| Today on iTWire | This Morning ACTU to ask government to abandon TPPA Written by Sam Varghese The Australian Council of Trade Unions says it will present independent economic evidence to a parliamentary committee today to show that the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement… Read more... 'Please explain', consumer groups tell Samsung Written by Sam Varghese Samsung is facing a demand from consumer groups around the world to explain how 2.5 million potentially dangerous Galaxy Note7 smartphone were permitted to be… Read more... Cloud underpins Australian digital transformation Written by Ray Shaw Cloud platforms have evolved from being technical novelties into mainstream services that are transforming day-to-day operations within increasing numbers of Australian businesses. Read more... Sony wins the VR war Written by Ray Shaw Sony has just thrown its hat into the virtual reality ring, debuting its Playstation VR that has been years in the making. And with it,… Read more... Robots to rule – but in a good way Written by Ray Shaw ANALYSIS Will robots take over our jobs? Well yes and no, and surprisingly one robot maker is not advocating that outcome at all. Read more... Identity and apps access management is critical Written by Ray Shaw ANALYSIS We all know that the majority of “breaches” are caused by human error, intentional or not. We also know that passwords are among the… Read more... How to hack the US presidential election – a work of fiction Written by David Heath A recently published novel lays out a very clear path showing how someone might steal the upcoming US election. Read more... US bans Note7 from all flights, threatens prosecution Written by Sam Varghese The US Department of Transportation has issued an emergency order banning all airline passengers in the country from carrying Samsung Galaxy Note7 devices. Read more... Galaxy Note7 debacle shows Samsung in poor light Written by Sam Varghese The way Samsung has dealt with the Note7 fiasco is reminiscent of an incident that happened after the Palestine Liberation Organisation was forced to leave… Read more... Samsung assesses the cost of Note7 recall and discontinuation Written by Ray Shaw COMMENT While the recall of the Note7 has been variously estimated by third parties as costing Samsung up to US$17 billion, another aspect of the… Read more... Telstra’s Google Pixel Android OS updates to be available when Google releases them Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Earlier today, I wondered whether Telstra would make its Pixel Android OS updates available at the same time as Google, and they will. Read more... Prurient pursuits and phone banking – have we got a deal for you! Written by Ray Shaw McAfee has found an updated banking trojan that requests a selfie replete with an ID card or passport photo page and then steals your funds… Read more... Seagate 2TB and 5TB 2.5” mobile disks Written by Ray Shaw Seagate has upped the ante on mobile 2.5” hard disk capacity, offering a new 2TB FireCuda hybrid Flash/HDD (SSHD) and a 5TB BarraCuda HDD. Read more... Friday Afternoon All-fibre NBN still top of the agenda for IA Written by Peter Dinham Internet Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to continue its aggressive and persistent campaign for a return to a fibre-based national broadband network despite the government… Read more... ACCC wants to continue ADSL regulation Written by Peter Dinham The ACCC looks set to maintain regulation of wholesale ADSL services to ensure telco customers benefit from a competitive market currently dominated by Telstra. Read more... Get Hinged in Sydney Written by Ray Shaw Hinge, a dating app developed in the US and widely reported as a “Tinder” killer has been re-launched in Australia this week. Read more... Why software-defined storage is the future of IT infrastructure Written by Ray Shaw You would have heard of the term software-defined. Itis now being applied to “everything” — environment, storage, networking, data centres, W-LANs — and in all… Read more... Verizon expresses doubts about Yahoo! deal Written by Sam Varghese Yahoo! has said it is confident about its value after Verizon expressed doubts that the deal to acquire the search pioneer could collapse in the… Read more... Samsung adds 'Atmos-phere' (review) Written by Ray Shaw I had a wonderful three-hour ménage à quatre recently. Me, and Sammie – well her 88” SUHD TV, Dolby ATMOS 5.1.4 Soundbar, and UBD-K8500 4K… Read more... HP Inc to cut another 4000 jobs by 2019 Written by Sam Varghese HP Inc, the hardware arm of the Silicon Valley pioneer formerly known as Hewlett Packard, says it expects to cut up to another 4000 jobs… Read more... VMware cloud coming to AWS Written by Stephen Withers A strategic alliance between VMware and Amazon Web Services will see the mid-2017 introduction of VMware Cloud on AWS. Read more... Ubuntu 16.10 hits download servers Written by Sam Varghese The latest version of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux operating system has been released and is available for download. Read more... Sponsored Announcements BI vendor Yellowfin ramps momentum in Asia Pacific with seven additional channel partners Singapore and Australia, Friday 7th, October, 2016 – Yellowfin, a global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, today announced it has signed agreements with… Read more... 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... |
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