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• Secure Azure as Microsoft meets NZ Govt cloud computing criteria

  Tech giant demonstrates Microsoft Azure’s ability to provide secure cloud computing to Kiwi companies.

• Dell: Rise of BYOD a ‘hackers dream’ as privacy risks rise across local enterprise

  “Our mobile devices know more about us than ever before."

• Wearables: Are we handing more tools to Big Brother?

  Most of us would love a break on our health insurance. We would generally appreciate the convenience of seeing ads for things we're actually interested in buying, instead of irrelevant "clutter." A lot of us would like someone, or something, else keeping track of how effective our workouts are.

• Why facial recognition isn't the way of the future... yet

  It's the how the future is meant to be, isn't it? The good guys need to find a bad guy in a crowd of people, so they start scanning the environment with a camera that is equipped with facial recognition technology. Seconds later, they scan a face that's a positive match with an entry in their criminal database and bam, they've smoked him out.

• Trust issue looms large for tech companies capitalizing on personal data

  As tech companies increasingly rely on analyzing and selling user data to boost revenue, trust is emerging as one of the defining issues of the year for the IT sector.

• Perspective: Payment system security needs less talk, more action

  Retailers and banks must move quickly to figure out who should be responsible for better securing the payments system network or risk having Congress decide for them.

• Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge's ruling, task force report

  After six months of contentious debate over U.S. National Security Agency surveillance programs, prompted by leaks from former government contractor Edward Snowden, the third week in December may have marked a major turning point.

• 8 tips to enhance your online privacy

  Everybody wants a measure of privacy. As some experts on the topic have pointed out, even those who declare they have "nothing to hide" generally have curtains on the windows of their homes and don't invite everybody over to have a look at their credit card statements.

• Opting out of targeted ads too hard, privacy advocates say

  The online advertising industry and U.S. policy makers need to give online users more control over the collection of personal data and surfing habits beyond the traditional opt-out approach, some privacy advocates said Wednesday.