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The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) has criticised telcos for losing customers' phone numbers during the migration to National Broadband Network (NBN) services, publishing four recommendations to industry on preventing this.

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It's long been possible to run Linux on a Chromebook. That's no surprise. After all, Chrome OS is a Linux variant ^[1]. But, doing it by using either Crouton ^[2] in a chroot ...

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On Wednesday, President Donald Trump appeared to downplay Russia’s efforts to interfere ^[1] with US democracy for a third time this week.

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The first had come during a joint press conference ^[2]

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Amazon pulls off record Prime Day despite site glitches

eBay delivered in-line second quarter financial results Wednesday.

The San Jose, Calif.-headquartered corporation reported ^[1] second quarter net income of $533 million, or 64 cents per share. Non-GAAP earnings were 53 cents per share with...

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Amazon Web Services is the world's biggest cloud provider. As a result, its security directly influences that of countless websites and online services. And those concerns aren't just theoretical; dangerous lapses happen all the time ^[1]...

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Identity management company Okta announced on Wednesday that it's acquired ScaleFT^[1], a zero trust security company that takes a device-centric approach to security. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Founded in 2015,...

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Special report: Data, AI, IoT: The Future of Retail (free PDF)

Amazon's hyped up Prime Day shopping extravaganza started out with a whimper ^[1]. Right out of the gate the site was glitchy and slow, trapping shoppers in an endless loop of links on the home page.

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A cyber espionage campaign is targeting the Ukrainian government with custom-built malware which creates a backdoor into systems for stealing data - including login credentials and audio recordings of surroundings.

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The remote access trojan is called Vermin

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News briefs for July 18, 2018.

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Google is being fined $5 billion USD for Android antitrust violations, The Verge reports ^[1]. The EU Commission claims Google has abused Android dominance in three ways: "Google

Synaptic Web News

TIO recommends NBN retailers stop losing phone numbers

How to add Linux to your Chromebook

Trump’s Russia Denials Have Real Consequences

eBay satisfies Q2 earnings targets

Amazon Web Services Tests Out Two Tools to Help Keep the Cloud Secure

Okta acquires zero trust security firm ScaleFT

Amazon pulls off record Prime Day despite site glitches

Password-stealing, eavesdropping malware targets Ukrainian government

Google Fined by EU for Antitrust Violations, Qt Creator 4.7.0 Now Available, New ownCloud Version 10.0.9, pfSense Gold to Be Free with the 2.4.4 Release, Kobol Relaunches Helios4