| Today on iTWire | This Afternoon Plantronics BackBeat Pro 2 Bluetooth, ANC headphones (review) Written by Ray Shaw “Just let me hear some of that rock'n'roll music, any old way you choose it, it's got a backbeat you can't lose it, any old… Read more... Orion pushes ahead with global growth in healthcare market Written by Peter Dinham New Zealand-based healthcare tech solutions provider Orion Health is claiming 110 million patient health records under its management worldwide as the company pursues further global… Read more... Schoolgirl, 18, held over DDoS attacks Written by Sam Varghese An 18-year-old student at the Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, has been charged with launching distributed denial of service attacks against more than… Read more... Alibaba says 'Open Sesame' in Australia Written by Ray Shaw Alibaba is open for business with its first Australian based cloud joining Germany, Japan, US East and West Coasts, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong and of… Read more... Scams on the increase as scammers target pensions, Centrelink benefits Written by Peter Dinham Scammers have fleeced more than $27,000 from unsuspecting Australians this year, targeting many with bogus calls, supposedly from the Department of Human Services or Centrelink,… Read more... CSIRO releases roadmap for manufacturing Written by Sam Varghese Australia's premier government scientific organisation, the CSIRO, has drafted a blueprint for the future of manufacturing in the country. Read more... Aussies, New Zealanders expected to spend $10.7 billion in online Xmas shopping Written by Peter Dinham Australian and New Zealand shoppers are expected to spend $10.7 billion on online purchases over the Christmas period, forsaking traditional bricks and mortar retailers in… Read more... US seeks details of digital currency users Written by Sam Varghese The US Internal Revenue Service has issued a broad order to the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to provide details of its users in order that it… Read more... This Morning Video Interviews from StartCon 2016: Cheryl Mack, Matt Barrie and Patrick Malatack Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt StartCon 2016 was on over the weekend and was filled to the brim with great info, sessions, speakers, stages, a hackathon, Security Cup challenge and… Read more... Strategic shift, not complete business overhaul, best for digital success: Microsoft Written by Peter Dinham Australian organisations that approach business change as a “shape-shift” within a greater strategy, rather than a company overhaul, are poised for greater success in digital… Read more... Robots power Ocado warehouses automation Written by Peter Dinham European online-only grocery retailer, Ocado, has developed 4G-based protocols to communicate with thousands of robots powering its new automated warehouses. Read more... South Australia opens new $1.2m Manufacturing Technologies Centre Written by Peter Dinham South Australia has opened a new Manufacturing Technologies Centre designed to help businesses grow by providing access to the state’s best researchers, financial institutions and… Read more... Westpac online banking back after four days Written by Sam Varghese Westpac's online banking service has been on the blink for the last three days, with users unable to process payments and update balances. Read more... Aussies lying to get jobs – what’s new, mate? Written by Ray Shaw New research reveals 42% of applicants deliberately lie to prospective employers – embellishing a CV is not a little white lie. Read more... Enterprise threat intelligence as a service (ETIAS) Written by Ray Shaw It is becoming vital for enterprises to gain threat intelligence from the widest possible range of sources to adapt proactively to the ever-changing security environment.… Read more... Smart webcam can go rogue Written by Ray Shaw Your worst nightmare must be your webcam or security camera going rogue and spying on you. Hey, it is an IoT (Internet of Things) device… Read more... Sony is tantalisingly close to right – Xperia XZ (review) Written by Ray Shaw Sony has finally got tantalisingly close to right with its new Xperia X series – the Experia range starts with the entry-level XA, then X,… Read more... Search Party finds a new director at Microsoft Written by Stephen Withers Recruitment services company Search Party has appointed Nick Gundry as a non-executive director. Read more... There is much more beneath the Surface Written by Ray Shaw OPINION: A few years ago, the face of personal computing started to change from boring black and beige notebook and desktop PCs and Macs to… Read more... BidEnergy buys into US market with first acquisition Written by Peter Dinham Australian energy-tech startup BidEnergy has announced its first US acquisition, buying RealWinWin (RWW), a company which secures rebates from utilities on behalf of customers via… Read more... Sponsored Announcements A Bumper Christmas eClub Event Celebrates 20 Years of Offis Multi-Cloud Services Sydney cloud services company Offis is celebrating its twentieth birthday in the only way it knows how: filling a room with some of the smartest… Read more... Yellowfin, La Trobe University launch partnership with analytics challenge award Australian-based global business intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has officially launched its industry partnership with La Trobe University with the presentation of the… Read more... The Secrets to True Innovation - Amazon Futurist HB Siegel to Visit Australia Amazon may once have been ‘just’ an online bookseller, but how should anyone describe the company today? Its ever-growing retail operation aside, Amazon has also… Read more... Which JavaScript Framework is Best for You? A JavaScript framework has become one of the preferred backbones in building a website. As it would be nigh on impossible to evaluate all of… Read more... Influential Futurist H.B. Siegel (Pixar/ILM/Amazon) Comes to Sydney H.B. Siegel’s current job title of Principal Investigator might sound rather mundane, like some kind of local school inspector. However, once you learn his employer… Read more... Analytics vendor Yellowfin to enable infographics and beautiful dashboards with 7.3 launch Global Business Intelligence (BI) and analytics software vendor, Yellowfin, has positioned itself as the leading modern BI platform for creating code-free analytical applications, purpose-built analytic… Read more... |
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