020 | 43

A bridge too far: Passengers on Sydney's new ferries would get 'their heads knocked off' on upper deck, say politicos

Can we make them higher?

Bootnotes24 Aug 2020 | 118

Google says Australian pay-for-news code means it can’t quit the country

Pushes back against accusation of misinformation with argument its only option is to stop indexing almost everything

Personal Tech24 Aug 2020 | 39

Australian regulator slams Google ‘misinformation’ in pay-for-news-fight

Picks out porkie about data leakage as left and right unite to protest ad giant’s objections

Legal18 Aug 2020 | 34

Pot, meet kettle: Google claims Australia's pay-for-news plan could see personal data put to nefarious uses

YouTubers advised of opportunity to ‘get involved’ in some kind of push-back

Personal Tech17 Aug 2020 | 19

Australian government wants power to run cyber-response for businesses under attack

Ponders giving 'em immunity too for countermeasures up to hacking back.

Security14 Aug 2020 | 14

Australia to force Google and Facebook to pay for news and reveal algorithm changes before they whack web traffic

And is willing to fine them hundreds of millions if they don't play nice

Legal31 Jul 2020 | 28

Two large flightless birds walk into a bar... The pub's owner was not emused ba-dum tsh

Carol and Kevin banned from outback establishment for 'bad behaviour'

Bootnotes29 Jul 2020 | 47

Australia sues Google over data collection practices that merged DoubleClick data to create single user profiles

Alleges opt-in that promised “more control” actually sent more data without informed consent. Google 'strongly disagrees'

Legal27 Jul 2020 | 15

Japanese probe to land asteroid rock sample in Australia on December 6th

Your order [Ref #RYUGU_REGOLITH | Picked up by probe #HAYABYUSA2] has shipped!

Science14 Jul 2020 | 19

DDoS and dingoes: Australia to bolster cyber-defences with 500 hackers amid China spat

AU$1.35bn fund follows revelations that country was hit by state-run attack

Security30 Jun 2020 | 8

Australia's Lion brewery hit by second cyber attack as nation staggers under suspected Chinese digital assault

Wait and see before pointing the finger, warns threat intel boffin

Security19 Jun 2020 | 76

Australian PM says nation under serious state-run 'cyber attack' – Microsoft, Citrix, Telerik UI bugs 'exploited'

Won't say who the attackers are working for – just don't mention 中国

Security19 Jun 2020 | 37

Australia's contact-tracing app still basically borked on iOS, says new bug report – and GAPPLE API version tested

On the upside, it's been used to trace contacts about 30 times and downloaded six million times

Software16 Jun 2020 | 11

Facebook caves to Australia's call for explanations of News Feed algo changes

But The Social Network™ won't pay for news and tells publishers it can get along just fine without them

Legal15 Jun 2020 | 15

Microsoft 365 and Azure outage struck Australia and New Zealand just as business rocked up for a new week

Updated Microsoft mentioned 'potential token issue that may be preventing users from authenticating' and went away after around three hours

SaaS15 Jun 2020 | 12

Mortal wombat: 4 generations of women fight for their lives against murderous marsupial

Mauled mum receives the wisdom of Steve Irwin to immobilise frenzied beast

Bootnotes08 Jun 2020 | 60

Hey Mister Prime Minister ... Scott! Can you get off my lawn please, mate?

Aussie homeowner moves press conference off freshly seeded grass

Bootnotes04 Jun 2020 | 53

Australia to refund $720m in 'debts' determined by dodgy algorithm

May well have been killer algorithm, too

Legal01 Jun 2020 | 26

IBM's sacking spree reaches Australia – and as staff wait to exit, they're offered AU$4k to find new workers

Axed employees given chance to write almost-certainly futile letters to defend their jobs after the pink slip arrives

SaaS27 May 2020 | 38

Australians can demand visitors to their homes run contact-tracing app

As opposition MP criticises slow and incomplete source code release, saying 'Public health messaging shouldn't require citizens to follow GitHub forks'

Legal13 May 2020 | 10

DBA locked in police-guarded COVID-19-quarantine hotel for the last week shares his story with The Register

