Warning: Fraudsters hitting cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency marketplaces, designed to facilitate trading on the full range of digital currencies, are experiencing a range of fraudulent activity, according to a new report from digital identity...
View Article'Confused' NBN Co thinking of bypassing copper with 5G: ALP
The Australian Labor Party claims the rollout of the Coalition Government's multi-technology mix national broadband network has reached "new depths of confusion", with NBN Co chief executive Bill...
View ArticleTech mag readership, circulation show downward trend
Technology magazines reflect the falling trend of readership for general publications, with figures from research firm Roy Morgan showing a downward trend for this category of magazines in Australia....
View ArticleObstacles to workplace monitoring lowest in Australia: survey
Australia is the easiest place for workplace monitoring among 15 mostly Western countries surveyed, the security firm Forcepoint says, based on data collected by the legal firm Hogan Lovells. Apart...
View ArticleAssange fails in bid to get arrest warrant dropped
A British court has refused to withdraw an arrest warrant against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange for not showing up for a bail hearing on 29 June 2012, meaning he will have to continue residing in...
View ArticleGreens say net neutrality inquiry needed in Australia
The Australian Greens claim that an inquiry into net neutrality is needed to ensure that Australians are guaranteed access to a free and open Internet. Greens digital rights spokesman Senator Jordon...
View ArticleCES 2018 VIDEOS + Interview: Hisense OLED TVs coming to Australia
At CES 2018, Hisense announced that Australia would be the first country to receive Hisense-branded OLED TVs, for even though TV makers all have tech to compete against OLED panels, it's clearly worth...
View ArticleDigital transformation a key focus at CeBIT 2018
Global digital trends and industry developments will take centre stage at CeBIT 2018 Australia to be staged in Sydney over three days in May. CeBIT Australia — to be staged from 15 to 17 May at the...
View ArticleSmartFreight adopts Global Data Standards for freight
Australian global freight software provider SmartFreight has adopted the recommendations in Austroads' supply chain visibility report for Australian industry to adopt Global Data Standards to improve...
View ArticleAI deployments pick up, but still low usage: Gartner
Meaningful artificial intelligence deployments are just beginning to take place, according to a new survey revealing that 4% of CIOs have implemented Ai, and, a further 46% have developed plans to do...
View ArticleFour companies join to achieve record-breaking 2Gbps speeds over 4G
Record-breaking 4G speeds of up to 2Gbps have been achieved by Telstra, Ericsson, Netgear and Qualcomm Technologies in laboratory testing using a chipset that was recently released. Qualcomm...
View ArticleNBN Co launches STEM initiative for some schools
NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia's national broadband network, has launched what it calls a STEM+X initiative to help educate students so they can achieve skills that will enable them to...
View ArticleUS intelligence chiefs level spying charges at Huawei, ZTE
China has mocked what it calls the "American sense of insecurity" after the heads of six US intelligence agencies claimed that phones made in China might be used for spying. Concern was voiced about...
View ArticlePalestinians finally get access to 3G services
While the rest of the world is speculating about the arrival of 5G, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were able to start using 3G mobile services just last month after years of wrangling with...
View ArticleGroup releases search tool for Amazon S3 buckets
A search tool that can look for specific files on Amazon Web Service servers has been released by a group whose identity is unknown. The tool, Buckhacker, gets its name from the fact that AWS Simple...
View ArticleRemoving admin rights would mitigate most Microsoft flaws, report claims
Removing administrator rights would mitigate 80% of the critical vulnerabilities found in Microsoft products in 2017, the security firm Avecto claims. And this percentage rose to 95% when one...
View ArticleAdelaide firm Myriota to set up IoT lab
Adelaide-based satellite communications firm Myriota will invest $1.36 million of its own money plus a matching grant from the South Australian Government to set up an Internet of Things laboratory,...
View ArticleUK formally blames Russia for NotPetya attack, US follows
Britain has formally blamed Russia for the NotPetya ransomware attack in June last year, with Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad saying the decision "underlines the fact that the UK and its allies will...
View ArticleMNF Group turns in strong half-year performance
Growing Australian telecommunications player, the MNF Group, has put in a strong performance for the six months to the end of December, with revenue up 28% to $117 million, delivering increased...
View ArticleCSIRO achieves ‘breakthrough’ to enhance water purification
CSIRO scientists have developed new technology they say supercharges water purification, making it simpler, more effective and quicker. Using their own specially designed form of graphene, "Graphair",...
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