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| Sep 4, 2026 | GPT-6 Astra Goes Live: AGI Claim Fails OpenAI Own Bar, Monitoring Called Fragile | By Kyle Belmonte Published: Sep 04 2026, 7:53 AM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Stripe Opens Checkout to 85% of ASEAN Consumers Unreachable by Cards Alone | By Daniel Butler Published: Aug 25 2026, 3:48 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Lazarus Group Hacked Defense Workers With Windows Kernel Zero-Day for Five Weeks | By Earl Bensen Published: Aug 12 2026, 2:34 PM EDT Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard |
| Dec 14, 2024 | SuperLink и SuperLink Microwave от Huawei. Что это за технологии? | В конце ноября китайская корпорация Huawei и телекоммуникационная компания Zain KSA представили новую технологию связи — SuperLink Microwave. Это аппаратно-программное решение для высокоскоростной беспроводной передачи данных. По словам раз... |
| Oct 19, 2024 | ESXi – не GNU linux и не Unix, если вы вдруг не знали (и прочие мелочи) | Продолжаем неторопливо вести отбор кандидатов из РФ, присутствую иногда на интервью, как Non-sogreedychatGPT, слушаю, что рассказывают кандидаты. Надо заметить, что уровень кандидатов из РФ продолжает движение в сторону давно забытых термин... |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Why Australian companies are still failing miserably at real-time data | Australian executives are quickly realising the opportunities that AI has to offer in terms of improved efficiency, operations, visibility and processes. Investment has followed, with businesses in the ANZ region planning to invest 15% more... |
| May 17, 2024 | “Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups | Enlarge Bloomberg via Getty Images reader comments 154 Buried under the news from Google I/O this week is one of Google Cloud's biggest blunders ever: Google's Amazon Web Services competitor accidentally deleted a giant customer a... |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Fintech Australia Announces New Corporate Partnerships | Fintech Australia has signed up major corporate partners, establishing a total of 11 key partnerships within the last five months. Fintech Australia‘s ecosystem partnership program assists firms with collaborating with the Fintech sector an... |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Quantum computing ecosystem expands in all directions | Maybell’s Icebox Dilution Refrigerator condenses a room-sized cryogenic setup into a system slightly larger than your kitchen fridge to cool quantum devices to the necessary temperatures. Image: Maybell Quantum It’s hard to keep up with all... |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Weekly Wrap #83: Scalapay's on a roll, a coal troll & new VCs unfold | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world. If you love the Weekly Wrap, please spread the word and help it grow: Forward this to friends/colleagues b... |
| Feb 14, 2022 | Funding for Aussie tech hits record highs, as startups bank $850 million in two weeks | Reejig co-founders Siobhan Savage, Mike Reed and Dr Shujia Zhang. Source: supplied. Aussie startups have raked in more than $850 million in investment in February so far, as VC funding pours into Australian tech at record levels. In the two... |
| Feb 6, 2022 | Meta May Leave EU Market Over Privacy Regulations | Meta is threatening to leave the EU market if it’s not allowed to share EU user data with its US-based data centers. The EU ruled in 2020 that using US cloud providers was a violation of the GDPR. Because they are often required to hand ove... |
| Jan 31, 2022 | CloudTwilio and Teleperformance innovate next gen cloud contact centre solutions | Twilio and Teleperformance innovate next gen cloud contact centre solutions. Cloud communications platform Twilio and digital integrated business service Teleperformance collaborate to introduce the next generation of cloud contact centre s... |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Meeting the Needs of Today's Hybrid Work and Learning Environments, Cyber Acoustics Continues Momentum into 2022 | VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyber Acoustics, a leading manufacturer of reliable and affordable computer peripherals used in schools, businesses, and homes, today celebrates 2021 milestones that include continued inno... |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Meeting the Needs of Today's Hybrid Work and Learning Environments, Cyber Acoustics Continues Momentum into 2022 | As work from home and virtual learning continue the need for innovative, affordable, reliable, and sustainable tech solutions has never been greater VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyber Acoustics, a leading manufacturer... |