Holiday did not go as planned, but he’s working remotely, participating in agile rituals and happy at the half-way mark of a two-week stretch

Software11 May 2020 | 159

Data centre reveals it modeled interiors on The Hunt for Red October sets

Australia bit barn outfit NEXTDC adds classic film reference to usual mix of resilience, connectivity and security

On-Prem07 May 2020 | 42

Google Australia says government pulled pin on content-for-cash talks, hands in its homework anyway

And fires back with 'we do for free what meatspace distributors charge for' argument

Personal Tech04 May 2020 | 8

Uber trials fixed-price hourly rentals for visits to the butcher, the baker and the candlestick-maker

Because if you have to go out in a plague, who wants multiple rides?

Personal Tech01 May 2020 | 8

Back when the huge shocking thing that felt like the end of the world was Australia on fire, it turns out telcos held up all right

Or as well as they could once the power went out - yet report says reliance on electricity isn't a resilience issue

Networks01 May 2020 | 5

Google is a 'publisher' says Aussie court as it hands £20k damages to gangland lawyer

Chocolate Factory held liable for words on its website

Bootnotes30 Apr 2020 | 36

Rabobank security cert expires and gives its Australian Android app a case of internet-blindness

Needs bank staff to sort things out, but a certain virus means the contact centre is rather busy right now

Applications27 Apr 2020 |

Australia's contact-tracing app regulation avoids 'woolly' principles in comparable cyber-laws, say lawyers

COVIDSafe application lands for Android, iOS – sans source code

Security27 Apr 2020 | 57

You have one job, Australian PM tells contact-tracing app, and that’s talking to medicos

Still no definitive word on open sourcing or how it will solve Singapore's Apple problem

Legal23 Apr 2020 | 13

There are always two sides to every story – except this one, which is just a big billboard borked in all directions

Bork!Bork!Bork! The apocalypse may have started, but we'll always have artisanal bread... and BSODs

Bootnotes21 Apr 2020 | 22

Australia to make Google and Facebook disclose ranking algorithms and pay for local content

Months of negotiation on voluntary code of conduct didn’t make progress

Personal Tech20 Apr 2020 | 35

Australian state adds AI number plate readers to GPS tracking of corona-quarantine busters

Western Australia is enforcing internal borders now

AI + ML09 Apr 2020 | 12

Antarctic science put on ice by coronavirus – next summer's expeditions restricted to essentials and robots

Australia just wants to get supplies in and keep people moving safely

Science07 Apr 2020 | 11

VMware seeks new Australian MD as Alister Dias departs for Asian role

Scores new gig promoting software-defined data centres

Virtualization02 Apr 2020 |

Lobsters given seats on coronavirus rescue flights... although they're probably not in a rush for a boiling bath

Australia starts crustacean migration

Bootnotes01 Apr 2020 | 10

Sunday: Australia is shocked UK would consider tracking mobile data to beat pandemic. Monday: Australia to deploy drone intimidation squads

Updated Bloody poms are full of great ideas

Science31 Mar 2020 | 41

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Satya Nadella spoke with Australian PM about opportunities created by pay-for-news-plan. Zuck called the Treasurer for a chat, too

Digital burglars break into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission

We'd rather go down in Down Under, says Google: Search biz threatens to quit Australia if forced to pay for news

Vatican absolved of one financial sin after revelation of data discrepancies

After 11 years, Australia declares its national broadband network is ‘built and fully operational’

Australia wants Google to jump higher and sweat before it can buy Fitbit

Google rejects Australia’s revised pay-for-news plan, proposes its own plan instead

Australia sues Facebook for slurping user data from Onavo Protect VPN app

Australia mostly sticks to its guns in final plan to make Google and Facebook pay news publishers

China unleashes fearsome new cyber-weapon: A very provocative meme

In 2016 Australia's online census failed. Preparations for the 2021 edition have been rated 'partly effective'

Australia to track coronavirus encounters with payment card records

Google won’t let Australia have shiny new toys unless it picks apart pay-for-news plan

