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Using fibre-to-the-distribution-point technology for the NBN instead of fibre-to-the-node will enable the Turnbull Government to save face and also provide…

Switching the national broadband network to using fibre-to-the-distribution-point technology is an interim solution; the correct solution, which will cost about…

Internet Australia executive director Laurie Patton has repeated his call for the government and Opposition to come together and commit…

Australia's second largest telco Optus says it will spend $1 billion to update and expand its mobile network in regional…

Jobs advertising for the ICT industry topped the list of advertising in all job sectors in New South Wales and…

More than a month after a ransomware attack on their Windows computers, journalists at San Francisco's public TV and radio…

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says there are encouraging signs that competition in the telecommunications sector is…

Apple has released security updates for all of its platforms, and also for Safari for Mac, and iTunes and iCloud…

Oracle has updated the hardware used in its Cloud at Customer programme, and extended the range of services available.

Samsung has launched its new Galaxy Book, a 10.6” or 12” Windows 10, two-in-one, and the Galaxy Tab S3, a…

Security firm UpGuard has disclosed that nearly four million accounts of users of financial publishing company Dow Jones were exposed…

The number of new disclosed iOS (CVE) vulnerabilities in the first quarter of 2017 was greater than all of 2016,…

The ACCC is finally moving to investigate the Takata killer airbag scandal which has resulting in the largest vehicle recall…

Fintech hub, Stone & Chalk is extending its reach into Victoria, with founding CEO of Fintech Victoria, Alan Tsen, to…

If I have an accident in my car, which I now know has the recalled dodgy airbags, I could be…

The leak of a massive trove of data in Sweden has recently come to light, with the actual leak having…

As the seventh anniversary of its forking from OpenOffice.org looms, the free office suite LibreOffice has established itself as the…

Cross-platform software vendor Parallels has appointed Kevin Greely as general manager of its Asia Pacific region.

Microsoft has issued a list of deprecated and removed features from its Windows 10 Fall (Spring in Australia) Creators update.…

A Star Wars-themed spoof paper has been accepted for publication by a number of scientific journals, according to Discover magazine's…

After seeing too many new customers and people wanting to stream at the same time last Monday, today’s Season 2…

The premier mixed martial arts outfit, UFC, has announced a new broadcast partnership with Fetch TV, resulting in Fetch now…

Huawei has been awarded the Internet of Things (IoT) Innovator at the Australian communications industry awards for excellence, the ACOMMS…

iTWire has formed a jobseeker focused jobsite — JobZilla — bringing together 10 years of experience and business relationships gained…

Plantronics latest Bluetooth headpiece is stylish and affordable while delivering premium audio even in noisy areas.

OPPO keeps rolling out new models in its bid to conquer the smartphone market – at least in its homeland…

The winners of the 2017 Communications Alliance Awards were announced at the 11th Annual ACOMM Awards Dinner held in Sydney.

Not-for-profit GP clinic Inala Primary Care has been awarded for its work on developing an app designed to tackle the…

Right now, everybody is trying to crowd-source everything. In fact, there should be an app for crowdsourcing your crowdsourcing idea.

Pivotel Satellite has won the 2017 ACOMM Communications Alliance’s Satellite Provider of the Year Award, for its pivotal, industry-first “Big…

A new report from Reportlinker Insights has found that 57% of respondents to a survey believe there is no guarantee…

South Australia is participating in a Singapore conference aimed at exploring new opportunities from emerging technologies, and their impact on…

The biggest criminal marketplace on the dark web has been taken down through a co-ordinated operation launched by authorities in…

You got your driver’s licence as soon as you could – a rite of passage. Now as a millennial with…

Microsoft has announced US$23.3 billion revenue (up 13% year-on-year) and a US$6.5 billion net profit (up 73%) for its Q4…

A survey of Australian consumers and senior decision-makers has found nearly half (46%) had experienced cases where the adoption of…

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield clearly believes in the slogan that a former Labor prime minister, Julia Gillard, used in her…

Australian construction materials and building products supplier Boral is deploying MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform to support key business initiatives, including supply…

Vodafone gives you roam to move, leaving you free to roam in NZ, and free to roam in the 63…

Hyperconvergence has its benefits, with Centra Networks choosing HPE SimpliVity for a “flexible, scalable and future-proof cloud platform.”

And the winner is – sorry, you will have to read the article to find out. But HP’s new x2…

Microsoft Surface Pro 2017 (Pro) is a premium Windows 10 PC tablet/detachable that continues the category defining Surface hybrid family…

HP Spectre x2 (2017) is a premium Windows 10 PC tablet/detachable keyboard – a style made famous by Microsoft’s Surface…

OPPO has brought a dual camera to a mid-range phone at half the price of many competitors. If first looks…

If you have a spare $40,000 lying around and you want to invest it in possibly the best TV you…

Apple has gone on the front foot as far as the passage of encryption laws in Australia goes, having already…

Internet Australia chief Laurie Patton has called for a bipartisan political solution to solve what he says are key problems…

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has identified the retail telecommunications sector and rising levels of consumer complaints as…

Credit card company Visa notes “more than half of Australians would prefer to use fingerprints, voice or retina scans in…

WikiLeaks has released details of proof-of-concept ideas and assessments for malware attack vectors from CIA contractor Raytheon Blackbird as part…

Taiwan manufacturers Foxconn, Pegatron, Compal and Wistron have joined Apple in its legal battle against Qualcomm, charging that the chip…

Kogan, the rogue one, has introduced a massive 75-inch TV for under $2K with enough power to destroy the profits…

Researchers from the Red Team at CyberArk Labs have found a new way of domain fronting that allows an attacker…

Epson’s flagship 25,000 lumens laser projector, the EB-L25000UNL, will be in use at the Gertrude Street Projection Festival (GSPF) from 21 July to…

D-Link has announced that its mydlink Wi-Fi Smart Plug (DSP-W215) is compatible with the Google Assistant on Google Home, eligible Android phones…

NBN Co has inked a deal with US-based networking equipment provider Adtran, in a supply agreement for software, hardware and…

Data centre operator NextDC has taken a 14.1% stake in Asia Pacific Data Centre Group (APDC) for $29 million to…

Victoria’s Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning has partnered with tech start-up Gemini3 to deploy its matching platform across…

IBM has opened a new data centre in Sydney along with two new centres in London in the UK and…

Twice bitten by delays, but no longer shy, Bixby is now officially rolling out to US owners of the Samsung…