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There's a series of privacy rallies planned in Australian cities tomorrow. The so-called National Day of Action has the backing of Pirate Party Australia, The Greens, WikiLeaks Party, Electronic Frontiers Australia and other political alliances. Rallies have so far been called in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, and the organisers are seeking others to spread the action to further areas of Australia.
The ATO have released the Mac version of E-tax, with mixed success. Unfortunately many of those who downloaded the application between Friday and Monday encountered an error preventing installation. The error stems from the Tax Office not signing the application with a digital certificate.
XbitLabs have a GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST roundup. Today we are going to discuss seven different graphics cards from EVGA, Gigabyte, Inno3D, MSI, Palit, ZOTAC and Nvidia. Which one of these entry-level products is the one?
Australian children might need a digital license before logging on. The new nationwide program, to be trialled from next month, will include a series of online topics and a card-like licence on completion. Parents will also get reports on how their child is progressing compared with those of a similar age. The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, which is behind the initiative, is taking the fight against cyber bullying into homes after its success in schools.
Gunna sent in this master key for Android. The Bluebox Security research team – Bluebox Labs – recently discovered a vulnerability in Android’s security model that allows a hacker to modify APK code without breaking an application’s cryptographic signature, to turn any legitimate application into a malicious Trojan, completely unnoticed by the app store, the phone, or the end user. Discussion here.
Tony Albanese is the new Comms minister, taking over from Stephen Conroy, but he admins he's no tech head. Just under three years since Opposition Leader Tony Abbott uttered the immortal line that he was "no Bill Gates" and not a "tech head", Communications Minister Anthony Albanese has told Triple J that he, too, is no tech head. Albanese was appointed as communications minister on Monday as part of a reshuffle of the federal Cabinet as a result of Kevin Rudd replacing former Prime Minister Julia Gillard as the leader of the Labor party last week.
TheReg have offered more info on their crowd-funded NBN study. Pledges have reached almost $7,000 for The Register's crowd-funded NBN study, so we thought it's a good idea to let analysts explain how they'd approach the project. Today, IBRS analyst Guy Cranswick provides insights into his view of how to conduct the study.
Looking for a new project? Maybe you could buy the monorail! There's nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide, electrified, six-car monorail! What'd I say?
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