| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Millions of Aussies still ‘dissatisfied’ with broadband speeds Written by Peter Dinham Almost a quarter of Australians – equating to 3 million people - are dissatisfied with their home broadband speed, according to a newly published survey. Read more... Dumb machines, not AI, the problem: expert Written by Sam Varghese 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… Read more... Twitter gets tougher on safety for users Written by Peter Dinham Twitter has taken steps to further beef up safety for users of its services in an effort to be a “safer place” and address issues… Read more... Optus secures deal with Uniting aged care Written by Peter Dinham Optus has sealed a five-year deal with aged care and community service provider Uniting to deliver fixed voice, mobile, Unified Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) and data network… Read more... Bid on a Porsche designed Huawei Mate 9 now Written by Ray Shaw Huawei is auctioning its Porsche Design Mate 9 special edition to celebrate its launch, with proceeds going to the charity Tour de Cure. Read more... Bill to criminalise data re-identification may not pass Senate Written by Sam Varghese An amendment to the Privacy Act, in order to criminalise the re-identification of anonymised released government datasets, may fail to clear the Senate if the… Read more... WD/Toshiba - 512 gigabit, 64-layer, 3D NAND chip Written by Ray Shaw Western Digital has announced pilot production of a 512Gb, three-bit per cell (X3), 64-layer, 3D NAND (BICS 3D) chip from its production partner Toshiba’s Yokkaichi… Read more... NSW councils slammed for IT deals sans tenders Written by Sam Varghese The head of a technology company in NSW has questioned why contracts for IT deals with local councils have been awarded to a Queensland company… Read more... This Morning NBN reaches a third of Australian homes Written by Sam Varghese Australia's National Broadband Network is now available in four million homes, a third of the total to be reached, NBN Co, the company building the… Read more... iSelect launches top level domain name Written by Peter Dinham Online comparison website iSelect has launched its Top-Level Domain (TLD) — .iselect — as it moves to claim a market position as Australia’s “first and… Read more... More to be done to rid regions of mobile blackspots, says ACCAN Written by Peter Dinham 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… Read more... MOTO gets sticky and sweet with nutty nougat Written by Ray Shaw Moto, a Lenovo company, has announced that the Australian rollout of Android Nougat 7.0 is happening. Read more... IPSTAR, Reachnet partner on NZ satellite broadband launch Written by Peter Dinham New Zealand satellite broadband provider, IPSTAR, has partnered with Australian reseller, Reachnet, to deliver IPSTAR retail satellite broadband to more than 35,000 regional and rural… Read more... Apple starts 2017 hoping things will change Written by Ray Shaw 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.… Read more... Linius extends US patents coverage of IP, core invention Written by Peter Dinham 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… Read more... SproutX bolsters agtech industry with start-ups work space, board expansion Written by Peter Dinham 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… Read more... Monash University wins A$18m for US spy research Written by Doron Beer Monash University has won an A$18 million research contract to enhance the performance of the US intelligence community. Read more... Sponsored Announcements Next Telecom wins Australian Gold Customer Service Award again Sydney Monday 6th February 2017: Next Telecom Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s premier (IP) Voice and Data service providers for businesses, today announced it has… Read more... BizData announces natural language collaboration with Narrative Science At BizData, we pride ourselves in selecting only the most innovative technology vendors that will help our customers unlock the total value of Power BI.… Read more... Border security, key IT industry issues under the microscope at the 7th annual CIO Leaders Australian Summit 2017 The international perspective, and the issue of border security for countries like Australia, will be front and centre at this year’s 7th annual CIO Leaders… Read more... Cyber security takes centre stage at the CISO Leaders Summit 2017 in Melbourne Australia’s private and government sectors, like their counterparts around the world, are under constant threat from cyber security attacks. Read more... Yellowfin Connectors enable businesses to view and share data from third-party applications to make better data-driven decisions Easy plug-In connectors end data silos and eliminate the need to log-in and query multiple applications Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor Yellowfin,… Read more... Sri Lanka to Introduce Coding Curriculum into Schools in 2017 Education initiative a key component of Sri Lanka’s acceleration as a knowledge-based economySydney, Australia, 20 December 2016: The Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri… Read more... |
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