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
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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
Astroboffin gets magnets stuck up his schnozz trying and failing to invent anti-face-touching coronavirus gizmo
Encounters the ridge phenomenon: As in, there is one 'at the bottom of my nose you can't get past'
Bootnotes30 Mar 2020 | 83
UK Information Commissioner OKs use of phone data to track coronavirus spread
But Australia's PM declares it doesn't align with national values
Legal29 Mar 2020 | 104
Cops charge prankster who 'corona-coughed' on aged officer and had it filmed
And that's perhaps not the worst of viral idiocy in Australia: One minister made up a cyber-attack to cover for inadequate web provisioning
Bootnotes26 Mar 2020 | 74
VMware says cloud 'capacity constraint' in Australia is not a shortage, but it's adding new hosts anyway
Orange light has been on in Sydney for over 36 hours
SaaS25 Mar 2020 | 1
Crack police squad seeks help to flush out Australian toilet paper thieves
What a pair of asswipes – they even pulled a knife at a supermarket
Bootnotes24 Mar 2020 | 35
As Australia is gripped by bog roll shortage, tabloid says: Here, fill your dunny with us
NT News prints 8-page 'special liftout' amid coronavirus panic
Bootnotes04 Mar 2020 | 77
Cisco: We warned months ago our sales would be a bit glum, we did not disappoint, and don't expect changes soon. PS: We axed Cisco Live Oz
The aristocrats! The aristocrats!
Networks13 Feb 2020 | 1
Two billion years ago, snowball Earth was defrosted in huge asteroid crash – and it's been downhill ever since
Pic Space prang raised temperatures, melted glaciers, influenced climate, next thing we know: we're sharing AI-filtered selfies on Insta
Science23 Jan 2020 | 82
Come on, you can't be serious: Now Australia mulls face-recog tech for p0rno site age checks
A whole new spin on facial recognition
AI + ML29 Oct 2019 | 104
Stop us if you've heard this one: Aussies probe Google over misleading location stalking claims
The case certainly rings a bell back in Europe
Legal29 Oct 2019 | 2
Windows 10 update slips past Aussie border force and borks access to its Integrated Cargo System
It's 2019 and government sites still require Internet Explorer
Software25 Oct 2019 | 43
Do you run on a cloud Down Under, where data's shared and governments plunder... Oz joins US, UK in info search-warrant law
Australia says it will exchange personal deets via CLOUD Act
SaaS08 Oct 2019 | 23
Australia didn't blame China for parliament hack in case it upset trade relations – report
So much for the public deterrence value of attribution
Security16 Sep 2019 | 27
Toodle-oo Raijin and g'day Gadi, you beauty! Australia's fastest super 'puter will bench 38 PFLOPS later this year
HPC beaut built by Fujitsu to debut in November
HPC29 Jul 2019 | 15
Braking bad? Van with £112m worth of crystal meth in back hits cop car at police station
Christmas come early for Sydney rozzers
Bootnotes23 Jul 2019 | 56
I don't know but I've been told: IBM slurps AU$95.5m ERP delivery contract from Aussie DoD
The software itself is from SAP though
Software23 Jul 2019 | 12
DDoS attack? Mad dash to file forms? No, errant network switch crashed Australian tax service
Strewth, mate!
Networks15 Jul 2019 | 3
Amazon: Carbon emissions from our Australian bit barns aren't for public viewing
It's one rule for Jeff Bezos' online empire, and another for everyone else
On-Prem04 Jul 2019 | 82
Ex-student, 52, suing university for AU$3m after PhD rejection destroyed 'sex drive'
And what was he hoping to study? Social Sciences
Bootnotes29 May 2019 | 53
Go on, Skippy, spill yer guts: 10.5 million+ Australians' data was breached in past 3 months
Out of 25 million? Cripes
Security13 May 2019 | 23
US firm wins Oz-backed bid to block Huawei from subsea Pacific cables
Funny, that
Networks10 Apr 2019 | 22
Aussie engineer accuses 'serial farter' supervisor of bullying, seeks $1.8m redress
Bloke alleges boss 'thrust his bum' at him
Bootnotes25 Mar 2019 | 74
Stop us if you're getting deja-vu: Uber used spyware to nobble dial-a-ride rival, this time Down Under, allegedly
Aussie media claims Silicon Valley giant used surveillance tool to torpedo competitor
Personal Tech21 Mar 2019 | 14
Strewth! Apoplectic Aussies threaten to blast noisy Google delivery drones out of the sky
Video By coincidence Chocolate Factory pulls Canberra drone trial
Science11 Mar 2019 | 63
'What's up, Skip?' asks paraglider – before 'roo beats the snot out of him
He was landing. Marsupials have not yet developed flight
Bootnotes11 Mar 2019 | 56
No yoke: 'Bored' Aussie test pilot passes time in the cockpit by drawing massive knobs in the air
Another cock and balls story
Bootnotes20 Feb 2019 | 32
