Computer Daily News – Page 145

Aussie Companies Copping Up to 5000 Cyber Attacks Daily

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Many Australian organisations are dealing with up to 5000 cyberattacks a day, more than any other country in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new report by Cisco. Cisco’s just-published…

Oz Regulator To Quiz Google Over Leaking Personal Details

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Australia’s regulators are planning to question US-based Google over its action to conceal the potential leaking of 500,000 users’ personal details to developers, according to the office of Information Commissioner…

Tech Visa Scheme Stymied By Canberra Turmoil: Report

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The Federal Government’s “innovation visa” scheme for importing highly-skilled international tech workers appears to have come to a standstill, following the recent political turmoil in Canberra. No visas at all…

Google Challenges $5 Billion Fine

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Google is fighting a record 4.34-billion euro (US$5 billion) fine imposed three months ago by the European Union competition watchdog for using its popular Android mobile operating system to beat…

Telstra Exec Pay Under Scrutiny – New Laptops, Vehicles Banned

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Telstra investors and staff are set to face off over what many see as excessive pay arrangements for senior executives at the annual general meeting next week. Investors are expected…

Chromebook Contributes To Acer Sales Surge

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Acer posted revenue for the third quarter at A$2.9 billion up 7.8 percent year-on-year and 11.7 percent sequentially, on strong shipments for its gaming and Chromebook product lines. In Q3,…

HTC Sales Take A Plunge

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Sales for Taiwan-based smartphone brand HTC have dropped sharply, causing a corresponding drop in its share price. HTC reported sales for September were down 80.71 percent from a year earlier…

Google+ Dumped As Bug Exposes 500K Accounts

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Google has finally revealed that up to 500,000 Google+ user accounts were potentially affected by a bug that may have exposed their data to external developers. Google, which initially opted…

New ‘Digital Banks’ Emerge To Challenge Australia’s Big Four

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Australia has two new banks this week, both claiming to be either digitally or cloud-based and to offer a better experience than any of the Big Four banks – the…

Homeland Security Doubts Chinese Chips Compromised

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The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it currently has no reason to doubt statements from companies that have denied a Bloomberg report that their supply chains were compromised…