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OMGoogle: Pixel 2 to be a success or an XL 2 giant mess?
The word on the street regarding Google’s Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 models is one of two manufacturers, no headphone jack and seeming jack-all chance of success. When flagship phones from Samsung, LG and...
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Oh, Google, Android O’s delayed, will O be for Oreo or Orange?
Android O’s tipped to be Oreo as K was for KitKat, but if O is for orange, we can finally compare iOS Apples and Android Oranges for real! Ok, so Google’s latest Android OS, set to be known as Android...
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Facebook attempts to enter China through the back door
Facebook is attempting to quietly worm its way into China with the release of a photo-sharing app named Colorful Balloons through a local company. The app, which shares the look, function and feel of...
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What's new in Office 365 this week?
Getting your invoice via email instead of needing to sign in, an updated list of known safe websites, and knowing when a OneDrive folder is shared are new features in Office 365 this week. For the...
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Samsung Note 8 Galaxy Unpacked live stream – 23 Aug (24 in OZ)
Samsung’s long-awaited Note 8 will arrive to the world on 23 August in the US via a live stream, which is 24 August at 1AM AEST down under. If you’ve been waiting for the Note 8 to arrive, complete...
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Blu-ray Review: Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant is an unrelenting action movie where the horror arrives from unexpected quarters. But more importantly Covenant pulls together some of the story threads thrown our way with Prometheus....
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The new dumbed down Google News: how to get some of the old GNews features back
The new Google News is dumbed down, with options removed to sort by date or relevance in some areas, with other options also removed and too much white space delivering a mobile look on a large desktop...
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FULL LAUNCH VIDEO: Deloitte examines Australians’ changing media habits in 2017
The 2017 Media Consumer Survey has launched, a detailed 44-page report that examines our changing media habits, from traditional TV to streaming, from real news to fake and plenty more. Deloitte’s new...
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Foxtel revenue takes a hit as subscribers fall
Foxtel's revenue has fallen by 2% for the last financial year to A$3 billion because of lower subscriber numbers, according to its annual report issued last week. In US dollar terms, however, revenue...
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NextDC secures $300 million debt facility from NAB
ASX-listed data centre operator NextDC has secured a $300 million debt facility from National Australia Bank as it prepares for future growth and for further developments in its business. The company...
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Upskilling will help combat threat to jobs by AI, automation: survey
Upskilling is the key to Australian IT professionals remaining relevant in their jobs in the face of business uptake of artificial intelligence and automation, according to a new nationwide survey. ICT...
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ACMA issues reminder on TCP Code compliance
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has issued a reminder that Carrier Service Providers in the telecommunications sector have until the beginning of September to lodge statements of...
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Fixed 5G wireless to become fibre competitor by 2025
By 2025, 1.4 billion 5G connections will see fixed wireless technology becoming a fibre competitor, according to Juniper Research. The firm is predicting that from 1 million 5G connections in 2019,...
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Sony’s Xperia XZ Premium smartphone supports Netflix HDR content
It’s not just the latest 4K TVs that can support HDR content, but Sony’s Xperia XZ Premium smartphone, too, with Netflix shows in HDR now enjoyable in the palm of your hand. Ok, so you might not have...
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VIDEO: Uber supports Sam-sex carriage, but not free carriage equality
If your name starts with Sam, whatever sex you identify as, you’ll get a free ride with Uber, but if your name is anything else, you’ll be denied a free ride unless you're a new Uber user who finds a...
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Cyber Plus: Australia’s ‘first’ small-biz bundle for tackling cyber crime
Billed as providing a “complete range of tools and services including cyber liability insurance, technology tools, and access to a crisis response team”, Cyber Plus sounds like a great addition....
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All-female panel tackled IoT cyber security at Kaspersky Lab and HPE event
An all-female panel discussed the rise of IoT and its need for protection, along with how to do this at a Kaspersky Lab and HPE event last Friday night in Sydney. Moderated by Reesby Recruitment’s...
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Anti-piracy blockchain start-up launches ‘token’ sale
It’s no token sale just for the sake of it, but the first chance to support Veredictum’s crypto-anti-piracy platform with a "core target raise of $7.5 million and a hard cap stretch target of $20...
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Marcus Hutchins pleads not guilty to FBI malware charges
British security researcher Marcus Hutchins, who came to prominence after he inadvertently stopped the spread of the WannaCry ransomware in May, has pleaded not guilty to writing the code that was used...
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EXCLUSIVE, VIDEO INTERVIEW: The genuinely ‘cool’ Evapolar next-gen model,...
iTWire readers are the first in the world to see the new successor to the widely successful Evapolar evaLIGHT, the bigger, better, app-controllable and still super-portable evaSMART personal...
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