Archived News for IT Professionals - June, 2017
The Australian Taxation Office will rebuild its internal IT infrastructure after serious failures of its outsourced storage environment.
Brandis starts decryption mission
The Australian government wants to force tech companies to show that their systems can decrypt communications.
Japan buying top robots
Japanese robotics company SoftBank is buying robot companies from Google’s parent firm Alphabet.
Powerful papers outline middle ground
The long-awaited Finkel review has been released, offering a blueprint for Australia’s energy future.
Top comps give more DNA detail
Scientists and clinicians will soon benefit from an exciting new genome sequencing platform called NovaSeq.
VR views for medical students
Giving birth – mankind’s most primal practice – will soon benefit from high-tech help in the form of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).
CSIRO sees big things for blockchain
Data61 has reviewed blockchain tech for government and industry...
Another NSA tool breaks free
Another hacking tool linked to the NSA is spreading across vulnerable servers.
Big firms building power buffer
Telstra is protecting itself from power price rises by backing the construction of a $100 million solar farm in northern Queensland.
Next-gen surgeries use virtual views
Surgeons are combining augmented reality and virtual reality to perform sinus surgery.
Project Loon looms over local shores
A large cluster of Google’s Project Loon balloons have drifted over to Australia.
Satellite money spread around
The Department of Defence has employed Australian engineers to develop advanced, new camera technology to monitor moving objects in space.
Black hole bang detected
The most sensitive device ever created has picked up more gravitational waves, and uncovered a new black hole behaviour.