IDC: Global tablet market to ‘rebound in 2018’ and grow through 2020
iPads are expected to "come out of a slump" and "Windows to open doors for growth" in the tablet market by 2018, but the sales decline is expected to continue through 2016. While a rebound in sales is...
View ArticleVIDEO Interview 2016: F5’s Agility in securing and delivering the ‘new...
At the F5’s successful Sydney and Melbourne Agility 2016 events, the company shared how applications, availability and security are part of the enterprise’s new digital norms. F5. The company says that...
View ArticleVIDEO: Ericsson shifts 5G to ‘next gear’ with world-first commercial 5G radio...
Ericsson says mobile networks can now "shift to the next gear with Ericsson 5G and LTE Advances", able to "address key requirements of 5G" in today’s networks. Ericsson said it will commercialise its...
View ArticleNBN Co and Nokia set to go extremely XG.FAST at 5Gbps
NBN Co and Nokia are looking at XG.Fast technology paired with FttDP, with trial speeds delivering from 5Gbps to lab results of 8Gbps over twisted pair copper lines. Dennis Steiger, chief technology...
View ArticleNew EU law proposed to protect online publishers
The European Union is set to propose laws that will let publishers seek royalties from news aggregators such as Google, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper said it had seen...
View ArticleParliamentary probe into census debacle
A parliamentary panel will hold an inquiry into the failure of the Australian census website last month and also look at the privacy implications of the Australian Bureau of Statistics' new data...
View ArticleSamsung Gears up – meet the GS3 smart 'phatch'
Comic strip detective Dick Tracy first showed his two-way wristwatch communicator in 1946, and although there have been numerous attempts to emulate that, the technology has not been up to the task –...
View ArticleWi-Fi stuff-up: ABC alters online transcripts again
The ABC has been caught out once again altering its online transcripts after it was reported to have omitted necessary details. Last week, the ABC omitted the name of Dr Maryanne Demasi from the list...
View ArticleFalkenstein to lead CA in ANZ
Paul Falkenstein has worked for CA Technologies for 20 years. He knows the company inside out. Most recently he was the chairperson of CA Japan and prior vice president, Customer Portfolio Management,...
View ArticleBig German firm loses A$59m in online scam
Europe's largest manufacturer of wires and electrical cables has lost €40 million (A$59.38 million) in an online scam, with one of its staff being duped into transferring this amount to the wrong bank...
View ArticleTelnyx partners with Equinix on next generation VoIP services expansion
VoIP wholesale service provider Telnyx has partnered with global data centre operator Equinix to expand Telnyx’s high-performance platform to Europe and Asia. Ian Reither, co-founder and chief...
View ArticleData in the spotlight at Corinium chief data and analytics forum
Evaluating the current state of data and analytics in Australia & New Zealand will be one of the key ICT industry matters under the microscope at next week’s Corinium Intelligence Chief Data and...
View ArticleNEC Australia and NT Police innovation win AIIA iAward
NEC Australia and the Northern Territory Police Force have been presented the Infrastructure & Platforms Innovation of the Year National iAward at the Australian Information Industry Association...
View ArticleCensus 2016: Greens' push to make ABS drop fines
The Australian Greens have drafted a motion to secure a commitment from the government that the Australia Bureau of Statistics will not fine anyone who does not complete the census. Independent senator...
View ArticleExplosion reports: Samsung may recall Note7 devices
Samsung appears likely to recall all Galaxy Note7 devices sold at home and abroad after reports that a few of them exploded while charging, a company official told South Korea's Yonhap news agency. The...
View ArticleSilber, Sandler to keynote at Nextcloud conference
The open-source file syncing and sharing software company Nextcloud will hold its first company conference from 16 to 22 September in Berlin. The chief executive of Canonical, Jane Silber, and the...
View ArticleApple's Cook blows hot and cold on cash stash
Apple chief executive Tim Cook is keeping people guessing as to whether the company will repatriate its massive pile of cash stashed outside the US or leave things as they are. In an interview with the...
View ArticleSennheiser sounds good at IFA
At this year’s IFA Berlin (Internationale Funkausstellung – International Radio Exhibition) German company Sennheiser released four new corded headphones series and three new microphones including one...
View ArticleHERE Location Platform beat all comers
A GPS – global positioning system – is only as good as its maps, and maps are only part of an overall platform that comprises time and location data, speed limits, traffic, safety cameras, points of...
View ArticleTorrentLocker ransomware uses AFP, Australia Post as lure
The makers of the TorrentLocker ransomware appear to be using well-known organisations in order to make their job of extracting money from unsuspecting users easier. Over the period from April to...
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