| Today on iTWire | This Morning Netflix hits 5.75 million Aussie subscribers, as take-up challenges Foxtel Written by Peter Dinham Netflix has hit a high of 5.75 million subscribers to its video on demand service, despite the latest research revealing that over four in ten… Read more... ‘Dump’ copper-based FTTN rollout, says IA as one million plus connections readied for service Written by Peter Dinham Internet Australia chief Laurie Patton has again called for NBN Co, the builders of the National Broadband Network, to dump its copper-based (FttN) rollout in… Read more... New NBN milestone with one million-plus premises ready for FttN connection Written by Peter Dinham More than one million premises are now ready for connection the National Broadband Network via the fibre-to-the-node (FttN) network as NBN Co speeds up the… Read more... Surge in foreign IT workers entering Australia, Aussies struggle to find jobs Written by Peter Dinham Foreign IT workers are being imported into Australia in their thousands and paid significantly lower wages than qualified Australian IT professionals, many of whom often… Read more... 7 VIDEOS: CA World 2016 wrap – video interviews, keynotes, executive and customer Q&As, show floor tour and more Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt Last month, CA held its annual CA World conference in Las Vegas. Here are some great video interviews, a show floor tour and more from… Read more... What excited me in 2016 – Bluetooth, noise-cancelling headphones Written by Ray Shaw OPINION Bluetooth, noise-cancelling headphones are a must for any frequent traveller. While there are dozens of brands, four very different ones caught my eye. Read more... What excited me in 2016 – flagship Wi-Fi routers Written by Ray Shaw OPINION It seems this time last year we were extolling the virtues of AC 2600 dual band routers and in 12 short months, we are… Read more... What excited me in 2016 – flagship smartphones Written by Ray Shaw OPINION It is that time of year when I reflect on what excited me most about devices I reviewed during the year. I reviewed smartphones… Read more... The Surface Dial is much more than a hockey puck Written by Ray Shaw Microsoft has released its take on the all-in-one desktop — the Surface Studio — and also added in a left field item called a Surface… Read more... Microsoft Surface Studio Teardown Written by Ray Shaw It is actually Microsoft’s first desktop PC – and its take is to put a very large 28” tablet mounted on an amazing zero-gravity stand,… Read more... Friday Afternoon Brother P-Touch printer PT-P300 – small, light and fast Written by Ray Shaw Brother has uncoupled its new P-Touch labeller from the PC and instead uses an iOS or Android or device as the controller. The result is… Read more... Genesys completes Interactive Intelligence buy Written by Peter Dinham Contact centre software vendor Genesys has completed its acquisition of customer experience vendor Interactive Intelligence. Read more... Ransomware: Windows is the elephant in the room Written by Sam Varghese Ransomware has slowly become the most common and most difficult threat posed to companies and individuals alike over the last year. Read more... Emerson powers up with change of name to Vertiv Written by Peter Dinham Global energy infrastructure provider Emerson Network Power has had a rebranding, changing its name to Vertiv and appointing a new chief executive to run the… Read more... Give a Death Star for Christmas to the Jedi you love Written by Ray Shaw Plox, an Australian innovative and technology company, has launched (pun intended) the Empire’s gravity-defying levitating Star Wars Death Star speaker. Read more... Jetstar agrees to ACCC demand on extras Written by Sam Varghese Qantas' budget airline Jetstar will cease making any default selections for customers in its Web booking interface, following an agreement with the competition watchdog. Read more... Hills, UTC partner on fire-detection product distribution Written by Peter Dinham ICT services company Hills, maker of the iconic Hills clothes hoist, has partnered with UTC Fire & Security to introduce a range of fire-detection products… Read more... Five years on and Chorus gives free upgrades to fibre customers Written by Peter Dinham New Zealand's largest telecommunications infrastructure provider, Chorus, is offering a free upgrade for 85,000 residential fibre broadband customers on its entry-level 30Mbps plan, increasing it… Read more... HP Elite x3 is the desktop of the future Written by Ray Shaw OPINION Three things stood out at the Australian launch of the HP Elite x3, Windows 10 Mobile (W10M), smartphone. Read more... Massive botnet taken down after four-year operation Written by Sam Varghese Arrests and searches in five countries have resulted in the takedown of a botnet known as Avalanche that has been behind phishing attacks and about… Read more... Cyanogen Inc founder Kondik forced out Written by Sam Varghese The founder of Cyanogen Inc, Steve Kondik, has been forced out of the company, according to a statement from the company. Read more... Has Apple lost its mojo, its saviour? Written by Ray Shaw Devout Apple users are lamenting the lack of innovation and that “je ne sais quoi” thrill they used to feel when a new product was… Read more... Third Bankwest branch set to switch to solar Written by Sam Varghese West Australian bank Bankwest is in the process of making a third outlet in the state run mostly on solar power, following the success with… 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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