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Samsung – all home devices connected by 2020
Samsung’s regional forum for Southeast Asia and Oceania is a preview of what is coming in 2017. Amazing new QLED TVs, Dolby Atmos sound bars and systems, robotic vacuum cleaners, dual washing machines,...
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Huawei looking to boost intelligent transport: official
Huawei Technologies, the world's largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, is slowly spreading its tentacles into other fields, using its telecoms technology to good effect, according to a...
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Sophisticated Mac malware 'aimed at select targets'
A malicious payload that can attack machines running either the older OS X or the newer macOS appears to be aimed at select targets and only for the purpose of cyber espionage, a senior security...
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Let the QLED versus OLED TV wars begin
Samsung has invented a new category of TV – QLED and it is very impressive showing visibly better pictures over WOLED in a controlled demonstration. In short, Samsung has designed new technology using...
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Samsung Family Hub 2.0 – could be smarter than You.00
Samsung’s new Family Hub 2.0 comes in the form of a smart refrigerator that can even tell you what is in the fridge and when to pick the kids up from school. It is probably not fair when the fridge is...
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Innovation hype: bah, humbug, says Linus Torvalds
Tech industry people are prone to indulge in ceaseless talk of innovation, but Linus Torvalds has dismissed such talk as "bullshit" and stressed that the daily grind is much more important. During a Q...
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Samsung is about business too
Samsung has a burgeoning “business to business” B2B side using its deep understanding of how business can use technology in wearables, smartphones, and smart devices to custom design them for specific...
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Cambridge Audio does Bluetooth speakers
Cambridge Audio, a 50-year-old British Hi-Fi and speaker company, claims its Bluetooth speakers live up to the promise of a pure and unadulterated British Sound. What is British sound? See the video at...
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NBN chief cops a whack for 'absurd' statements
NBN chief executive Bill Morrow has copped a barrage of criticism from the Information Technology Professionals Association, with his recent statements on the network being described as "absurd" and...
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Google after Aussie hackers – to hire them
Google is on the lookout for Australian hackers – not to admonish them for a hacking exploit, but to employ them for hard-to-fill cyber security positions at the search giant’s own business. The ABC...
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Macquarie completes Canberra data centre expansion
Macquarie Telecom has completed a 50% expansion of its Canberra government data centre - Intellicentre 4 –bunker – to cope with what it says is a strong uptake of services since the centre was launched...
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Spark NZ, Enable partner on ‘street in a week’ broadband trial
New Zealand’s largest telco Spark has teamed up with professional services firm Enable in a Christchurch trial of its ‘street in a week programme which is upgrading customers to broadband networks and...
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ZTE Axon 7 – budget buster packs everything including Dolby Atmos (review)
ZTE has released the Axon 7 and Axon 7 Mini Android smartphones in Australia and both provide top-end, flagship features at mid-range prices. The Axon 7 is a serious contender in the flagship space –...
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Sky and Space Global, SocialEco combine on $1 smarphone initiative
Nano-satellite company Sky and Space Global has signed an agreement with SocialEco, the company behind the $1 smartphone for developing countries, to explore potential markets, products and commercial...
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Fake social media brand profiles increase 1100% from 2014-2016
ZeroFOX’s analysis of 40,000 fake social media brand profiles has found that around half of the fraudsters impersonated a brand and delivered fake coupons or invited “customers” to participate in bogus...
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Huawei, James Cook Uni collaborate on IoT research
The Australian arm of giant Chinese telco Huawei and Queensland’s James Cook University are collaborating on the development of the latest innovations and technology around NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT). In...
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CSIRO, Deakin Uni achieve carbon fibre 'milestone'
The CSIRO and Victoria’s Deakin University say they have joined just a handful of companies around the world that can create carbon fibre from scratch, creating what could be the next generation of...
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Kacific buying new satellite from Boeing
Kacific Broadband Satellites has ordered its Kacific-1 satellite from Boeing after a successful US147 million capital raising from Australian retail investors to fund the satellite purchase as well as...
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Hills sees revenue fall in first six months of FY17
Technology solutions company Hills Limited has seen a fall in revenue for the first six months of fiscal 2017, recording a figure of $157.3 million compared to $164.1 million for the corresponding...
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ZTE – out of the shadows (interview)
ZTE has decided to come out of the shadows and compete head on under its own brand in Australia. iTWire had an exclusive interview with Wayne Cornell, Chief Marketing Officer and Daniel Zhao, Managing...
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