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Battery size, manufacturing defects caused Note7 fires: report
Samsung's official investigation into its Galaxy Note7 device, which began to explode and catch fire a month after release, has found that it was due to the irregular size of some batteries while...
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Microsoft expected to cut more jobs
Microsoft will announce the final 700 job cuts for FY 2016-17 next week at its quarterly earnings report. Analysts are saying that is not too bad for a company employing more than 114,000 people....
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Apple sues Qualcomm - joins the queue
Apple claims mega ARM chip maker Qualcomm “charges it at least five times more in payments that all the other cellular patent licensors we have agreements with combined.” It also alleges extortion so...
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Pay attention to digital ethics
"Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should." Avanade Australia managing director Sarah Adam-Gedge says digital ethics are "a core part of a digital culture" and "a big topic for this...
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Optus lifts regional mobile coverage through small cell connections
Optus is boosting its investment in regional mobile phone coverage, announcing plans for the installation of satellite small cells across six different locations in South Australia and five locations...
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DDoS attacks larger, more frequent and complex says Arbor
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are becoming more frequent and complex, forcing businesses to deploy purpose-built DDoS protection solutions, according to a new infrastructure security...
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DeriaLock ransomware for Windows demands payment by Skype
Researchers at Acronis, a private company that makes backup software and data protection solutions, have discovered a new variant of the DeriaLock ransomware for Windows that has one new trait: it...
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3+ billion credential breaches in 2016 – 2% success rate
2% success rate equals 60 million successful logins and countless collateral damage in emptying bank accounts, ID theft, ordering goods and services, and advancing other illicit criminal activities. It...
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Paul Harapin – Major-domo at Domo Australia
“Why does it take weeks to get the information I need to run my business?” questioned CEO Josh James on his journey in 2010 to developing Domo – perhaps the world’s easiest-to-use tool for getting...
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BitChute: the first serious Youtube competitor?
Since its inception in 2005, Youtube has dominated the market for video sharing despite the best efforts from alternatives such as Dailymotion and Vimeo. However, an interesting new competitor called...
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Another raft of security updates from Apple
Apple has released updates for iOS, macOS and other products to fix a number of security issues. Given the commonality among macOS, iOS, watchOS and tvOS, it's not surprising that security fixes for...
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NETGEAR’s connected world in 2017
While Wi-Fi AD speeds (7.2Gbps) are definitely part of the 2017 landscape, it is more about what a mix of good Wi-Fi, the right range extenders, and Ethernet cabling can do for home networking to...
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Online is the new school bully playground
54% of Australian parents believe their children are more likely to be bullied online instead of the school playground. That is the tip of the iceberg. Cyber bullying is a growing issue – not just for...
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Why Malcolm Turnbull has Russian hacking on the brain
There are three possible reasons why Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is apparently spreading the news that Australian elections are vulnerable to hacking by Russia. First, the man may be suffering from...
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1stGroup rebrands health portal as MyHealth1st
Australian online heath portal group 1st Group has rebranded its health portal to MyHealth1st from 1stAvailable. 1st Group managing director Klaus Bartosch said the new brand made it clear that the...
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CPSC praises Samsung over Note7 recall
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has praised Samsung and its partners for achieving a 97% recall record for the Galaxy Note7. “Each year, CPSC announces about 400 recalls. And each...
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Pod GPS tracker goes modular
A new, modular version of the Pod GPS tracker is set to go into production as the project hits its Kickstarter target. Sydney-based Pod Trackers has been in the GPS pet tracker market for two years,...
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Cisco buys AppDynamics – stops its IPO
Networking giant Cisco has paid US$3.7 billion for AppDynamics, quashing the latter’s intention to go to an IPO very shortly. AppDynamics occupies a very interesting niche – Application Performance...
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Great Scott - LinkedIn's Kevin to become Microsoft's new CTO
The joke around Redmond is that Kevin Scott, LinkedIn’s senior vice president of Infrastructure saw Microsoft’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) position on LinkedIn and decided to drink the Kool-Aid....
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Netflix extends downloads to Android microSD cards
Late last year Netflix opened up its app to allow for download for offline viewing. While aimed at desktop use its popularity on Android and iOS devices has been high. But the problem is that most...
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