Juha Saarinen

Juha Saarinen has been covering the technology sector since the mid-1990s for publications around the world. In addition to techpartner.news, he has written for iTnews since 2010 and also contributes to the New Zealand Herald, the Guardian and Wired's Threat Level section.

He is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Recent articles by Juha Saarinen

European satellite tracking dish ready for service in WA

European satellite tracking dish ready for service in WA

Smaller antenna for fast lock-on of launches from French Guiana spaceport.
Juha Saarinen Feb 15 2016 6:05AM Strategy
UK parliamentary committee criticises encryption backdoor bill

UK parliamentary committee criticises encryption backdoor bill

'Snoopers' charter' faces resistance.
Juha Saarinen Feb 12 2016 11:08AM Security
Cisco firewalls vulnerable to remote takeover

Cisco firewalls vulnerable to remote takeover

Critical vulnerability patched.
Juha Saarinen Feb 12 2016 9:31AM Security
Google kills Flash for ads

Google kills Flash for ads

Will switch to HTML 5 this year.
Juha Saarinen Feb 11 2016 5:27AM Strategy
VMware outs Workspace ONE desktop virtualisation platform

VMware outs Workspace ONE desktop virtualisation platform

Promises self-service access to cloud, mobile and Windows apps.
Juha Saarinen Feb 10 2016 10:08AM Software
ANZ Bank finally launches Mobile Pay tap-and-go service

ANZ Bank finally launches Mobile Pay tap-and-go service

Will support Visa and Amex contactless cards.
Juha Saarinen Feb 10 2016 10:06AM Financial Services
US Homeland Security employee database leaked

US Homeland Security employee database leaked

Hacker threatens to dump data on 20,000 FBI staffers.
Juha Saarinen Feb 9 2016 8:22AM Security
Skype users targeted by info-stealing malware

Skype users targeted by info-stealing malware

Intercepts calls and video, and takes screenshots.
Juha Saarinen Feb 8 2016 2:40PM Security
Europe considers reserving 700MHz for mobile data

Europe considers reserving 700MHz for mobile data

Joint proposal would assign band to wireless broadband across EU.
Juha Saarinen Feb 8 2016 10:32AM Telco/ISP
NSW govt hires consultants to help stop IT project blowouts

NSW govt hires consultants to help stop IT project blowouts

Follows ongoing LMBR headache.
Juha Saarinen Feb 8 2016 9:05AM Strategy
Australian PPC-1 cable cut, out of action until March

Australian PPC-1 cable cut, out of action until March

Traffic rerouted over Southern Cross and Australia-Japan Cable systems.
Juha Saarinen Feb 8 2016 8:28AM Telco/ISP
Visa opens up to developers

Visa opens up to developers

Extensive set of APIs released.
Juha Saarinen Feb 5 2016 10:30AM Financial Services
Snowden leak reveals UK spies' big data surveillance

Snowden leak reveals UK spies' big data surveillance

Hadoop, MapReduce study captured data.
Juha Saarinen Feb 5 2016 6:16AM Security
Power disruption downed GitHub

Power disruption downed GitHub

Not a DoS attack, but recovery was complicated.
Juha Saarinen Feb 4 2016 11:41AM Hardware
Comodo 'secure' web browser turns off web security

Comodo 'secure' web browser turns off web security

Digital certs and security vendor lambasted by Google Project X.
Juha Saarinen Feb 3 2016 6:30PM Security
Google patches multiple critical flaws in Android

Google patches multiple critical flaws in Android

Older Nexus devices left without updates.
Juha Saarinen Feb 3 2016 6:19AM Security
Europe to build exascale supercomputer prototype

Europe to build exascale supercomputer prototype

Consortium of 12 bets on ARM-based design.
Juha Saarinen Feb 2 2016 6:32AM Strategy
Microsoft trials underwater data centres

Microsoft trials underwater data centres

Four months in the sea with Project Natick.
Juha Saarinen Feb 2 2016 4:53AM Storage
Obama plans billion-dollar spend on computer science in US schools

Obama plans billion-dollar spend on computer science in US schools

Ambitious Computer Science for All program launched.
Juha Saarinen Feb 1 2016 9:34AM Training & Development
OpenSSL fixes high-severity key recovery hole

OpenSSL fixes high-severity key recovery hole

Further hardening against "Logjam" attack included in update.
Juha Saarinen Jan 29 2016 9:25AM Security

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