Diplomats are supposed to be subtle and clever. Australia’s just leaked 1,000 citizens’ email addresses

Google sees signs of success in its campaign to water down Australian pay-for-news plan

SAP S/4HANA rollout at Queensland Health went so well that hospitals bent over backwards to avoid using it

All those ‘teleworking is the new normal’ predictions? Not so much, say bosses

Russians charged for $16.8m crypto-coin heist, but traders warned their cash is only as safe as their security is tight

0ops. 1,OOO-plus parking fine refunds ordered after drivers typed 'O' instead of '0'

Don't pay the ransom, mate. Don't even fix a price, say Australia's cyber security bods

IBM repays millions to staff after messing up its own payroll

IBM’s Cloud just ruined a perfectly good lunchtime by losing power to a few racks in Australia

Australia starts second fight with Google, this time over whether app stores leak data, gouge devs, steal ideas and warp markets

Facebook rejects Australia's pay-for-news plan, proposes its own idea: How about no more articles at all, sunshine?

A bridge too far: Passengers on Sydney's new ferries would get 'their heads knocked off' on upper deck, say politicos

Google says Australian pay-for-news code means it can’t quit the country

Australian regulator slams Google ‘misinformation’ in pay-for-news-fight

Pot, meet kettle: Google claims Australia's pay-for-news plan could see personal data put to nefarious uses

Australian government wants power to run cyber-response for businesses under attack

Australia to force Google and Facebook to pay for news and reveal algorithm changes before they whack web traffic

Two large flightless birds walk into a bar... The pub's owner was not emused *ba-dum tsh*

Australia sues Google over data collection practices that merged DoubleClick data to create single user profiles

Japanese probe to land asteroid rock sample in Australia on December 6th

DDoS and dingoes: Australia to bolster cyber-defences with 500 hackers amid China spat

Australia's Lion brewery hit by second cyber attack as nation staggers under suspected Chinese digital assault

Australian PM says nation under serious state-run 'cyber attack' – Microsoft, Citrix, Telerik UI bugs 'exploited'

Australia's contact-tracing app still basically borked on iOS, says new bug report – and GAPPLE API version tested

Facebook caves to Australia's call for explanations of News Feed algo changes

Microsoft 365 and Azure outage struck Australia and New Zealand just as business rocked up for a new week

Mortal wombat: 4 generations of women fight for their lives against murderous marsupial

Hey Mister Prime Minister ... Scott! Can you get off my lawn please, mate?

Australia to refund $720m in 'debts' determined by dodgy algorithm

IBM's sacking spree reaches Australia – and as staff wait to exit, they're offered AU$4k to find new workers

Australians can demand visitors to their homes run contact-tracing app

DBA locked in police-guarded COVID-19-quarantine hotel for the last week shares his story with The Register

Data centre reveals it modeled interiors on The Hunt for Red October sets

Google Australia says government pulled pin on content-for-cash talks, hands in its homework anyway

Uber trials fixed-price hourly rentals for visits to the butcher, the baker and the candlestick-maker

Back when the huge shocking thing that felt like the end of the world was Australia on fire, it turns out telcos held up all right

Google is a 'publisher' says Aussie court as it hands £20k damages to gangland lawyer

Rabobank security cert expires and gives its Australian Android app a case of internet-blindness

Australia's contact-tracing app regulation avoids 'woolly' principles in comparable cyber-laws, say lawyers

You have one job, Australian PM tells contact-tracing app, and that’s talking to medicos

There are always two sides to every story – except this one, which is just a big billboard borked in all directions

Australia to make Google and Facebook disclose ranking algorithms and pay for local content

Australian state adds AI number plate readers to GPS tracking of corona-quarantine busters

Antarctic science put on ice by coronavirus – next summer's expeditions restricted to essentials and robots

VMware seeks new Australian MD as Alister Dias departs for Asian role

Lobsters given seats on coronavirus rescue flights... although they're probably not in a rush for a boiling bath

Sunday: Australia is shocked UK would consider tracking mobile data to beat pandemic. Monday: Australia to deploy drone intimidation squads

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