A Sydney, Australia-based journalist, Michael Lee covers a gamut of news in the technology space including information security, state Government initiatives, and local startups.
Google is about to receive a boost in how it tackles spam, fraud, and web abuse after picking up a startup specialising in such areas.
Despite being key pillars in protecting online freedom of speech, one Irish political party member wants open-source browsers and anonymous networks scrutinised by EU nations.
The backups were out of date when both drives in a mirrored RAID physically failed, and the configuration information for another RAID 5 set was completely lost. Yet, this business bounced back overnight.
Apple has failed to block a compliance monitor designated to it after a judge found the company guilty of fixing the prices of ebooks.
Having held its infrastructure on a mix of its own premises and collocation datacentres, the City of Sydney is seeking out a new home for its data as it prepares to move towards an infrastructure-as-a-service model.
The location-based discovery application is the latest service to be cut from Google's line-up.
Third parties are now offering tools to help users manage their privacy settings, but does this highlight that Facebook and others aren't doing a good enough job?
The law is open to interpretation when a white hat breaks into a computer system with the intention of helping a business out, but both sides still appear to be breaking the cardinal rule: Don't be a jerk.
Singapore's tax authority has outlined where tax is payable on Bitcoin transactions made by its local businesses.
After two years of denying to French data protection groups that its unified privacy policy breaches privacy legislation, Google has been issued with the maximum possible fine by France's privacy commission.