Woolworths Cancels Online Orders
Customers have been left without groceries for days after technical issues plagued Woolworths’ online ordering system. According to a report by iTnews,... Read More
FANG Throw Support Behind Net Neutrality
Netflix, Amazon, Google, Facebook and other major online companies have thrown their support behind net neutrality once again, ahead of a “Day... Read More
Small Businesses Call For End To “Netflix Tax” Loophole
Customers are already paying more but small businesses say that the new “Netflix Tax” doesn’t go far enough. As reported by The... Read More
Xiaomi Posts Record Sales
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi shipped 23.16 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2017, up 70 percent on the same period last... Read More
Symantec To Buy Fireglass
With ransomware attacks dominating the headlines, it seems there’s no better time to consolidate the cyber-security industry. Symantec is continuing to do... Read More
Tosh’s Chip Sale Falters
With the US$18 billion sale of Toshiba’s memory chip unit to a Japanese government-approved consortium now under threat, some interested buyers are... Read More
Just A Giant Scam: Bitcoin Cops A Full Kohler Blast
Crypto-currencies including bitcoin are a “giant scam”, according to the ABC’s financial commentator and Australian Business Review editor Alan Kohler. “There are... Read More
Local Microsoft Jobs Axed As Big Software Group Looks For Cost Savings
As tipped by ChannelNews Staff at Microsoft’s North Ryde, Sydney, HQ, spent the weekend wondering if they’ll experience a pink slip in... Read More
AEC Plans ‘Penetration Test’
The Australian Electoral Commission is reportedly preparing to test the security of its core electoral systems ahead of the next federal election... Read More
SA Labor Government Tries To Nobble Media Over Battery Farm
The South Austraian Labor Government of Premier Jay Weatherill kept the Australian press on a very tight leash at the weekend when... Read More
Tesla Partners With SA Government To Build World’s Largest Battery Installation
The South Australian state government has announced that it will work together with Tesla and French renewable player Neoen to build the... Read More
Jamo Announces Restructure + New CEO
Weeks after Melbourne-based Qualifi took over distribution of the Klipsch range, Jamo—a long time brand at Qualifi—has announced a major restructure, a... Read More
Oppo Move Into The Good Guys With A77
Chinese smartphone brand Oppo is set to further their presence in the mid-tier market, announcing Australian availability for both their A77 smartphone... Read More
Apple Tipped To Go “All-OLED” By 2018
While an OLED display is tipped to be coming to only one of the three iPhone’s tipped for release this year, new... Read More
U11 Kicks HTC Back Into Play As Revenues Jump 52%
HTC is back in the winner’s circle and a major contributor appears to be their all new HTC U 11 which is... Read More
Record Fine Tipped For Google
EU antitrust regulators are considering another record fine against Google over its Android mobile OS. The regulators have set up a panel... Read More
What’s In A Name? $4bn Maybe
What’s in a name, you ask? Well you might well ask John McAfee, pictured, the creator of the eponymous anti-virus computer software.... Read More
Hackers Demand New Petya Ransom
A hacking group linked to last week’s Petya ransomware attack is demanding US$250,000 for a private encryption key used in the attack.... Read More
Australia Drops Seven Places In UN Cyber Security Top Ten
Australia has slipped from 11th to seventh spot in the world’s ranking of committed cyber security countries for 2017. The United Nations... Read More
Flighty Hanson May Have Broken Aussie Drone Rules: Report
Pauline Hanson may have flouted Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) laws governing the use of drones in Australia, it seems, as video... Read More
World Leaders Cool To Turnbull Plea On Data Decryption
Malcolm Turnbull appears to have picked a fight with major Silicon Valley companies, including Apple and Google, by announcing a plan to... Read More
Soundcloud Culls 40% Of Staff
The free audio streaming company announced today on its blog that 173 employees will be let go. The lay-offs follows the company’s move in... Read More
Small Businesses To Save On Amex Fees
American Express is planning to reduce transaction fees for some small businesses by 1 percentage point as it pushes to double its presence... Read More
Australian Economy Bounces Back With Trade Surplus
New figures from the ABS has seen the Australia’s balance of goods and services surpass estimates to record a trade surplus of $2.47... Read More
Skype Passes “Netflix Tax” Onto Customers
