22nd July 2012 Archive

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• Australia to publish live, free, satellite images

  Landsat 8 images to hit the web under Creative Commons licence

  Australia will publish images captured by soon-to-launch satellite Landsat 8 online, in close to real time, for free. Landsat 8 will launch in early 2013 and is expected to be fully operational by May or June of that year. Once the bird begins beaming back images, Geoscience Australia (GA) will publish them online under the …

  Public Sector 22 Jul 21:00

• Smart meter hack framework goes open-source

  SecureState posts ‘Metasploit-like’ code

  Security outfit SecureState’s smart meter hacking framework, Termineter, has gone live over at Google Code. The software is described as having a structure like Metasploit, with a similar interface and ability to be extended with external modules. Termineter isn’t up to the full doomsday-scenario “remote attack” that troubles …

  Security 22 Jul 22:57

• ABS gets AUD$2.1m to report online sales

  Govt finally takes etail seriously

  Australia's federal government will shell out AUD$2.1 million over four years to ensure that online retail spending is tracked accurately. The funding splurge follows the recommendations from the Productivity Commission’s 2010 report into retailing, which found Australia’s online reporting standards vague and lacking in …

  Public Sector 22 Jul 23:30

• Kim Dotcom mounts freedom campaign

  Raps against Obama, rallies against Hollywood

  Megaupload founder and Hollywood’s most wanted, Kim Dotcom has taken his fight against the US authorities to new social and viral levels launching an anti-Obama campaign on his personal website. In a call to clicks, kim.com , declares that “the US government has declared war on the internet, millions of Mega users want their …

  Security 22 Jul 23:59