| Dec 17, 2021 | Weekly Wrap #79: The Wrap of Wraps; Rokt Rocks; Deals & Steals | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world. If you love the Weekly Wrap, please spread the word and help it grow: Forward this to friends/colleagues b... |
| Dec 3, 2021 | Weekly Wrap #77: Tis the season for talent wars, awards & name changes | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world. If you love the Weekly Wrap, please spread the word and help it grow: Forward this to friends/colleagues b... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Payments Fintech mx51 Appoints Varghese Matthew as New Chief Customer Officer | Payments Fintech mx51 has reportedly hired ex- Mastercard Australia VP Varghese Mathew to serve as its Chief Customer Officer. Varghese brings around 10 years of industry experience in financial services and tech to the role, occupying key ... |
| Oct 27, 2021 | «Убийственные» советы: Google всё перепутала в медицинских рекомендациях для эпилептиков | Александра Кукуть 27 октября 2021, 16:59 «Убийственные» советы: Google всё перепутала в медицинских рекомендациях для эпилептиков В поисковике Google есть блоки с краткими ответами на искомый вопрос, избавляющие пользователя от необходимост... |
| Oct 22, 2021 | Weekly Wrap #71: Bitcoin's explosion, Snap's erosion, Atlassian's culture locomotion | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world. If you love the Weekly Wrap, please spread the word and help it grow: Forward this to friends/colleagues b... |
| Oct 8, 2021 | This Week In Credit Card News: The Postal Service’s Check Cashing Test Raises Concerns; Target Now Offers BNPL | The Postal Service’s Tiny Check-Cashing Test Sparks a Big Reaction |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Weekly Wrap #56: Xero turns 15 & Skedulo banks $100m | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world. If you love the Weekly Wrap, please spread the word and help it grow: Forward this to friends/colleagues b... |
| May 14, 2021 | Weekly Wrap #48: Sales, Sagas, Shipping & Billionaire Crypto Trolls | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world. Please keep the great feedback coming. If you love the Weekly Wrap, share away. Share Seen any interesting... |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Weekly Wrap #45: Ink-credible Raises, VC Beast-Mode & More Marketplaces | Welcome to our Weekly Wrap, where we cut through the noise to bring you our favourite insights from the technology and startup world. Please keep the great feedback coming. If you love the Weekly Wrap, share away. Share Seen any interesting... |
| Feb 22, 2021 | 'Silver Sparrow:' New Malware Detected Poses Dangerous Threat to Intel and M1 Macs | Luis Smith, Tech Times 22 February 2021, 07:02 am A new and suspicious malware is detected from Intel and M1 macOS and is now on 30,000 laptops from the Cupertino-based tech giant. According to Mashable, the malware, named "Silver Spar... |
| Apr 10, 2020 | As the Coronavirus Ravages the United States, a Fragile Truce Between Beijing and Washington Takes Hold | For weeks, as the novel coronavirus has torn through American cities, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) diplomats and the Trump administration had traded barbs, blaming each other for the pandemic. The sharp rhetoric had initially dimmed prospe... |
| Feb 8, 2020 | Banning Huawei Could Cut Off Our Nose To Spite Our Face. Good 5G matters | wp_booster error: td_api_base::get_key : a component with the ID: single_template_8 Key: show_featured_image_on_all_pages is not set. /var/web/site/public_html/wp-content/plugins/td-composer/legacy/common/wp_booster/td_api.php (rara-error) ... |
| Feb 8, 2020 | Banning Huawei Could Cut Off Our Nose To Spite Our Face. Good 5G matters | wp_booster error: td_api_base::get_key : a component with the ID: single_template_8 Key: show_featured_image_on_all_pages is not set. /home/r8qkakm4wchc/public_html/wp-content/plugins/td-composer/legacy/common/wp_booster/td_api.php (rara-er... |
