iOS 7 Beta vs Windows Phone 8 – The Striking Similarities. Apple is often quick to throw around accusations of copyright infringement and theft of intellectual property. Steve Jobs, after all, once said that Android was a stolen product, and he was willing to go to lengths of thermonuclear war to right such a wrong. But as you will notice from the video below, the shoe is now arguably on the other foot, and it would seem Apple is now the one taking design tips from rivals in the industry.

http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-7-beta-vs-windows-phone-8-the-striking-similarities-video/

The iOS 7 beta has only been out for two days, and already, the first major bug has been revealed. Jose Rodriguez, a 36 year old iPhone owner from Tenerife, has found a rather easy way to bypass the lock screen on iOS 7 beta 1 and meddle with the photos.

http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-7-beta-lock-screen-bug-lets-anyone-access-photos-and-its-super-easy-to-replicate-video/

HONG KONG: Edward Snowden, the self-confessed leaker of secret surveillance documents, claimed Wednesday that the United States has mounted massive hacking operations against hundreds of Chinese targets since 2009.

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/us-hacks-chinese-targets-says-snowden-20130613-2o5zb.html

Invest in skills, not protection of declining manufacturing industries, says Microsoft Australia boss Pip Marlow

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/sa-business-journal/invest-in-skills-not-protection-of-declining-industries-says-microsoft-australia-boss-pip-marlow-in-adelaide/story-e6fredel-1226663631305

Assange went on to say that his WikiLeaks party would work to make Australia’s intelligence agencies more transparent because unlike the CIA, ASIO is not subject to Freedom of Information requests.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/julian-assange-google-not-a-friend-of-wikileaks/story-fn7bfu22-1226663455646

Programmer creates 800,000 books algorithmically, starts selling them on Amazon

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/143382-programmer-creates-800000-books-algorithmically-starts-selling-them-on-amazon

Apple’s iOS 7 makes a bold move for the car dash, seeks to replace in-car infotainment

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/158184-apples-ios-7-makes-a-bold-move-for-the-car-dash-seeks-to-replace-in-car-infotainment

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Zoom, a camera that blurs the line between camera and phone

http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/158313-samsungs-galaxy-s4-zoom-a-camera-that-blurs-the-line-between-camera-and-phone

RoboRoach is a new Kickstarter project that aims to take the now months-old idea of a remote controlled cockroach (ancient, by today’s standards) and put it in the hands of the public.

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/158287-roboroach-kickstarter-project-will-bring-cyborg-insects-to-the-masses

From inventing his own card and board games from the age of five, to a theatre degree, a masters in education, jobs making games at Atari and Microsoft, and a move to Australia to teach gaming to university students, American born Matt Ford has been around the traps and remains an eternal optimist when it comes to the future of computer programing and game design. “There are so many free tools available like Flash, Unity, Blender (for 3D artists), Unreal, The Source Engine and StarCraft editor. If a student is really interested, show them these programs and they can start making games now,” Matt encouraged. “A class needs to be self directed,” Matt explained. “By using Flash or Unity – which are great free gaming tools available over the internet – it gets students started in making their own games or applications.

http://groupx.edu.au/blog/prepare-gaming-world-boom

THE government has launched a $6.5 million program to boost information and communications technology as a career of choice amongst schoolchildren.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/government/labor-eyes-tech-studies-in-schools/story-fn4htb9o-1226662523828

Facebook is adopting the hashtag, one of the most recognisable features of its rival Twitter, in a move to position the world's top social network as an important complement to television, sport and breaking news.

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/facebook-adds-hashtags-in-another-nod-to-twitter-20130613-2o5c1.html

Groceries Could Be Amazon’s Next Killer App — If It Can Solve the Math

 travelling salesman problem, the vehicle routing problem asks a seemingly simple question: given a certain number of deliveries and delivery trucks, what route allows each truck to travel the shortest distance?

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/06/amazon-groceries/

“When required to comply with these requests, we deliver that information to the US government — generally through secure FTP transfers and in person,” Google spokesman Chris Gaither told Wired. “The US government does not have the ability to pull that data directly from our servers or network.”

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/06/google-uses-secure-ftp-to-feds/

Is the new iOS 7 too bright and the resulting contrast poor?

http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-7-vs-ios-6-side-by-side-visual-comparison-images/

The Department of Defence is buying a $2.2 million supercomputer to help with research for the Future Submarine program. ''The system will be used to undertake computational fluid dynamic studies to increase knowledge and assist the evaluation of technical risks associated with the hydrodynamic performance of future Australian navy platforms,''

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/defence-to-get-new-supercomputer-20130610-2nzxr.html

The American Civil Liberties Union said it sued top US government officials on Tuesday to challenge the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's telephone surveillance program, saying it violates rights to free speech and privacy.

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/us-government-sued-over-phone-surveillance-20130612-2o2it.html#

The NSA’s Prism leak could fundamentally change or break the entire internet. This leak is a colossal embarrassment for the United States. Every time the UN-backed ITU has raised the issue of a more global approach to internet governance, the United States has fired back with both barrels and a tactical nuke. Last December, the House of Representatives passed S. Con Res 50 by a vote of 397-0. The opening paragraph of that resolution declared it vital that the internet “remain stable, secure, and free from government control” and stated that the structure of internet governance “has profound implications for competition and trade, democratization, free expression, and access to information.”

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/157761-the-nsas-prism-leak-could-fundamentally-change-or-break-the-entire-internet

INFORMATION technology isn't always the first career choice for indigenous students but Alice Springs-born Garry Lockyer is determined to buck the trend. NEC's indigenous traineeship to bridge digital divide

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/it-business/necs-indigenous-traineeship-to-bridge-digital-divide/story-e6frganx-1226661417833

Much of the talk about iOS7 leading up to this event were focused on the new look of the interface, which eliminated the effects that were designed to make it look like their real-world equivalent and making everything look clean and ''flat''.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/what-apple-has-up-its-sleeve-for-the-worldwide-developers-conference/story-fn7bfu22-1226661404310

Federal police are obtaining Australians' phone and internet records without warrants nearly 1000 times a week, it has emerged as controversy rages over a vast US surveillance program. Revelations in a recent Senate estimates hearing include efforts by the Australian Federal Police to access Facebook and Google data of the kind gathered under the US National Security Agency's controversial PRISM program.

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/revealed-internet-surveillance-rates-20130610-2o07f.html

Panda film made in the Flinders Ranges financed by crowdfunding (Pozible)

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/panda-film-made-in-the-flinders-ranges-financed-by-crowdfunding/story-fn7bfu22-1226661414879

How to distinquish Scammers mimic genuine online retailers

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/scammers-mimic-genuine-online-retailers-20130610-2nzc3.html

Un unlikely book will break the all-time record for Kickstarter’s most successful publishing project: a comedic choose-your-own-adventure-style novel by popular webcartoonist Ryan North that transforms Shakespeare’s Hamlet into an interactive story where readers can actually choose whether to be — or not to be. It’s a quirky idea that couldn’t get any traction at book publishing houses, but as a crowdsourced, collaborative online project, To Be or Not to Be: That Is the Adventure has earned over $425,000 $580,000 in less than a month.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/hamlet-choose-adventure/