Australian prime minister blames 'state level' baddies for Oz parliament breach
China, Russia, Israel and the US floated as potential culprits
Security18 Feb 2019 | 22
Tech sector meekly waves arms in another bid to get Oz to amend its crypto-busting laws
Comment Rather than binning them and starting again
Security24 Jan 2019 | 20
Aussie Emergency Warning Network hacked by rank amateurs
More moron-crime than serious cyber-crime, your data is safe
Security08 Jan 2019 | 12
Huawei CEO defiant on security claims, vows to be so good, 'no market can keep us away'
Company 'will never present a threat', claims letter to staff
Networks03 Jan 2019 | 17
Oz cops investigating screams of 'why don't you die?' find bloke in battle with spider
Sprinkle some 'crying toddler' in there for maximum horror
Bootnotes02 Jan 2019 | 111
Pencil manufacturers rejoice: Oz government doesn't like e-voting
Paper's safer, says parliamentary committee
Security06 Dec 2018 | 32
Naked women cleaning biz smashes patriarchy by introducing naked bloke gardening service
'We won't go too close with the chainsaws and whatnot'
Bootnotes04 Dec 2018 | 91
NSW government finally released 'net vote system review, says everything's just fine
Including, wait for it, 'security through obscurity'. No, really
Personal Tech29 Nov 2018 | 6
Australia to build a pirate-proof fence: Brace yourselves, Google
There'll be search engine injunctions aplenty once site-blocking law's approved
Personal Tech28 Nov 2018 | 45
Tech sector unites in attempt to avoid Oz's anti-crypto push, again
Government now says it wants bill passed 'in its current form'
Legal22 Nov 2018 | 26
Australia's 'snoop minister' wants crypto-busting law probe wound up, proposals back into parliament
Dutton busts out the ol' razzle-dazzle of terrorists, encrypted chat and hand-wringing
Security21 Nov 2018 | 45
Wombats literally sh!t bricks – and now boffins reckon they know how
All you need to do this at home is a party balloon and roadkill
Bootnotes19 Nov 2018 | 51
Australia's national broadband bet shirk: NBN write-down not on the cards – chairman
Switkowski: Write-downs are a financial, not political, decision
Legal24 Oct 2018 | 4
Oz to turn pirates into vampires: You won't see their images in mirrors
Internet piracy crackdown looms over Google and search engines, file-sharing sites in proposed legislation
Personal Tech19 Oct 2018 | 53
Hacky hack on whack 'Hacky Hack Hack' Mac chaps hack attack rap cut some slack
Translation: No jail time for Oz Apple file teen thief
Security28 Sep 2018 | 8
Canadian security boss ain't afraid of no Huawei, sees no reason for ban
They know how to test kit for backdoors, apparently
Security26 Sep 2018 | 25
Oz government rushes its anti-crypto legislation into parliament
With an election due in May, clock is ticking
Legal19 Sep 2018 | 42
Australia blocks Huawei, ZTE from 5G rollout
Claims network protections are 'ineffective' in 5G. No, really
Networks23 Aug 2018 | 22
Who was it that hacked Apple? Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie, boy boy boy!
Protip: don't label your folder of warez as "hacky hack hack"
Security16 Aug 2018 | 53
Australia's Snooper's Charter: Experts react, and it ain't pretty
A backdoor, or simply throwing all the doors open?
Legal15 Aug 2018 | 63
IBM wins five-year whole-of-government deal with Australia
Government trumpets savings, Big Blue trumpets quantum blockchain innovation revolution
On-Prem05 Jul 2018 | 45
Bankrupt Aussie Hells Angel scoops £750k lottery jackpot
From a remand prison cell, no less
Bootnotes03 Jul 2018 | 40
Top banker batters Bitcoin for sucky scalability, security
Australia’s Reserve Bank sees no need for national cryptocurrencies, for now
Science27 Jun 2018 | 7
Apple takes $9m kick down under after bricking iPhones
Victory for the right to repair crowd, but a flea bite for Apple
Personal Tech19 Jun 2018 | 48
FACE/OFF: Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission bins NEC-built biometrics project
Meanwhile there's 15 other $10m-plus IT projects wobbling down Canberra way
On-Prem18 Jun 2018 | 4
Australia, Solomon Islands to ink Huawei-free cable contract today
Spook-driven paranoia? No, it's just friendly competition, honest
Legal13 Jun 2018 | 9
Youth crime falls as kids stay inside to play Grand Theft Auto instead of going out to steal cars
Australian criminologists say kids know they're on CCTV so behave themselves
Security12 Jun 2018 | 48
Australia’s SigInt spooks may be turned inwards after all
It turns out they’re the only intelligence agency with cyber-offensive capabilities
Legal30 May 2018 | 8
No new 3PAR weirdness found behind crashes at Australian Tax office
DXC report is in but Tax Office won't say if it will ever see the light of day
Networks16 May 2018 | 6
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