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| Jul 22, 2019 | Daily funding roundup - July 22nd, 2019 | FluroSat raised $4.6M; Freedom Robotics closed $6.6M; Mixhalo landed $10.7M FluroSat: FluroSat offers crop health monitoring and analytics services. FluroSat has raised $4.6 million in a new funding round, with the funds to be used to furth... |
| Nov 2, 2018 | Intel CPUs fall to new hyperthreading exploit that pilfers crypto keys | Enlarge Intel reader comments 174 with 103 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Over the past 11 months, the processors running our computers, and in some cases phones, have succumbed to ... |
| Jun 27, 2018 | New Details Leak on Security Flaw That Led OpenBSD to Disable Hyper-Threading | Last week, the head of OpenBSD development, Theo de Raadt, told the press that the OS project he leads would no longer enable Hyper-Threading on Intel processors because of security issues. A full paper is due to be released in August at th... |
| Jun 25, 2018 | Hyperthreading under scrutiny with new TLBleed crypto key leak | Enlarge / A shiny wafer full of Kaby Lake refresh parts. Intel reader comments 112 with 76 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Last week, developers on OpenBSD—the open source operating ... |
| Jan 17, 2018 | The impromptu Slack war room where ‘Net companies unite to fight Spectre-Meltdown | Enlarge / The early disclosure of Meltdown and Spectre by Google and the fumbled responses by hardware vendors left cloud companies scrambling to react. So they united to fight the dumpster fire of poor communication and bad patches. US Air... |
| May 31, 2017 | Check out a Down Under IoT solution to environmental quality | According to the head of an Australian environmental consulting services company, the first part of improving environmental quality is tracking it, overcoming regular methods that only capture a few locations and focus on basic displays of ... |
| May 10, 2017 | Исследование: только треть индийских программистов умеет писать компилируемый код | Отдел новостей 10 мая 2017, 18:16 Исследование: только треть индийских программистов умеет писать компилируемый код Оставить комментарий... |
| Feb 4, 2017 | Livestream ‘Piracy Fest’ on Facebook Shut Down by Foxtel | On Friday evening millions of Australians were tuning into to the long awaited rematch between the Australian boxers Anthony Mundine and Danny Green. Those who wanted to watch it live couldn’t do so cheaply, as it was streamed exclusively b... |
| Nov 2, 2016 | SME opportunities abound in the digital disruption landscape | Last week, I wrote about why businesses have to worry about more than just their direct competitors in this age of Uber-inspired category disruption. The fact is we are seeing incredibly rapid and far-ranging transformations going on throug... |
| Jun 11, 2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 6/11/16 | Monster acquired Jobr; Nokia plans to buy Gainspeed; DocPlanner merged with Doctoralia Job search website Monster acquired mobile job recruitment app Jobr. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed. Jobr has been working with Monster fo... |
| Mar 15, 2016 | Five leading experts on the state of the NBN | By The Conversation Is the rollout for Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) on track? Are we employing the right technology for the job? Will the NBN be fast enough to handle future demands? The Senate Select Committee on the Nation... |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Samsung Galaxy Gear S2 Review Roundup: Here’s What Critics Have To Say Two Months After Launch | Fritz Gleyo, Tech Times 09 December 2015, 07:12 pm Last Oct. 2, the Samsung Gear S2, Samsung's latest smartwatch, was released in the United States. Aside from a few questionable assessments, the initial impressions were mostly positiv... |
| Oct 14, 2015 | Crossed wires: ISPs are already struggling to retain our metadata | Today we learnt that 84% of internet service providers (ISPs) in Australia have not met the deadline set by the federal government for them to start collecting metadata. And 61% are asking for some exemption or variation in the requirements... |
| Oct 3, 2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 10/3/15 | Google bought Jibe Mobile; Axel Spring acquired Business Insider; Microsoft made three purchases German publishing giant Axel Springer purchased a majority stake in digital business news website Business Insider. The deal valued Business In... |
