iSeek, Schneider Electric, Optus partner on new data centre
Data centre and cloud services provider, iseek Communications, is partnering with Schneider Electric and Optus to build a new energy-efficient Tier 3 managed data centre in Townsville. The contract...
View ArticleSFLC's Moglen acted against interests of FSF: claim
The former general counsel of the Free Software Foundation, Eben Moglen, has been accused of acting against the interests of the organisation which he once served. Former Linux kernel developer Matthew...
View Article30m phones in Australia 'wasting away in drawers' not being sold or recycled
New research says Australians "have over 30 million spare, unused mobile phones sitting idle in our drawers", with the number set to soar as eight million new phones will sell during 2017. Phone and...
View ArticleVIDEO: Paypal's new tools let you set up Money Pools
You and your friends will need a free Paypal account to dip into Paypal's new Money Pools, the "free and simple way to collect and keep track of money for shared expenses with family and friends."...
View ArticleMobileMuster recycles over 1 million phones and batteries, 79 tonnes of...
Having mustered a stellar recycling performance over the past year, including "growing industry participation and the volume of mobile phone components recycled through the program," MobileMuster...
View ArticleHuawei's 5G spectrum position paper appeals for global harmonisation at...
At the 8th Global Mobile Broadband (MBB) Forum held 15 November 2017 in London, Huawei's "Position Paper on 5G Spectrum" presents its 5G insights and recommendations while calling for spectrum harmony....
View ArticleHuawei smartly creates Smart City Nervous System, showcased at SCWEC 2017...
Huawei is participating in the Smart City Expo World Congress 2017 (SCEWC) in Barcelona under the theme of “Leading New ICT, Creating a Smart City Nervous System,” highlighting how a Smart City can be...
View ArticleCylance adds to home computer security options
Security vendor Cylance is making a move into the home market, but curiously its new product is not going to be available to all and sundry. CylanceProtect Home Edition is now available to the...
View ArticleThe Hug App launches to solve child’s transport and care requirements for...
Promising to make busy parents' lives a breeze, parents can use the app "to solve all their child’s transport and care requirements at the touch of a finger, and the best part is, it uses their own...
View ArticleAP spreads 'Russia hacked DNC' claim as though it is gospel truth
ANALYSIS The current reds-under-the-beds scare in the US is increasingly being sold by the media, with unproven claims often being paraded as fact. A prime case of this was seen recently when the...
View ArticleBusiness email compromise on the rise: report
The number and and variety of email fraud, otherwise known as business email compromise, is on the rise, according to a report from security company Proofpoint, which looked at incidents in the third...
View ArticleICT job opportunities increase in ‘boom’ economy: report
The ICT sector offered one of the highest number of job opportunities of any business and industry sector in October on the back of what has been described as a boom in Australia’s economy, according...
View ArticleDHS official says no proof Kaspersky software used for breaches
A senior cyber security official at the US Department of Homeland Security has told a Congressional panel that she has yet to see any proof that software made by Kaspersky Lab has been exploited to...
View ArticleMicrosoft releases raft of AI tools to enhance ingenuity
Software giant Microsoft is today releasing a series of artificial intelligence tools and solutions to help infuse enterprises with intelligence and insight, with Australian examples already in place....
View ArticleAre you prepared for mandatory data breach reporting, asks Mimecast
The arrival of mandatory breach reporting in Australia is a ticking clock. Cloud-based email management provider Mimecast is concerned many Australian businesses are not ready. “I don’t remember...
View ArticleMacquarie Telecom takes to the sky in promotional partnership
The Macquarie Telecom Group is partnering with the Dinner in the Sky by Vino Paradiso festival in Sydney which propels 22 people around a dinner table 50 metres into the sky. Macquarie Telecom says it...
View ArticleMost people have lax password habits, says ME Bank
The message isn't getting through: almost nine out of ten people use the same password with multiple accounts. A new survey carried out by Members Equity Bank (ME) found 89% of respondents admitted to...
View ArticleKogan joins the Zip platform: Zip zip hooray
Just in time for the Amazon onslaught comes Kogan, choosing the new way for customers to pay for goods purchased, with Kogan yet another big win for the Zip platform. Launching today, "more than one...
View Article'Double data' drives Vodafone share, Optus and Amaysim grow, Telstra declines
The latest Kantar data for Australia telco market share shows the prepaid sector up 4.5% vs a year ago to 35.7%, with over 75% on a ‘recharge as needed’ tariff type, with competition intensifying....
View ArticleOptus launches website to provide SMBs with information
Optus has set up an interactive and collaborative website that connects small- and medium-sized business owners and their employees to help them sort out common business issues. The Yes Business site...
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