Two-City Start For Telstra’s New 5G Portable Gadget
SYDNEY: Dying to try 5G communications, but don’t know where to start? Telstra may have just the answer, after this week launching... Read More
Samsung Releases Popular T7 Portable SSD In New Colours
Samsung’s T7 Portable SSD, one of its most popular storage solutions, is being relaunched in a wider selection of colours – it... Read More
Sony’s New ZV-1 Digital Camera Is Made For Video Content Creators
Sony has launched the ZV-1, a pocket-sized digital camera that can film in 4K, designed for vloggers, content creators and casual visual... Read More
GoPro Design Boss Exits, Former Apple Exec
GoPro has reportedly lost its key design chief after nearly four years at the company. The loss of the former Apple executive... Read More
Telstra Trials High-Spectrum 5G
SYDNEY: Telstra has begun trialling faster millimetre-wave 5G mobile phone technology. The technology, which could be eight times faster than 4G, is... Read More
NBN Usage Jumps, Rollout Nears End On Work-From-Home
CANBERRA: More than seven million Australians are now connected to the NBN – and usage has jumped significantly, apparently due to the... Read More
Smartphone ODM Shipments Fall
TAIPEI: Digitimes Research has cut its global smartphone shipment forecast for 2020 to 1.15 billion units, down 15.4pc from 2019’s 1.36 billion... Read More
Telstra 5G Hits 157Mbps – But US Operator Achieves 506Mbps
SYDNEY/LONDON: Telstra’s 5G service has been rated at an average 157 megabits per second (Mbps) in a UK-based survey of leading 5G... Read More
ABS: Laptop Imports From China Surged During COVID-19 Lockdowns
According to the latest trade figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), imports from China continued to recover in April from... Read More
Drone Deliveries In Canberra Surge 500%
Wing, a drone delivery company that is owned by Alphabet, has been trialling its services in Canberra, and since February, the firm... Read More
Apple Recovers In China
SHANGHAI: Apple sales in China continued to recover in April, due partly to the release of a cheaper iPhone. It’s an extraordinary... Read More
‘Tablets For Seniors’ Key To Keeping Minds Active
Tablets specially designed for seniors could alleviate loneliness and help to keep minds active in old age. As many seniors live away... Read More
Oz Launch Date For 2-in-1 Lenovo Chromebook Duet Confirmed
Lenovo has confirmed that its ultra-thin Chromebook Duet notebook will be available in Australia from July and the local RRP will be... Read More
Lenovo Deliver Record Pre-Tax Income Despite Coronavirus
Chinese PC manufacturer, Lenovo, has reported an all-time high pre-tax income of US$1.02 billion for FY19/20 (up 19%), despite the economic impact... Read More
FBI Cracks Encrypted iPhones
WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice has skited it has retrieved information from a pair of iPhones linked to alleged terrorist without... Read More
‘Your Phones May Not Work’: Huawei Exec Warns Aust.
SYDNEY: Chinese networking giant Huawei has warned that Australian telecommunications could be severely impacted by the latest US technology bans on the... Read More
Pixel 5 To Revamp Motion Sense After Buyer Gripes
Google’s next flagship phone, the Pixel 5, is tipped to potentially lose motion sense tech featured within the Pixel 4, powering gesture... Read More
MSI Giveaway: Free Bundle For Purchases Made At JB HI-FI
MSI has partnered with JB HI-FI to offer consumers a free bundle products with the purchase of select MSI products. If an... Read More
ASUS Unveil New Google Meet Videoconferencing Kits
Taiwanese PC manufacturer, ASUS, has sought to ramp up workplace conferencing tech amid COVID19, unveiling its new stand-alone videoconferencing kits to run... Read More
Samsung Launches Curved Monitor To Reduce Eyestrain
Samsung Electronics Australia has just launched its Curved CT55 monitor, which provides a more immersive viewing experience than a flat-screen monitor and... Read More
Microsoft Blazes A Trail Of Acquisitions And Collaborations
HELSINKI/REDMOND/JERUSALEM: There’s much ado about Microsoft, with the software giant announcing a collaboration with Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia, along with several... Read More
New Dual Screen Surface Tablet Delayed
As supply issues cause problems for notebook manufacturers, Microsoft who has already delayed the launch of their Windows 10X OS code named... Read More
Asus Expects Notebook Shipments To Grow By 30% In Q2
Asus has forecast notebook shipments to grow by 30% in Q2, driven by millions more working remotely. This would build upon the... Read More
Intel Invests In Chinese Chips
SHANGHAI: Intel Capital, the venture arm of chipmaker Intel, has invested in two Chinese start-ups in the semiconductor sector. The investment comes... Read More
NBN Revenue Hits $2.8 Billion As Seven Million Target Looms
CANBERRA: NBN Co has reported a 38 percent revenue increase in Q3 to $2.8 billion, driven by strong demand spurred by the... Read More
Major CE Stock Shortages Up To September Set To Affect Retailers
