The agencies want tech vendors to retain access to encrypted data to comply with court-ordered warrants. U.S. tech companies should retain access to the encrypted information of their customers, instead of providing end-to-end encryption, in order to give police the tools they need to investigate crimes and terrorist activity, two senior law enforcement officials said.…
Will be powered by adjacent wind farm. Facebook will invest more than US$500 million (A$675 million) to build a new data centre in Fort Worth, Texas, which will become its fourth in the United States and fifth overall. The facility will employ at least 40 full-time employees and will be powered entirely by renewable energy, Tom Furlong,…
$86.9m given to 252 joint industry-uni research initiatives. The federal government has offered $86.9 million in funding to universities and private sector bodies for academic research projects including IT initiatives that range from robotics to 5G networks. Education Minister Christopher Pyne late yesterday detailed 252 projects that would be recipients of the Australian Research Council (ARC) linkage…
Queensland Police Service has expanded its fleet of remotely piloted aircraft by rolling out two custom drones to the forensic services group. Qld Police Minister Jo-Ann Miller said images captured by the drones would provide invaluable evidence in court. “These new drones will offer investigators the opportunity to record a comprehensive aerial overview of crime…
The new .GREEN web domain is now available. This domain is for everyone with a connection to the global environmental community. There are no restrictions on who can register this domain.
Without customer’s knowledge. Optus has admitted to handing over its customer’s phone numbers to certain third-party websites accessed by the user. As first flagged by a user on telco forum Whirlpool, when a user browses certain websites, Optus provides the customer’s mobile phone number to the website operator where a “commercial relationship” exists. The practice,…
HP researchers release exploit code after Microsoft declines to issue patch. HP researchers have published details and proof-of-concept exploit code for a number of zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser which allow attackers to bypass a key exploit mitigation. The researchers – part of HP’s zero-day initiative team – have a policy to…
Must stay with Insider program to get activated releases. Microsoft has changed tack after it indicated last week that millions of participants in its Windows Insider program could obtain a licensed and activated copy of its upcoming Windows 10 operating system for free. The company’s general manager for the operating system group, Gabe Aul, has…
Websites taken offline in new attack, which sees hackers change codes to permanently lock owners out unless they pay a ransom. Ransomware – hacking and locking a computer and demanding money to let users back in – has moved to the web following a spate of attacks that cripple websites by changing the encryption keys…
Modern Skype was optimised for Windows 8.x touch screens and with Windows 10 and its Continuum feature Skype will merge both products into Skype for Windows Desktop. From 7 July 2015, you will no longer be able to sign into the Skype for modern Windows app. If you are not sure about which version you…
