Month: July 2017

  • How To Hide Your Digital Identity From ISPs

    Thanks to the metadata retention law, nothing is private anymore. The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 has not just put our privacy at risk, but also the privacy and security of friends, colleagues and loved ones we communicate with. Fortunately, there are steps you can take keep yourself protected.   Read…

  • Barry Rogers gets Commission call-up

    Barry Rogers hopes experience in business outside of motorsport will make him a valuable addition to Supercars’ rule-making Commission. Read more

  • Rogers: Moffat enjoying his best season yet

    James Moffat is delivering his best season yet since graduating to Supercars according to Garry Rogers Motorsport director Barry Rogers. Read more

  • Australia’s first waiter-less cafe opens in Newcastle

    IT’S got an all-organic menu of Instagrammable wraps and salads, but there’s one thing missing from this hipster cafe.   Read more

  • Good Security Is In Our Heads

    REA Group’s CISO Craig Templeton has been in the job for just a few months. While the information security business has been largely focussed on technical skills, Templeton told his team they needed to develop a new ability; the Jedi Mind Trick. I spoke with Templeton about this and some of the challenges he sees…

  • Cash crackdown boss floats nano-chips in notes

    The man charged with cracking down on the “black economy” has revealed how he would like to keep track of your $100 and $50 notes. Read more

  • Microsoft Ends Support for Windows 10 Build 1507 And Pushes Creators Update

    While WIndows 10 is the last release of Windows to get a new version number, it will continue to be updated by Microsoft. At the moment, there are two feature releases each year. But the first build of Windows 10 that was released, designated Build 1507, will no longer receive security updates. Read more

  • How Blockchain Can Solve Real Problems

    Of all the technology I read about, blockchain most feels like a solution people are trying to apply to the wrong problems. The application of blockchain as a platform for crytopcurrencies is the most well-known use, but governments and private businesses are looking to use it in other areas, notably identity. Dr Mark Staples, from…

  • Supercars revert to 2016 tyre for Bathurst

    The Supercars field will use last year’s specification Dunlop tyre at the Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 to ensure the championship avoids a repeat of the failures witnessed at Phillip Island this season. Read more