Is CE and appliance retailing entering a twilight zone driven more by a shortage of stock than a shortage of customers wanting... Read More
Chinese Smartphone Shipments To Vendors Rebound By 17pc
SHANGHAI: Smartphone shipments to vendors in China rose 17 percent in April, compared to the same month a year ago. According to... Read More
Tracing App Now ‘Fully Functional’
CANBERRA: Deputy chief medical officer Paul Kelly says the Federal Government’s coronavirus tracing app is working, after all states and territories signed... Read More
Dell Takes On MacBook Pro with 17” XPS 17
Dell has sought to take on the likes of Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro with the launch of its sleek, new 17-inch XPS... Read More
Sony Facing Major Hurdles, TV, Camera, Audio & PlayStation Businesses Hit
Sony is facing several hurdles with the Japanese Company confirming a major slump in revenues and profits, as they struggle to manufacture... Read More
PCs Made Before 2020 Vulnerable To ‘Thunderspy’ Attacks
Björn Ruytenberg, a security researcher from the Eindhoven University of Technology, has found that PCs manufactured in 2019 and earlier can be... Read More
Western Digital’s My Passport Wireless Pro & SSD Hard Drives Recalled
Western Digital’s My Passport Wireless Pro and SSD Hard Drives with the switching mode power supply APP524-051240U have been recalled. The affected... Read More
Lenovo Unveils ThinkPad Laptops Powered By AMD Ryzen 4000
Lenovo has unveiled its new ThinkPad E14 and E15 laptops, which offer up to AMD Ryzen 7 4700U processors with Radeon Graphics,... Read More
Notebook Demand Remains Resilient, But Supply An Issue
According to the latest figures from Strategy Analytics, global demand for new notebooks remained resilient during the challenging first quarter of the... Read More
DJI’s New Drone Targets Industry & Business Users
China’s DJI has launched its most advanced commercial drone platform – the Matric 300 RTK (M300 RTK) – alongside the new Zenmuse... Read More
Leaked: New Ultra-Powerful Samsung Phone
Korean electronics maker, Samsung, has reportedly been caught out publicly testing a radical new smartphone, with ultra-powerful capacity tipped for 2021 at... Read More
Microsoft Taking Pre-Orders For New Surface Go 2 Tablet
Microsoft is now taking pre-orders for its new tablet Surface Go 2, ahead of the 12th May release date. In Australia, the... Read More
Samsung’s New Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Now In Oz
Samsung Electronics Australia has launched its new Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, which provides key design updates. The slim and lightweight model will... Read More
Android TV Rumoured For ‘Google TV’ Rebrand
Google is rumoured to ditch its Android TV branding in favour for ‘Google TV’, following a continuing trend of removing the Android... Read More
Spotify CEO Expects Apple To Further ‘Open Up’ Platforms
The Chief Executive of music streaming service, Spotify, expects Apple to further open up its hardware and software platforms to third-party developers,... Read More
Microsoft Tipped to Delay Dual-Screen ‘Surface Neo’
Market watchers question whether Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Neo will launch in the lucrative 2020 holiday season, following a blog post revealing the... Read More
Apple Debut 13” MacBook Pro With Magic Keyboard – From $1,999
Apple has finally launched its new 13-inch MacBook Pro after several months of rumours and teasing, featuring amped up graphics, double the... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Acer Lifts Profits 6.7% As HP Profits Slump Over 70%.
Acer Australia has avoided a massive slump in profits recently reported by archrivals Hewlett Packard and Lenovo despite a fall in revenues.... Read More
COVID-19 Lockdown Set To Provide A Lasting Boost For App Market
Sensor Tower has forecast that app spending will double to $171 billion by 2024, despite the COVID-19 economic downturn. The market research... Read More
‘We’re Coming Back’: Apple Plans To Re-Open Aussie stores
SYDNEY/SAN FRANCISCO: Apple will re-open its 22 Australian retail stores in one to two weeks. All of Apple’s stores outside of mainland... Read More
Worldwide Tablet Shipments Expected To Climb 45% In Q2
Global shipments of tablets are expected to rise by 45.5% in Q2 2020, representing a year-on-year increase of 9.9%, driven by recovered... Read More
Entertainment During Lockdown: The Best Notebooks For Watching Movies
With people being confined to at-home entertainment during the COVID-19 lockdown, demand is rising for notebooks that can deliver an immersive and... Read More
AMD Sales Up 40%, Outlook Hits Shares
Component manufacturer, AMD, has reported a 40% YoY increase in sales for the March quarter, with a weaker outlook sending shares down... Read More
DJI Taking Pre-Orders For Its New Chinese Made, Mavic Air 2 Drone
Chinese Drone maker DJI is now taking pre-order for its new Mavic Air 2 drone via its online store, and will start... Read More
Apple Rumoured To Be Working On ARM-Powered Mac
Apple is reportedly gearing up to release its first Mac computer powered an in-house designed ARM processor next year. According to Bloomberg,... Read More