Monday, 31 July 2017

Vodafone Australia halves loss to AU$82 million for half-year


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Data61 partners with Ruralco to develop 'data-centric' solutions for agribusinesses


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DFAT enjoying freedom to innovate outside of classified government network


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The future will be voice-operated but digital assistants need to learn apps


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NBN creates dedicated churn team to resolve customer issues


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ACMA to look into NBN customer woes


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​Four years ago no one would know if we had an outage: ATO


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Aussie cloud computing startup Joviam takes on the US


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LibreOffice 5.4: The best office suite gets better


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Facebook acquires startup Ozlo to build up AI for Messenger


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Surge predicted for digital bank accounts in Brazil


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First look: the Fitbit Charge 2 is a wearable fitness band with a great smartphone app


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Exposed IoT servers let hackers unlock prison cells, modify pacemakers


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Samsung launches service for monetizing IoT data


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175,000 IoT cameras can be remotely hacked thanks to flaw, says security researcher


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Understanding the performance of the modern data center


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I mocked the Apple Pencil. Now my iPad productivity depends on it


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Windows 10 S is ready for testing (but just barely)


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Vodafone chooses NBN modem with backup 4G for NBN outages


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Microsoft starts shipping its own keyboard with built-in Windows Hello sign-in


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Google told to come clean on how it tracks what you buy offline


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What I learned running the Mac High Sierra beta


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NSA whistleblower Snowden: VPN ban makes Russia 'less safe and less free'


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Hands-on: A walk through the openSUSE Leap 42.3 installer


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With PlaceIQ, location data is all about the apps


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Rackspace secures strategic channel relationship with AWS


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Intel i9's new rival: Latest Ryzen Threadripper is AMD's cheapest yet


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Windows 10's Subsystem for Linux exits beta ready for Fall Creators Update


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Toshiba Tecra X40-D review: A solid 14-inch business laptop with a great keyboard


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Australian ​eSafety Office keeping tabs on UK-style age verification for pornography


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​Samsung begins selling Harman audio products in South Korea


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Sunday, 30 July 2017

​Samsung develops 6CA-supporting LTE modem tech


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​NextDC boosts offer price to acquire APDC


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NBN CEO hits out at corner-cutting ISPs with a mere 1Mbps allocated per user


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Apple firmware may tip iPhone 8 front design, face unlock feature


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​Ombudsman says SMBs are a growing target for cybercrime in Australia


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Hutchison to sell fixed-line unit to I Squared Capital for HK$14.5b


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Putin bans VPN use in Russia


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Xiaomi secures $1b loan for global push and offline sales


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Computing shifts may rearrange pecking order for Intel, Qualcomm, AMD, Nvidia, chipmakers


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Zillow: Machine learning and data disrupt real estate


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Apple removes VPN apps from China App Store to comply with government


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Three new Strap Studio Gear S3 smartwatch band options: Horween leather and textiles to match your style


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BT warns Ofcom against disincentivising its investments in ultrafast broadband


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Saturday, 29 July 2017

Video Roundup: New in ransomware


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Singapore university opens incubation site in Jakarta


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Friday, 28 July 2017

Nokia received $2B from Apple as part of settlement agreement


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A foolish petition to open source Adobe Flash


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Made in the USA -- by robots


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These were the best hacks at Black Hat and Def Con this year


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