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05 April, 2016

HIGH school students will no longer need to pass exams or complete the SACE to earn a university place under a system based on a portfolio of work.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/students-to-gain-university-entry-through-portfolio-of-work-instead-of-exams-and-tertiary-admission-ranks/news-story/5a5b91f713e014a20f0249aefc9d10e0#load-story-comments

Google Has a Secret Interview Process… And It Landed Me a Job If Google sees that you're searching for specific programming terms, they'll ask you to apply for a job. It's wild. Here's how it works.

http://thehustle.co/the-secret-google-interview-that-landed-me-a-job

Apple's iOS 9.3 has more bugs, and why you better get used to it Imagine all the billions of different combinations of apps and use cases on iPhones all over the world, all of which will need to work well with any new software Apple pushes out.

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/mobiles/apples-ios-93-has-more-bugs-and-you-better-get-used-to-it-20160329-gnsvhj.html

Hacker reveals $40 attack that steals police drones from 2km away No encryption in pro-grade drones: just sniff Wi-Fi and copy signals

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/01/hacker_reveals_40_attack_to_steal_28000_drones_from_2km_away/

Microsoft announced that it would acquire Xamarin, a company that makes tools that help coders build applications that can run on multiple systems, including those made by Microsoft’s rivals, namely Android and iOS. But developers got a dose of good news today at the company’s Build conference: Microsoft isn’t raising prices. In fact, just the opposite: It’s making Xamarin’s platform free for all users of Microsoft’s popular Visual Studio coding tool, including those who use the free “community” edition of the product. The Mac version of Xamarin will be free as well, all of which is a far cry from the $999 Xamarin previously charged for its business edition.

http://www.wired.com/2016/03/microsoft-delights-devs-freeing-xamarin-coding-tools/

IBM won the contract to design and deliver a whole-of-government payroll system in 2007, but its rollout was plagued by delays and budget blowouts. When it did go live, the system failed spectacularly, resulting in thousands of health workers left on the lurch with their pay. The cost to taxpayers has been estimated by KPMG at $1.2bn and the debacle has been described as possibly the worst public administration failure in Australia.In last year’s Supreme Court hearing, lawyers for IBM said failures with the scheme were because the government was “not able to define and stick to a scope”

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/technology/ibm-in-win-over-queensland-health-payroll-fiasco/news-story/43f727cf83d65c76ac28b599ba46361e