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• 14 June 2013

• News: Oracle to ship 40 security fixes for Java SE

  Oracle is set to release a patch set for Java SE that targets 40 security vulnerabilities.

• News: Set up a kid-friendly computer

  As any iPhone or iPad owner with children will attest, touchscreen devices are clearly the future of kid-friendly computing--there's no substitute for the direct interaction between on-screen items and fingertips. But a lot of great kid software is still available for the Mac, so until we replace all our Macs with tablets, we'll have plenty of reasons to set up a computer for the young ones.

• News: Some foreign-backed US phone companies reportedly excluded from NSA surveillance program

  At least two U.S. mobile operators, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, reportedly do not participate directly in the U.S. National Security Agency's call metadata collection program because of their partial ownership by foreign telecommunication companies.

• News: Federal regulators address rising security risk to medical devices

  Issues recommendations, noting existing 'vulnerabilities ... that could directly impact medical devices or hospital network operations'

• News: IT department could disappear by the end of the decade, says Forrester

  The IT department of 2020 could disappear as a separate entity and become embedded in departments throughout the entire organisation, according to analysts Forrester.

• News: Microsoft Office 365 lands in US iPhone App Store

  Microsoft released a version of its office suite for iPhones in the U.S. that is only available for Office 365 subscribers.

• News: Coherent regulation needed for Cloud services: ACMA

  Apps, smartphones and the demand for access to content and media anywhere and on any device has led to 71 per cent of Australians using a Cloud service, whether they know it or not, according to a study by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

• News: Australia's IT services market transitions: IDC

  Information technology is growing exponentially and the combined potential of mobile broadband, mobile smart devices, Cloud, social media and big data are drastically disrupting the IT services industry, according to analyst firm, IDC.

• News: Privacy needs to be balanced with security: privacy commissioner

  Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has defended the public's right to privacy, but warned that privacy was not "absolute" following revelations about a US surveillance program called PRISM.

• News: Cloud-based productivity apps - 'don't believe the hype' says Gartner

  Despite the hype, only a tiny proportion of firms have moved towards cloud email or cloud office systems, says analyst Gartner.

• News: IT jobs likely to go as RBS cuts 2,000 more staff

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) plans to cut 2,000 jobs over the next 18 months and it is very likely that IT workers will be affected.

• News: Decades-old bets in Myanmar's tech industry finally reap rewards

  It may have taken almost two decades, but Tun Thura Thet's investment in one of Asia's poorest countries is finally paying off.

• News: Myanmar braces for mobile phone boom as Internet access trickles in

  In Yangon, Myanmar, giant Samsung billboards hang overhead as dozens of handset shops line the crowded city streets and advertise the latest smartphones. Just a few years ago, you wouldn't have seen such a sight, said Soe Nyi Nyi, a local tech entrepreneur.

• News: New York introduces legislation to regulate 3-D printed arms

  New legislation in New York city aims to regulate the use of 3-D printers to make firearms, as the U.S. tries to cope with the possible proliferation online of drawings for making such arms.

• News: Internet should be prepared for 'militarisation': UK ministry report

  A recently published report on potential scenarios of cyber-conflict, The Global Cyber-Game, says it is inevitable that the internet will be "militarised" -- used to serve the needs of military conflict between nations -- and that ICT will increasingly be both an important means and a target of such conflict.

• 13 June 2013

• News: Salaries unchanged for ICT professionals

  The national base median salary for ICT professionals remains at $75,000, along with a national base rate per hour of $80, according to Absolute IT's annual remuneration report.

• News: Australian SMBs increasingly adopting flexible workforce policies: Citrix

  Half of Australia's SMBs are offering flexible workforce policies to all staff, a Citrix study has found.

• News: Spy-proof enterprise encryption is possible, but daunting

  Data encryption could help enterprises protect their sensitive information against mass surveillance by governments, as well as guard against unauthorized access by ill-intended third parties, but the correct implementation and use of data encryption technologies is not an easy task, according to security experts.

• News: Microsoft seizes floor space in Best Buy for Windows mega mini-stores

  Microsoft has struck a deal with Best Buy to create 600 stores-within-stores in the U.S. and Canada to sell customers on Windows 8, the Surface tablet line, and new PCs and devices from other OEMs.

• News: US FDA calls on medical device makers to focus on cybersecurity

  Medical device makers should take new steps to protect their products from malware and cyberattacks or face the possibility that U.S. Food and Drug Administration won't approve their devices for use, the FDA said.

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