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Monday, 01 March 2021 00:35
First look - the 2020 MacBook Air with M1 processor - wow!
By Alex Zaharov-Reutt
In my hands and in use at various times during the past 48 hours, the MacBook Air with M1 processor is super fast, has great battery life, runs a wide range of iPhone and iPad apps, has no cooling fan and even makes Office 365 run without the "Intel beachball of slowdown pain".
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Sunday, 28 February 2021 23:23
Report suggest Apple will replace iPad mini with folding iPhone tablet, but why would it?
By Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With folding phones still much more expensive than traditional phones and tablets, while I hope Apple makes an iPhone that turns into an iPad, I don't see such a device replacing the iPad mini anytime soon.
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Home Tech
Sunday, 28 February 2021 23:30
Review - new Creative Outlier Air v2 wireless earbuds provide all-day audio
By David M Williams
Singapore-based multimedia company, Creative, has released its latest Bluetooth 5.0 earbuds, the Outlier Air. Not only does this build on Creative’s vast legacy of audio excellence, but enhances the firm’s original award-winning Outlier Air in-ear headphones.
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Computers & peripherals
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Friday, 26 February 2021 16:16
24,000-plus Aussies register for local GeForce Now service
By Stephen Withers
It's only taken a month for more than 24,300 gamers to register their interest in a local GeForce Now cloud-based game streaming service.
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Entertainment
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Brisbane-based construction delivery software specialist E7 has been acquired by infrastructure engineering software company Bentley Systems.
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Deals
AI training data provider Appen has released several new off-the-shelf (OTS) datasets – including babies' cries.
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Data
Friday, 26 February 2021 14:19
The future of 5G is 'standalone 5G', OpenSignal analyses T-Mobile's deployment in the US
By Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Opensignal regularly analyses mobile networks around the world, having recently looked at the 5G experience worldwide as of Jan 2021, with its latest report looking at T-Mobile's standalone 5G network, one of the world's only standalone access 5G deployments to date.
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Telecoms & NBN
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Friday, 26 February 2021 12:30
Remote work tools pose increased security concerns for IT leaders, says LogMein
By Peter Dinham
IT leaders are increasingly concerned about security and scalability of remote work tools adopted early in the pandemic to address the sudden shift to remote work, according to a study by remote support software specialist LogMein.
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Security
Friday, 26 February 2021 11:19
Small businesses seek guidance during pandemic, says ACCC
By Peter Dinham
Small business inquiries to the ACCC increased 60% in 2020 compared to the previous year, in part due to businesses seeking information about their obligations to consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from the ACCC.
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Technology Regulation
Friday, 26 February 2021 11:09
Facebook, Frydenberg both claim victory; for Google, silence is golden
By Sam Varghese
With the news media code now signed into law, it is time for all three entities involved in the drama that played out over the last few weeks — Google, Facebook and the Federal Government — to claim victory.
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Open Sauce
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Friday, 26 February 2021 10:38
Aged Care Royal Commission must recommend technology advancement, says Epicor executive
By David M Williams
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety will complete its report today. It is crucial this report includes technological advancements, especially around caregiving, says Epicor Regional Vice President ANZ, Greg O’Loan.
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Government Tech Policy
ASX-listed Canberra-based cyber security firm archTIS has signed a 12-month contract to supply its Kojensi Gov SaaS platform to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, the company says.
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Security
Friday, 26 February 2021 09:02
MIPS 2021: A glimpse into the future of video technology
By Milestone Systems
EVENT INVITE: With its 16th annual MIPS conference being 100% virtual and free of charge, Milestone Systems invites partners, customers and media to explore the future of video technology under the theme of "Shaping the New Next."
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Strategy
Friday, 26 February 2021 08:57
Nextcloud claims doubling of bookings in 2020 as it updates Hub
By Sam Varghese
Open-source file syncing and sharing software company Nextcloud launched Nextcloud Hub 21 this week, with the new release having a high-performance back-end written in Rust and a number of collaboration features.
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Cloud
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Comments
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Re: iTWire - Fedora users, move to Debian or openSUSE before Red Hat shafts you
What's the big deal? Should Fedora no longer meet my needs, I can change distributions in an hour.
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Re: iTWire - Alibaba Cloud passes 'Australian Prudential Regulation Authority' Assessment
Hi Hedware, I asked, they’re in Sydney Australia.The full list is here:https : // www . alibabacloud . com /[…]
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Re: iTWire - Call of Duty false bans: ACCC issues guidance to Activision-Blizzard customers
Looks like the ban hammer struck again on innocent players! I was one of them! been missing out on 2[…]
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Re: iTWire - MoodOff Day: Turn off your phone for 5 hours to raise awareness of smartphone addiction on Feb 28
Also I updated the links in the article above so they work now. Sorry about that.
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Re: iTWire - Alibaba Cloud passes 'Australian Prudential Regulation Authority' Assessment
Where are the servers based?
