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Warning on macular degeneration spread among older Aussies
Older Australians in the 50-64 age bracket are not taking sufficient care of their eyes and could end up with macular degeneration, the Macular Disease Foundation Australia has warned. The warning came...
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Nuance updates eCopy Sharescan to v6.0
The new version of eCopy Sharescan includes a simplified Chinese and Japanese user interface, Arabic OCR, and integration with Nuance Business Connect. eCopy ShareScan 6.0 is the latest version of its...
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Promapp helps early childhood education
Promapp’s business process mapping (BPM) is helping the Affinity Education Group to enable each staff member to make a positive difference to the care of its precious customers. Promapp invited media...
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Review recommends redefining ACMA role, sector-wide reforms still to come
The Federal Government’s two-year review of the Australian Communications and Media Authority has made 27 recommendations for reform of ACMA including a more defined role of its regulatory remit at a...
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Why does Telstra stuff people around?
I am helping my aunt and uncle move from one state to another, and in cancelling a Telstra bundle from May 30, their email got switched off within an hour of that call. Telstra. Making it easy to hate...
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NSW to lead government digital services: Dominello
The key to NSW’s 21st century policy design and service delivery is through a focus on data as vital infrastructure, Victor Dominello, the state's Minister for Finance, Services and Property said today...
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Embrace IoT - do not get lost in the hype
There is a lot of hype surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT). As with any technology that attracts mainstream attention, organisations can feel pressured to jump on board for fear of missing out....
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Telstra, City of Joondalup partner on smart cities trial
Telstra and the City of Joondalup in Western Australia have joined forces in a trial of smart city applications using Internet of Things applications. The trial includes IoT-enabled environmental...
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Nextcloud adds Global Scale architecture in version 12
The open-source file syncing and sharing software NextCloud will include a new architecture for scaling several orders of magnitude beyond current limits in its next release, version 12. The new...
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Patton urges NBN Co chief Morrow to 'cut out the spin'
NBN Co chief executive Bill Morrow's claim that any upgrades to Australia's national broadband network will be funded by the company itself have been called into question by Internet Australia...
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Australian workers believe use of bribery common to win contracts
A survey has found that more than a quarter of Australian employees (27%) believe it is common practice in their industry or sector to use bribery to win contracts while 31% believe Australian...
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Foxtel expands its NBN footprint
Foxtel has expanded availability of its National Broadband Network services for premises in fibre to the node (FttN) and fibre-to-the-building (FttB) serviceable areas across Australia. The move...
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ALE gives Samson the strength (interview)
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise recently appointed Pierre Samson, formerly of French telco Orange, as vice president of sales for the Asia-Pacific region. He has more than 12 years’ experience in the IT and...
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Xref wins contract for NBN candidate referencing
Human resources tech company Xref has won a tender to provide automated, online candidate referencing to NBN Co for the National Broadband Network. Under the contract Xref, which secured the contract...
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More turn to mobile to watch sport as Ovo snares water polo deal
Content platform provider OVO Mobile has inked a deal with Water Polo Australia to broadcast live and exclusive coverage - on mobile devices - of National Water Polo League and other major water polo...
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Eugene Kaspersky – cyber warrior and non-smartphone user
Eugene Kaspersky is one of the few cyber warriors to still run a company that bears his name. Long gone are pioneers and competitors like Peter Norton, John McAfee et al. I like that this man is the...
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Huawei edging closer to Apple in smartphone sales, Samsung losing share
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Huawei is rapidly building marketshare in the global smartphone market selling 34 million handsets in the first quarter of this year as it closes in on Apple, while...
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VLC, other players vulnerable to subtitles attack
Researchers at the Israeli security firm Check Point say they have discovered a method whereby an attacker can gain entry into a victim's digital device through subtitles which are used by different...
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Microsoft drops number from new Surface Pro range
No, it is not the Surface Pro 5 – just the next generation of the Surface Pro. For convenience let’s call it 2017. As predicted it is a “tock’ version (referring to a tick-tock cycle where tick in new...
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Australian Game Industry desperate for funding air
Things move fast in both the tech world and politics. Once the darling of the political land-scape, it seems the Australian Games development industry is again needing to raise the profile. As such the...
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