| Jul 13, 2015 | One fifth of businesses still using Windows Server 2003; Nursery to back-pay $30,000 after stinging workers for rent: Midday Roundup | One fifth of Australian and New Zealand businesses are still using Windows Server 2003, despite support for the operating system ending tomorrow. A survey conducted by Telsyte and commissioned by Dell has also found 24% of businesses runnin... |
| Jul 1, 2015 | How to track your favourite artist’s music habits; hurdles for big data down under; and artificial intelligence just got weirder: Best of the Web | Listening to your favourite musician’s own playlists probably is as great as it sounds, and that’s exactly what users of the music discovery platform Shazam will soon be able to do after the application announced it would roll out the new f... |
| Jun 11, 2015 | Kaspersky: Windows A Better OS Than iOS, OS X, And Android | Rex Macadangdang, Tech Times 11 June 2015, 08:06 am Russian Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and founder of the IT security company Kaspersky Lab, stated during the AusCERT security conference in Australia that Windows is a safer operating system comp... |
| Jun 11, 2015 | Windows Phone security is top notch, says Kaspersky | There is lots of talk surrounding the level of protection offered by leading mobile operating systems Android and iOS. Whether it is about a new vulnerability, or new security features, it does not take you long to find an authoritative com... |
| Apr 22, 2015 | Google wants more mobile-friendly websites in its mobile searches | When you search Google on a mobile device, any website that is not mobile-friendly will be harder to find from today. Depending on the website, this may translate to fewer visitors, an apocalyptic scenario that has been dubbed “mobile-geddo... |
| Feb 20, 2015 | How much will Australia’s metadata retention plan really cost? | The metadata retention debate is heating up with Prime Minister Tony Abbott telling us the cost of not going ahead with compulsory retention of metadata will be incalculable and will represent a form of unilateral disarmament in the face of... |
| Jan 27, 2015 | Apple Maps Connect for small business goes live in Australia | Apple is now allowing Australian business owners to change how their businesses are listed in its Apple Maps service. The local introduction of Apple Maps Connect comes after Apple chief executive Tim Cook issued a formal apology over the p... |
| Jan 13, 2015 | A curved screen and a closer release date: iPhone 7 rumour mill continues to spin | The iPhone rumour mill is beginning the new year with plenty of strength behind it, showing tech pundits are still not sick of guessing what Apple will do next. The new rumours have the new iPhone 7 model with a ‘curved’ or flexible screen ... |
| Dec 17, 2014 | Can we please just get on with the National Broadband Network? | Earlier this year, I attended a dinner for about 150 people. The first thing we all did was head for the bar to grab a drink, swamping the staff and setting back the dinner schedule by nearly two hours. We learned that it is better to place... |
| Nov 5, 2014 | Boosting the commercial returns from research: the missing link | AVCAL has long advocated for a stronger nexus between publicly funded research and real economic outcomes. The roadmap towards achieving this, however, has been a matter of much public debate. What the paper doesn’t mention, however, is the... |
| Aug 20, 2014 | Telstra, Optus and Vodafone face class action; Alannah Hill returns to fashion with Louise Love brand: Midday Roundup | Law firm ACA Lawyers has launched a class action against Telstra, Optus and Vodafone over their late payment fees, reports IT Wire. The lawsuit comes after a landmark decision in the Federal Court in February that found the ANZ Bank’s credi... |
| Aug 1, 2014 | Government domain name snapped up for $30,000 by private company in digital asset blunder | The Australian government has allowed its ownership of a prized domain name to expire and be snapped up by a private investor, raising questions around how organisations and businesses should go about protecting their digital assets. The do... |
| Jul 21, 2014 | Why did it take Catch of the Day three years to a reveal data breach? | Deals website Catch of the Day has told some of its customers their passwords and credit card details were stolen, three years after the data breach took place. Owned by Australian e-commerce giant The Catch Group, Catch of the Day wrote to... |
