LG Q6 – the angry man in LG’s range to finally go big in popularity?
With LG’s sales not seeing the stellar heights of its major South Korean competitor, can LG’s budget smartphone with 18:9 aspect ratio screen finally break the mould and go bigger than Ben Hur? When I...
View ArticleEricsson cooking with gas: named leader of microwave vendors
Ericsson’s on the boil as a new survey places it on top in 8 of 10 tasty categories, including “product reliability, price-to-performance ratio, service and support" in microwave offerings....
View ArticleWriting code to order can land you in jail
What happens if your boss asks you to write code that could be used to bypass the law? Do you follow his/her instructions blindly and keep your job or object and possibly receive marching orders? An...
View ArticleAcronis True Image 2018: AI-based ransomware protection has your back - and...
The newest version of Acronis True Image 2018 for Windows features major updates to its backup and recovery capabilities, while impressively being first to incorporate “artificial intelligence-based...
View ArticleAcronis True Image 2018 for Mac - the first Mac backup with ransomware...
Although Macs and Mac users are much less prone to malware, the bad guys have taken notice of the Mac’s popularity, and are targeting the platform with more malware in the hope of cracking the weakest...
View ArticleSpirit to shell out $4.6 million to buy World Without Wires
Telecommunications services provider Spirit Telecom has inked an agreement to acquire Internet provider World Without Wires in a deal valued at $4.6 million. The acquisition is scheduled to be...
View ArticleVIDEO + REVIEW: GOFAR makes your car smart, makes you a better driver
Want to transform your car into a smart car that helps you drive better to save fuel and money, gives you all the stats that matter, is app connected and so much more? GOFAR. It’s an Australian success...
View ArticleReloading my Mac from scratch has made it fresh and new
When I first got a Mac in 2011, it was an amazing experience that made Windows seem even more broken, but after transferring data to a new Mac and several OS updates, it was time to re-install from...
View ArticleNBN Co justifies use of FttN for Sydney Botanical Gardens
NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, says it was forced to use fibre-to-the-node technology to connect Sydney's Royal Botanical Gardens because of the heritage...
View ArticleCA turns its attention to the modern software factory
Perhaps more than any other IT company and possibly because of its diverse portfolio, CA Technologies is fond of big themes. A couple of years ago, CA was all about the application economy -...
View ArticleDefray ransomware spreads through Microsoft Word documents
Microsoft Word documents containing executables are being used to attack the healthcare and education industries, with the ransomware being transmitted known as Defray. The Defray campaign is a low-key...
View ArticleReliance deprivation syndrome causes unrest at Infosys
ANALYSIS The founders of well-known Indian outsourcing firm Infosys appear to have been hit by relevance deprivation syndrome. Nothing else can account for the fact that the founder N.R. Narayana...
View ArticleTelstra to hang up on third-party billing on 3 December
A senior Telstra official has confirmed that Australia’s largest carrier will cease “third-party billing” on its post-paid accounts by early December this year. Such billing will cease on Telstra...
View ArticleACMA approves 148 community broadcasting licence renewals
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has renewed 148 of 150 community broadcasting licences assessed in the last financial year. Community broadcasting licences must be renewed every five...
View ArticleApple’s product launch due 12 September, 13 in Australia: report
A new report "confirms" 12 September as the date Apple will make its new product announcements, which are expected to reveal three new iPhones, a new Apple Watch and more. Ok, so the official invites...
View ArticleVMworld announces VMware Cloud to take away IT dept pain of cloud migration
VMware has announced collaboration with major cloud hosting providers to aid IT departments in using the same tools whether internally or externally. The great promise of the cloud is you can run your...
View ArticleNetComm takes a profit hit even as revenue grows
NetComm Wireless has recorded a loss for the full year 2017 even as revenues hit a record, according to the results released on Monday. While revenue rose to $107.6 million, an increase of 26.3%, the...
View ArticleCBS swoops on Channel 10 ahead of Murdoch and Gordon
American giant CBS has swooped on Channel 10 and snapped up the troubled business ahead of billionaires Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon who were, until Monday, considered a shoo-in. The company made a...
View ArticleData security must change from chasing bad to ensuring good
How do you protect critical applications in an increasingly mobile and connected world? VMware says the tech industry has failed the customer but has a solution. Over $100b is spent annually on...
View ArticleVIDEO Future Park: A playful and immersive world is coming to Sydney in Summer
From 24 November 2107 to 30 April 2018, an amazing intersection of technology and imagination, where the Future Park is coming to the Powerhouse Museum from the “ultratechnologists” at teamLab. Art and...
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