NEC, CrowdOptic team up on smart city security
NEC Australia is partnering with Silicon Valley vision analytics firm, CrowdOptic, in a strategic moved aimed at bringing next generation security to smart cities. The two companies say they are...
View ArticleMyRepublic has mixed feelings over long awaited pricing review
Internet speed champion MyRepublic’s A/NZ MD, Nicholas Demos, reports "mixed feelings regarding the long awaited pricing review and raises concerns over the impact on the local market." Demos said the...
View ArticleMailGuard warns of fake 'Energy Australia' email - scam alert!
A large-scale email scam imitating Energy Australia has been intercepted by email protection specialists MailGuard, with the company warning Australians to be alert. MailGuard tells us that these...
View ArticleBP's 'world's most powerful supercomputer' for research and exploration uses...
BP says it has "more than doubled the total computing power of its Centre for High-Performance Computing (CHPC) in Houston, making it the most powerful supercomputer in the world for commercial...
View ArticleNBN Co capitulates on pricing, Govt to blame: Rowland
Labor’s Shadow Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland, is keeping up the political pressure on the Government over the NBN ahead of this weekend’s Bennalong by-election, and in the wake of an...
View ArticleKogan Mobile adds more data to its plans in clever counter competition
The clever data counters at Kogan Mobile have responded to various telco moves by adding yet more data to some of its plans, all in an attempt to cleverly counter competing offers with offers of its...
View ArticleAdelaide Uni meets supercomputer demand with $1 million in new funding
The University of Adelaide is investing another $1 million to increase the capacity of its supercomputer, to meet what it says is growing demand and to ensure researchers continue to have access to...
View ArticleAmaysim broadband boss gracefully responds to NBN Co's recent pricing paper
Amaysim's commercial director of broadband, Rob Appel, has responded to NBN Co's pricing paper with some commentary of his own. If there's one thing that people don't like about the NBN, besides its...
View ArticleDo good this summer: recycle your mobile and help provide a meal
Got an old, broken or unwanted phone collecting dust in a drawer somewhere, ready to never be used as a spare phone when new ones are so cheap? And want to help feed the needy? It seems just about...
View ArticleSri Lanka ICTA Welcomes MOQdigital to Colombo
Australian IT services firm expands managed services base in Sri Lanka Sydney, Australia and Colombo, Sri Lanka, 14 December 2017: The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka...
View ArticleWhere is the Matrixx? On Google Cloud, as a digital commerce solution
The question has always been "What is the Matrixx," but now that its digital transformation tool is available on Google Cloud, we now know where you can also find it. Telcos have always been able to...
View ArticleApple launches iMac Pro, 'the most powerful Mac ever'
iMac Pro. Launching today, It's the most powerful Mac in the world, to be beaten presumably only by a forthcoming Mac Pro due next year, but until then, iMac Pro is it. Apple has finally released its...
View ArticleApple's Final Cut Pro X update introduces '360-Degree VR Video Editing' and more
Apple's major update to its professional video editing app not only includes 360-degree VR video editing and 8K video editing, but adds advanced colour grading, HDR support and more. Optimised to take...
View ArticleNBN Co unveils new discounted pricing structure to bouquets and brickbats
In what it describes as ‘dramatic discounts on its top-tier internet access plans’ NBN Co has unveiled a new lower cost wholesale pricing structure for retail service providers. Some welcome the move,...
View ArticleOptus offers data-free sports from Seven Network: 2018 Aussie Open, Olympics...
Optus is offering new apps to offer data-free streaming of Seven’s live coverage of Australian Open, Winter Olympics and Commonwealth Games Optus has announced a partnership with Seven Network "to...
View ArticleUS brings an end to net neutrality regulations
The Federal Communications Commission in the United States has ended net neutrality rules which regulate access to the Internet and which required Internet Service Providers to treat all Web traffic...
View ArticleDisney buying Fox in US$52.4 billion-plus deal
Global entertainment and film giant Walt Disney is buying the Rupert Murdoch owned 21st Century Fox business for US52.4 billion in a move which both companies say sets them up to better compete in the...
View ArticleAI no longer seen as artificial, blockchain boosting business: CES 2018
Accenture's predictions for CES 2018 see blockchain changing business for the better, AI no longer so artificial, while 5G will set IoT alight The expanding connectivity and uses of artificial...
View ArticleCourt action against Optus over allegations of misleading customers on NBN
The competition regulator the ACCC has hauled Australia’s second largest telco Optus before the Federal Court, alleging the company misled customers about the need to move quickly from its existing HFC...
View ArticleTwitter says just six Brexit tweets linked to Russian bodies
The British Government has rounded on Twitter for revealing that the Russian-linked entities, in this case the broadcasting service RT, spent only a little over £1000 for advertising on the referendum,...
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