| Jul 16, 2014 | Phablet fad put on ice as larger iPhone is delayed until next year | Apple won’t be rushing to join the phablet fad this year, with insiders revealing the tech giant’s plans for a larger-sized iPhone are being put on hold. While tablet-sized phones, or ‘phablets’, are said to be the next big growth area for ... |
| Jul 9, 2014 | Google rakes in $1.8 billion revenue, pays $7.1 million tax | It has been a tightly held figure, but we now know just how much search engine giant Google rakes in each year from advertising revenue in Australia—and just how little the company pays in tax. With the government hinting at a tax crackdown... |
| Jun 26, 2014 | Tough love: Cupid Media struck by Privacy Commissioner for breaching privacy laws | Online dating company Cupid Media has come under fire from the Australian Privacy Commissioner for breaching privacy laws after it was hacked last year. Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim found the company failed to take reasonable steps to secur... |
| Jun 26, 2014 | Heartbreaking: Cupid Media struck by Privacy Commissioner for breaching privacy laws | Online dating company Cupid Media has come under fire from the Australian Privacy Commissioner for breaching privacy laws after it was hacked last year. Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim found the company failed to take reasonable steps to secur... |
| Sep 20, 2013 | Good Technology claims iOS 7 security first | Good Technology‘s Good for Enterprise, Good Connect and Good Share will all feature full iOS 7 support from the day the new mobile OS is available to customers. A company spokesperson claimed it was the only secure mobility provider to offe... |
| Mar 27, 2013 | B&N Sweetens The Deal For Windows 8 Users With Free Nook Books And Magazines | Barnes & Noble content and tablet subsidiary Nook Media, part-owned by Microsoft specifically to help boost content for its new Windows 8 platform, today put some of that strategy into action: it has announced that people who download t... |
| Nov 14, 2012 | 8ta, Google Team Up To Provide Free Internet To Subscribers | 8ta, the mobile unit of Telkom, South Africa’s most powerful information and communication technology solutions provider, is teaming up with Google in a deal that will see subscribers receive free internet access, in a move to facilitate in... |
| May 4, 2012 | Oz updates ICT plan | Oz updates ICT plan The Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) has updated its draft ICT strategy to reflect the new focus of the agency over the next eight years, ZDNet reports. AGIMO claims it will drive a co-operativ... |
| Feb 16, 2012 | Disasters spur recovery re-evaluations | Disasters spur recovery re-evaluations Businesses were 14% more confident in their backup and disaster recovery capabilities in 2011 than in the previous year, says a new report by Acronis, IT Business Edge writes. Ironically, it may be the... |
| Feb 6, 2012 | Linux unveils open source tablet | Linux unveils open source tablet The Spark, an open source tablet that will be available for purchase by May this year, is part of the Linux-based MeeGo project, which is hosted by the Linux Foundation, iTWire reports. The device will run o... |
| Nov 15, 2011 | SMEs targeted for cloud | SMEs targeted for cloud While some providers are looking to free trials to get businesses, particularly small ones, to try out the cloud, there's no such pussyfooting around from Telstra: it has launched a small business cloud CLOUD OR... |
| Oct 21, 2011 | VMware unveils cloud-based IT management suites | VMware unveils cloud-based IT management suites Once regarded as a mere purveyor of bare metal hypervisor server virtualisation software, VMware is now attempting to stamp its credentials in the cloud CLOUD ORACLE SIP Call Fraud Protection.... |
| Oct 7, 2011 | Enterprises move to support BYOD | Enterprises move to support BYOD Australian employers are slowly moving from rejection of private employees' devices at work, to gradually building and implementing IT frameworks to support 'bring-your-own-device' (BYOD) prac... |
| Jul 27, 2011 | GADGET WATCH: Telstra T-Hub | Telstra has been branching out over the past few years into new types of hardware, and the T-series gadgets have been at the forefront of a sizeable marketing campaign. The T-Hub, a cross between a tablet and a phone, has also been featured... |
