Victoria Police have been given a free hand to search mobile phones which they seize during arrests, even if they have not obtained a warrant allowing them to carry out a search, according to a legal expert.

A crackdown on prohibited and unlicensed offshore gambling sites by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) forced 33 prominent offshore wagering sites to withdraw from Australian markets over 12 months, according to a newly released report.

Infrastructure and strategic networks in Iran have been attacked by malware similar to Stuxnet — which was used to attack centrifuges at the country's Natanz nuclear enrichment centre in 2011 — and Israeli officials are not willing to say if they are involved or not.

Communications service provider MyNetFone Business has announced its Business Continuity plans that provide fixed line services with 4G backup.

Hearing aid retailers Oticon Australia and Sonic Innovations have been hit with fines of $2.5 million by the Federal Court for misleading advertising claims that hearing aids for pensioners included wireless technology that would allow users to connect them to digital devices like televisions and mobile phones.

There has been a jump in the number of Asia Pacific enterprises rated as “intelligent enterprises” for their work in connecting physical and digital worlds to drive innovation - including increasing Internet of Things (IOT) adoption, according to the latest Intelligent Enterprise Index from Zebra Technologies.

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