| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon ASIC workers join protest against database sale Written by Sam Varghese Workers at the Australian Securities and Investment Commission have become the latest group to join the protest against the federal government's proposal to sell off… Read more... Bill Ferris hits the warning button on research commercialisation Written by Peter Dinham The chair of Innovation and Science Australia, Bill Ferris, has called for greater collaboration between Australian businesses and publicly funded research institutions, and warned about… Read more... Pixel phone: customer service is Google's Achilles heel Written by Sam Varghese Google has done what many people expected and launched its own phone, along with other devices to aid it in its market tussle with Apple's… Read more... Weather delays launch of second NBN satellite Written by Sam Varghese The launch of NBN Co's second Sky Muster satellite was delayed this morning, the company said today. Read more... BadKernel affects one in every 16 Android devices – 100m+ affected Written by Ray Shaw A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Google’s Chromium mobile browser dubbed BadKernel allows hackers to gain control of a user’s Android smartphone. Read more... Yahoo! spied on users' email at spy agencies' behest: report Written by Sam Varghese Yahoo! searched all its users' emails using a specially built program in order to try and locate specific information demanded by American intelligence officials, according… Read more... UE Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom … Written by Ray Shaw If ever you wanted to annoy the neighbours just invite oh, say, 50 of your UE Boom owning, close friends over for a party. UE’s… Read more... City of Moscow begins move away from Microsoft Written by Sam Varghese The city of Moscow plans to replace Microsoft software on thousands of computers with domestic programs, according to a report on the Vedomosti website. Read more... This Morning MUST-SEE KEYNOTE: Google launches Pixel, Pixel XL, Google Assistant, Google Home, Wi-Fi and more Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Once again, Google has thrown down the gauntlet to Apple, and has made the utmost effort to out-Apple Apple as much as it possibly can. Read more... Major US east coast phone carriers hit by outage Written by Sam Varghese All major phone carriers on the east coast of the United States experienced outages of up to 45 minutes beginning at 11am local time on… Read more... Andy Volard VIDEO: Telstra is Google’s exclusive Australian carrier for new Pixel phones Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Google has launched its two new Pixel phones, replacing the Nexus line, with some super high-end features to tempt as many iOS and other Android… Read more... BI, analytics demand drives Qlik Australian growth Written by Peter Dinham The Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics market in Australia is growing strongly for BI provider Qlik. Outside the US and European markets, Australia now represents… Read more... Advertising feeds into ‘unrealistic expectations’ of broadband by consumers: ACCC Written by Peter Dinham The consumer watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has partially blamed the telecommunications industry’s own advertising for contributing to the unrealistic expectations of Internet… Read more... Virtual Reality: VR hardware worth US$50+ billion by 2021, driven by gamers Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt With gaming console-based VR headsets and technology to account for more than 50% of hardware revenues, they’ll interestingly make up only 27% of shipments as… Read more... Dyson cuts down noise with latest Airblade hand dryer Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Dyson’s latest Airblade dryer is now 35% quieter, but doesn’t compromise on speed, hygiene or sound. Read more... ACCC final tick of approval for Telstra SSU compliance Written by Peter Dinham Four years after signing a Structural Separation Agreement (SSU), Telstra has finally completed a remediation programme which brings its undertakings under the SSU into full… Read more... Seagate’s new 8TB Backup Plus Hub Written by Ray Shaw Seagate has upped the personal storage ante to 8TB with the release of its Backup Plus Hub replete with two additional full-size USB 3.0 always on, charging… Read more... Zenoss signs Optus for performance monitoring Written by Ray Shaw Optus has joined Telstra, University of South Australia and others in selecting Zenoss to provide end-to-end monitoring, service impact management and predictive analytics for its… Read more... MNF secures 4G mobile deal wth Telstra Wholesale Written by Peter Dinham VoIP and cloud telecommunications services provider MNF Group has inked a virtual mobile network deal with Telstra Wholesale to begin offering mobile services across 3G… Read more... Memory prices at a two-year high Written by Ray Shaw While memory — DRAM/V-NAND/Flash/SSD/NVMe — is just part of a computing device, it is skyrocketing in price with a 30% increase over the last quarter. Read more... It is not how much data; it is how much is ROT Written by Ray Shaw At the recent Veritas information management conference, it was revealed that perhaps as much of 60% of unstructured data was redundant, obsolete, and trivial (ROT). Read more... Telstra also trialling V2I and V2X tech with Cohda Wireless, eyes 5G, too Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Telstra and Cohda Wireless have "successfully trialled Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) technology over Telstra’s 4G network in South Australia" on the way to V2X tech. Read more... The Echofied Q&A guide to making better business, lifestyle and finance decisions Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt A new Q&A expertise platform has launched to "empower consumers to make better decisions" regarding "home loans, super, legal, real estate, business, cars, insuranc"’ and… Read more... Sponsored Announcements MGTS appointed to distribute NX Witness in Australia Network Optix, America’s fastest growing software company, has appointed MGTS as a distributor for Nx Witness in the Australian market. Read more... Focused alliance pays customer loyalty dividends for ICT Networks and Juniper Networks A highly focused, long-term alliance between Sydney-based ICT Networks and Juniper Networks continues to yield dividends in terms of customer loyalty driving business expansion. Read more... Vodafone’s Iñaki Berroeta to look at the ‘future of mobile’ in TelSoc Charles Todd oration Vodafone Australia chief executive Iñaki Berroeta will be the latest of a long-list of high profile ICT industry and business leaders to give the Telecommunications… Read more... Yellowfin’s Business Analytics Workflow a “welcome development” for BI industry says Devlin Yellowfin’s introduction of a unique Business Analytics Workflow within its Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software platform – to facilitate superior collaboration between data analysts… Read more... BI software vendor Yellowfin to host data driven marketing Webinar series Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, is set to host a series of educative Webinars on data-driven marketing best practices throughout Wednesday… Read more... StorageCraft releases VirtualBoot for vSphere Global backup and disaster recovery leader, StorageCraft® Technology Corp., has announced the release of StorageCraft VirtualBoot™ for vSphere, a new technology that makes the recovery… Read more... |
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