| Dec 17, 2010 | Did the FBI Build Backdoors Into OpenBSD? | The FBI is being accused of planting backdoors in the security-focused open source operating system OpenBSD. OpenBSD is used in commercial security products such as firewalls from Calyptix and .vantronix. Thus far, a code audit has not reve... |
| Sep 26, 2010 | Younger browsers liable to status jacking | A new report from security firm AVG finds Australian browsers between the ages of 18 and 25 are more liable to status-jacking. The study finds 40% of young adults in Australia, the US and Britain share passwords for computers and social net... |
| May 27, 2010 | Lexmark acquires Perceptive Software | Lexmark acquires Perceptive Software Lexmark has agreed to buy out enterprise content management vendor Perceptive Software for $280 million, reports CMS Wire. This is part of Lexmark's plans to move into the enterprise content managem... |
| May 12, 2010 | If It's May It's Time For The Press To Parrot Bogus Stats Announcement From The BSA | Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, every May is marked by the release of intentionally misleading and bogus stats from the Business Software Alliance (or, more accurately, the Bogus Stats Alliance) concerning software “piracy.” As w... |
| Mar 11, 2010 | Bubbly spills across India, into Asia | Success of "voice-based Twitter" abroad confirms our cultural differences If all the world’s billion plus tweets were converted to audio, I’d stock up on ear plugs. Apparently, though, that’s because I live in the U.S. In India, v... |
| Feb 3, 2010 | Avaya Labs denies reports Australian R&D to shut down | Network technology group Avaya has denied reports it is shutting down its research and development team, but refused to confirm if any staff lost their positions in a reshuffle. The statement comes after reports on websites including IT Wir... |
| Jan 18, 2010 | Apple vs. Nokia: Who's Right in the Patent Battle? | Every business outlet is covering the ongoing Nokia/Apple patent fight, but few have been willing to hedge any bets on which of the two companies is actually justified. Someone must be in the wrong; which smartphone maker is it? If you'... |
| Dec 27, 2009 | Privacy Theater: Why Social Networks Only Pretend To Protect You | Editor’s note: The following guest post was written by Rohit Khare, the co-founder of Angstro. Building his latest project, social address book Knx.to, gives him a deep familiarity with the privacy policies of all the major social networks.... |
| Nov 4, 2009 | AFACT v iiNet: Half of All iiNet Traffic is BitTorrent | It’s day eleven in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (earlier coverage of day one, day two, day three, day four , day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ... |
| Nov 3, 2009 | AFACT v iiNet: – Pirates Will Be Cut Off With a Court Order | It’s day ten in the copyright infringement case of AFACT – representing several Hollywood studios – and Aussie ISP iiNet (earlier coverage of day one, day two, day three, day four , day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine. Continu... |
| Sep 17, 2009 | Minister: BitTorrent Will Not Be Blocked By Aussie Filter | Last year, Australia’s Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy welcomed a report demonstrating advances in Internet content filtering technologies. “The Internet is a wonderful tool that is delivering benefits to increasing numbers o... |
| Jul 27, 2009 | Skills index shows IT recruitment to rise | A new report from recruitment company Clarius shows the bottom of the downturn has been reached by the ICT market, and it is now starting to recover. The survey shows that the rate of job losses in the ICT sector has slowed in the past thre... |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Oracle gets green light to acquire Sun for $7.4B | Sun Microsystems just announced that its shareholders have approved its landmark sale to Oracle for $7.4 billion at a rate of $9.50 a share. But the software titans aren’t done yet — the deal still has to survive antitrust inspection by the... |
| Jul 16, 2009 | Oracle gets green light to acquire Sun for $7.4B | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Sun Microsystems just announced that its sharehol... |
| Mar 23, 2009 | Kiwis Scrap Controversial ‘3 Strikes’ Anti-Piracy Law | In 2008, the New Zealand government passed ‘3-strike’ legislation which was designed to have alleged copyright infringers disconnected from the Internet. Last month a code of practice was drafted by the music industry and ISPs which attempt... |