Skype has become the latest digital giant forced to change its business model for the Australian market, following the introduction of the... Read More
Imagine Disputes Apple Graphics
UK graphic chipmaker Imagination Technologies is continuing to hold preliminary talks with potential buyers, as the company looks to sell itself. The... Read More
Samsung Boosts Chip Investment
Samsung Electronics says it is planning to invest at least US$18.6 billion to extend its lead in memory chips and next-generation smartphone... Read More
Govt. To Can Passenger Cards
Passports may yet become a thing of the past Down Under for all those tech executives who trzavel, as the Department of... Read More
Feds Call In The Cops On Medicare Card Dark Web Scandal
After initially running quiet on the issue of Medicare cards being marketed on the “dark Web”, the Turnbull Government has decided to... Read More
KKR Gets To Check Vocus Books As $795mil. Bid Looms
Australia’s No 4 telco and fibre network NBN operator Vocus, is edging closer to a possible takeover, inviting global buyout operator Kohlberg... Read More
NBN Rollout Costs More Than Most Other Countries
The price of rolling out NBN fibre-to-the-premises connections in Australia could be the highest in the world, the Senate committee overseeing the NBN... Read More
Hynix Still In Tosh Chip Sale
An exerted effort by the Japanese Government to keep Korea’s SK Hynix out of the bidding for Toshiba’s semiconductor unit may have... Read More
Facebook Challenges Court Gag
Facebook is challenging a gag order from a US court that is preventing the social networking giant from talking about three government... Read More
ACCC To Probe Murdoch Bid For Ten
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has set up an inquiry into the bid by Lachlan Murdoch, pictured, and Bruce Gordon to... Read More
TNT Struggling To Deliver As Petya Aftermath Continues
Seven days after the Petya malware attack infected international courier giant TNT Express – now owned by the USA-based FedEx – the... Read More
Retail Spend Rises Again
Australian retail turnover rose by 0.6% to $26.08 billion in May 2017 according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of... Read More
Nokia Ramps Up VR Plan
Is this a signal as to where Nokia is heading? The Finnish phone maker appears to be ramping up its virtual reality... Read More
ACCC Plans To Put Oz Telcos, NBN Under The Microscope
The ACCC is also planning a major investigation of the telecommunications sector, with a special eye on issues surrounding the NBN and... Read More
Fairfax Shares Take A Bath
Shares in Fairfax nosedived almost 11 percent on the ASX yesterday, following the weekend announcement that two possible contenders for parts of... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Major Management Makeover At Woolworths Owned Big W
A major shakeup has been announced by struggling retailer Big W with the appointment of several new senior managers, for what what... Read More
Apple Catches Attention Of ACCC Over Westpac App
ACCC chief Rod Sims has indicated that the regulator will be seeking a proper explanation from Apple, after reports the tech company... Read More
Former Samsung Executive To Head Nokia Consumer Tech
Nokia has appointed former president and CEO of Samsung Electronics North America Gregory Lee to lead its Technologies division. Lee spent 13... Read More
ACCC Crack Down On Small Business Surcharges
The ACCC have urged small business operators to prepare for the incoming ban on excessive payment surcharges, set to come into effect from Australia from... Read More
Intel Ruling On The Horizon
Europe’s top court has set September 6 as the date it will rule on whether to uphold Intel’s appeal against a US$1.2... Read More
Dropbox Ponders IPO
Data-sharing outfit Dropbox is in the market for an initial public offering that would create the biggest US technology company to go... Read More
Fairfax Still In Aussie Hands
Fairfax Media – operator of the Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne Age and many other media titles – appears set to remain in... Read More
DVD Fakers Face Sentence
Counterfeit DVD marketers Mosaic Defredes and Allison Daniel are expected to be sentenced in a Parramatta, Sydney, court this week on charges... Read More
Horn-Pacquiao Title Fight: Foxtel Knocks Out Facebook Pirates
Foxtel acted swiftly yesterday to shut down Facebook users who attempted to broadcast pirated versions of the Brisbane world-title welterweight boxing match... Read More
Why Smaller Retailers Will Have The Edge Against Amazon
Even before Amazon came out and “announced” it for themselves, the arrival of the United States’ biggest online retailer has cast a... Read More
Body Heat Battery Raise $12m
Battery life is a consistent problem, but a pair of US scientists believe they have an answer and have raised US$12.3 million... Read More