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Monash University wins A$18m for US spy research
Monash University has won an A$18 million dollar research contract to enhance the performance of the US intelligence community. This is the largest research contract ever received by Monash’s Faculty...
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SproutX bolsters agtech industry with startups work space, board expansion
National agtech innovation hub SproutX, a joint initiative between financial services group Findex and the National Farmers’ Federation, has opened what it says is Australia’s first co-working space...
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Linius extends US patents coverage of IP, core invention
Melbourne-based ASX listed video technology developer Linius Technologies has secured additional US patents to further protect its intellectual property and reinforce its already existing core patent....
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Apple starts 2017 hoping things will change
ANALYSIS: Apple hit some major home runs in 2016 and depending on your viewpoint had a great and/or disastrous end to 2016 and/or start to 2017. Sorry, Apple does not comment! It had a record-breaking...
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IPSTAR, Reachnet partner on NZ satellite broadband launch
New Zealand satellite broadband provider, IPSTAR, has partnered with Australian reseller, Reachnet, to deliver IPSTAR retail satellite broadband to over 35,000 regional and rural homes across New...
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MOTO gets sticky and sweet with nutty nougat
Moto (A Lenovo company) has announced that Australian roll-out of Android Nougat 7.0 is happening. Its Australian website lists the Moto Z series, Moto X Force, Moto X Play, Moto X Style and the G...
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More to be done to rid regions of mobile blackspots, says ACCAN
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) says not enough has been done to get rid of mobile phone blackspots in rural and regional areas of the country and it wants the Government...
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Dumb machines, not AI, the problem: expert
An informatics expert says that humanity has nothing to fear from smart machines but the real threat comes from incompetent machines that can screw up things. In an article written for Communications...
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Millions of Aussies still ‘dissatisfied’ with broadband speeds
Almost a quarter of Australians – equating to 3 million people - are dissatisfied with their home broadband speed, according to a newly published survey. And, the survey by comparison website...
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Snowden’s lawyer pushes for unlikely clemency from Trump
Whistleblower Edward Snowden’s Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena has recently expressed his and his client’s desire for clemency to be granted by President Donald Trump. Snowden, the former NSA and CIA...
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VMware expands Horizon with hybrid cloud and more
The latest VMware Horizon updates - including the introduction of a hybrid cloud service running in IBM's cloud - are said to reduce the cost and complexity of delivering and managing virtual...
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Contractors in high demand, IT professionals' job prospects on the improve
Demand for IT professionals is at an historic high, according to a new employment report which reveals that demand is highest for contractors as companies look to increase or maintain their use of...
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Why is Australia Post chief Fahour paid $5.6m?
The Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, draws an annual salary of $522,000. Some would argue that the man is overpaid, given that he has done very little in his nearly 17 months in office. But...
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Fitbit analyses Australian athletes and swimmers
Fitbit is the official high-tech wearable partner of the Australian Dolphins Swim Team. More than 100 coaches, swimmers, and staff now wear its devices to enhance overall athlete performance and...
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Proofpoint 2016 malware report – Bigger, faster and more to come
In Q4, 2016 The largest email phishing campaign was 6.7 times the largest in Q3 and fraudulent social media accounts increased by 100%. These are just two findings from Proofpoint’s 2016 year in...
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BlackBerry adds communications PaaS with SDK
BlackBerry's BBM Enterprise SDK allows developers to integrate secure messaging, voice and video capabilities into their applications and services. Scheduled to be available worldwide this month, the...
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IBM and Ericsson create new 5G antenna module
IBM and Ericsson have developed a phased array chip that could be used in antenna modules for 5G base stations. Frequencies being allocated for 5G services are more than ten times higher than those...
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Senate probe into Centrelink automated debt recovery
The activist group GetUp has welcomed the decision to set up a Senate inquiry into the government's attempt to reclaim money from welfare recipients. The motion for an inquiry, proposed by Greens...
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Optus profits in Q3 show downward trend
Optus has seen its net profits fall in the third quarter of the 2017 fiscal year compared to the corresponding quarter for the previous fiscal year, with the figure down to $188 million from $227...
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Losses blow out to $1.83 billion on NBN rollout
NBN Co has reported a massive loss blowout of $1.83 billion for the first half of 2016, a whopping increase of 47% over the corresponding half of the previous year. The loss was recorded against still...
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