| Mar 18, 2009 | Kiwi ISP Already Disconnecting Alleged Pirates | The entertainment industry has lobbied extensively for a “guilty on accusation” process for years now. Last year they had a breakthrough when New Zealand enacted the first such law, commonly referred to as Section92. It went largely unnotic... |
| Feb 9, 2009 | As IM Finally Begins To Open Up, Yahoo And Microsoft Cling To The Stone Age | Last week Meebo and Facebook teamed to launch the first integration of Facebook Connect + Chat, allowing Meebo users to chat with their Facebook friends from the popular web-based IM service. The feature has had a rocky history: Meebo used ... |
| Feb 8, 2009 | Unpatched computers hit hard during January | The number of unpatched computers attacked by a particular outdated virus surged in January, according to new data from computers security firm Fortinet. The company’s 2009 Threatscape report shows an exploit in a Microsoft Security Bulleti... |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Next major Android handset revealed: the Agora | The next gPhone has arrived, and surprisingly, it looks pretty nice. Although we were all very excited about China’s Sciphone (not really), the Kogan Agora and its upgraded twin, the Agora Pro, are probably a much better bet. It looks rathe... |
| Nov 24, 2008 | Internet stress fracture | While the failing economy has been the focus for the last few months, the internet may also be turning into a victim. Nemertes Research has released a 70-page study revealing it predicts a major internet “stress fracture” within the next fo... |
| Oct 28, 2008 | Lose your mobile, damage your company | A survey of British legal firms shows its workers are putting clients at risk by misplacing mobile devices that contain crucial and confidential legal data. The survey reveals 24% of firms questioned admitted to misplacing devices containin... |
| Sep 23, 2008 | New 32GB iPhone? | Quickly after the introduction of new iPods and software updates, rumours abound that Apple may soon announce a 32GB version of its popular 3G iPhone device. Quickly after the introduction of new iPods and software updates, rumours abound t... |
| Aug 4, 2008 | Hulu in talks about expanding online TV from US to Australia | Online streaming TV portal Hulu has reportedly been talking with Australian broadcasters about an advertising-based portal there, in a move that could thwart the chances of the ABC's new iView technology being used instead. After launc... |
| Jun 26, 2008 | Flirting Over Email Or Text In Scotland Could Land You In Jail | It appears some Scottish politicians are putting forth a bill that could put people in jail for up to 10 years for sending a text or email with “sexual content.” The goal of the bill is to discourage sexual harassment over email or text mes... |
| Apr 29, 2008 | Next-gen Apple iPhone on the horizon | Rumours are beginning to fly about when we will see the new 3G Apple iPhone, with 9 June firming as a likely launch date. InformationWeek reports that Apple chief Steve Jobs is scheduled to make the keynote address at the World Developer’s ... |
| Mar 31, 2008 | New free web-based photoshop software | Software company Adobe has released a free web-based digital photo storage and editing tool called Photoshop Express, iTWire reports. Users can upload photos from their computer to the program and then use it to edit them, using functions s... |
| Feb 29, 2008 | Apple’s iPhone for the business market | Next week Apple will unveil new iPhone features to appeal to business to help it compete with the BlackBerry phone. The announcement will also include information for programmers about how they can create software for the iPhone. Get daily ... |
| Feb 21, 2008 | Apple moves on iPod Shuffle | Apple has moved to counteract the explosion in cheap iPod Shuffle clones by releasing a 2GB version of the Shuffle and slashing the price of its 1GB version, iTWire reports. In Australia, the 1GB Shuffle is on the shelves now for $65, while... |
| Feb 20, 2008 | 400,000 unlocked iPhones in China | Apple is losing big money as unlocked iPhones proliferate around the world. By the end of 2007 there were already 400,000 unlocked iPhones on China Mobile alone, not counting China Unicom and carriers in Hong Kong, reports ITWire. Get daily... |
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