Richard Chirgwin

Richard Chirgwin is a veteran of Australia's tech press, covering IT, telecommunications, security, networking, and protocols. Prior to iTnews, he worked at The Register for 9 years.

Recent articles by Richard Chirgwin

EU close to mandating on smartphone lifetimes

EU close to mandating on smartphone lifetimes

Five year repairability, updateability.
Richard Chirgwin Sep 2 2022 11:55AM Hardware
Cisco fixes mystery orchestrator crashes

Cisco fixes mystery orchestrator crashes

Hunts down and plugs memory leak.
Richard Chirgwin Sep 2 2022 11:46AM Cloud
Frontier Software breach fallout spreading

Frontier Software breach fallout spreading

As more victim organisations emerge.
Richard Chirgwin Sep 2 2022 6:39AM Security
Microsoft turned up a critical bug in TikTok client

Microsoft turned up a critical bug in TikTok client

One-click account takeover.
Richard Chirgwin Sep 1 2022 11:59AM Security
Online industry safety code drafts go public

Online industry safety code drafts go public

Open to submissions until October 2.
Richard Chirgwin Sep 1 2022 11:58AM Strategy
Australia's internet exchanges begin backbone ramp-up

Australia's internet exchanges begin backbone ramp-up

NSW-IX gets 400Gbps core.
Richard Chirgwin Sep 1 2022 11:55AM Telco/ISP
Google attracting bounty hunters to open source projects

Google attracting bounty hunters to open source projects

Better security for products like Golang.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 31 2022 12:07PM Security
Outage for Ubuntu users on Azure

Outage for Ubuntu users on Azure

Systemd security update broke DNS.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 31 2022 9:19AM Cloud
NSW Telco Authority taking a look at LEOsats

NSW Telco Authority taking a look at LEOsats

Building a price book of emerging services.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 31 2022 7:14AM Telco/ISP
Better data would help pandemic response, says CSIRO

Better data would help pandemic response, says CSIRO

Privacy gets in the way.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 30 2022 12:16PM Cloud
Defence wants a digital twin to model battle missions

Defence wants a digital twin to model battle missions

Two-year rapid prototyping project revealed.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 30 2022 12:10PM Strategy
Buggy routers are all over the internet, say researchers

Buggy routers are all over the internet, say researchers

Home, SOHO units don't need DNS.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 30 2022 12:08PM Security
Aussie Broadband tops 500,000 customers

Aussie Broadband tops 500,000 customers

More than $500m revenue for 2022.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 29 2022 12:47PM Telco/ISP
NSW backs prison tablet project with $40 million

NSW backs prison tablet project with $40 million

Follows successful pilot.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 29 2022 6:38AM Training & Development
Heroku to spin down free services

Heroku to spin down free services

Under attack from fraudsters.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 26 2022 11:23AM Cloud
Atlassian's Bitbucket buggy, needs patch

Atlassian's Bitbucket buggy, needs patch

Remote code execution vulnerability disclosed.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 25 2022 4:27PM Security
Flight Centre backs technology as travel takes off

Flight Centre backs technology as travel takes off

Invests in digital, omnichannel and analytics.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 25 2022 12:22PM Strategy
Robodebt royal commission terms of reference announced

Robodebt royal commission terms of reference announced

Former Queensland chief justice in charge.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 25 2022 10:42AM Strategy
Cisco patches vulnerable operating systems

Cisco patches vulnerable operating systems

Bugs plague a swathe of switches.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 25 2022 8:37AM Security
Tech helping Endeavour Energy see past the meter

Tech helping Endeavour Energy see past the meter

The EV charger is free, so long as the distributor has control.
Richard Chirgwin Aug 25 2022 6:42AM Cloud

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