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Gooligan a hooligan stealing Google Accounts
New malware called Gooligan has breached more than one million Google Accounts and that number increases every day. Check Point says the malware roots infected devices and steals authentication tokens...
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NSW P-Platers – no more mobile use in the car!
December 1 — today — is the day when NSW P-Plate drivers can no longer use a mobile phone, even if it is in a proper cradle, for GPS, texting, or phone calls. The use of dedicated GPS devices in a...
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Apple plans Parkinson's app, cardiac devices
Apple has plans to build an app to diagnose Parkinson's disease and two separate but related cardiac devices, the website MobiHealthNews has reported, based on emails exchanged between the company and...
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Seagate Backup Plus Portable reaches 5TB
In the poker world, there is a saying, “See you and raise you one.” Seagate has taken this literally, taking its external Backup Plus portable USB-3.0 drive from 2TB to 5TB. Seagate has announced the...
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SpeedCast releases Sigma Net for shipping industry
Global satellite communications and network service provider, SpeedCast, has released Sigma Net, a new standard for shipping and remote site network management designed specifically for VSAT and MSS....
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Samsung Note7s in Australia to be kicked off telco networks
If you STILL have a Samsung Galaxy Note7 and have somehow missed the fact that Note7s are dangerous, Australian telcos will kick you off networks from 15 December. People still using a Samsung Note7...
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$170 billion boost to economy if ‘entrepreneurship’ also gets a boost:...
An improvement in conditions for entrepreneurship in Australia could add up to $170 billion to the economy, but “significant barriers” still remain to Australia having a truly world class start-up...
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ANZ launches BladePay mobile payments solution
The ANZ Bank has launched its mobile payments system for business customers — BladePay — and announced that six point-of-sale vendors are now developing customised applications for the platform. But,...
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Court allows IRS to obtain details of digital currency users
A federal court in the northern district of California has authorised the US Internal Revenue Service to obtain details of the users of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase for the three years 2013 to...
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Travel insurance no longer default on Virgin flights
Virgin Australia has stopped making travel insurance a default option on its online booking website after discussions with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Instead, customers who...
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Hills, UTC partner on fire-detection product distribution
ICT services company Hills, maker of the iconic Hills clothes hoist, has partnered with UTC Fire & Security to introduce a range of fire-detection products into the Australian and New Zealand...
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Jetstar agrees to ACCC demand on extras
Qantas' budget airline Jetstar will cease making any default selections for customers in its Web booking interface, following an agreement with the competition watchdog. The Australian Competition and...
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Give a Death Star for Christmas to the Jedi you love
Plox, an Australian innovative and technology company, has launched (pun intended) the Empire’s gravity-defying levitating Star Wars Death Star speaker. Plox drew the attention of Disney to create a...
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Emerson powers up with change of name to Vertiv
Global energy infrastructure provider Emerson Network Power has had a rebranding, changing its name to Vertiv and appointing a new chief executive to run the company. The rebranding of the company,...
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Ransomware: Windows is the elephant in the room
Ransomware has slowly become the most common and most difficult threat posed to companies and individuals alike over the last year. And there is one common thread to practically all ransomware attacks:...
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Genesys completes Interactive Intelligence buy
Contact centre software vendor Genesys has completed its acquisition of customer experience vendor Interactive Intelligence. The previously announced acquisition sees Genesys now claiming over 10,000...
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Brother P-Touch printer PT-P300 – small, light and fast
Brother has uncoupled its new P-Touch labeller from the PC and instead uses an iOS or Android or device as the controller. The result is a new, smaller, more flexible label printer. It makes sense to...
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Microsoft Surface Studio Teardown
It is actually Microsoft’s first desktop PC ever – and its take is to put a very large 28” tablet mounted on an amazing zero-gravity stand, and smart base. A tabtop! Our friends at iFixit have torn...
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The Surface Dial is much more than a hockey puck
Microsoft has released its take on the all-in-one desktop – the Surface Studio, but also added in a left field item called a Surface Dial that may become indispensable to any Surface touch device....
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What excited me in 2016 – flagship smartphones
It is that time of year when I reflect on what excited me most about devices I reviewed during the year. I reviewed smartphones from A$99 to A$1799. Some were remarkable. 2016 was different to previous...
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