Kaspersky Teams With Swinburne University Of Tech
In a surprise move Kaspersky Lab has signed a MoU with Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology to enhance cyber security education in... Read More
Vodafone Removes The Need For A Landline
Vodafone is releasing an alternative to the common household landline, the Vodafone Mobile Landline where a phone call is transferred to a... Read More
Spammers Attack World Cup Fans
IBM has warned that spammers are targeting FIFA World Cup fans. IBM’s X-Force has been tracking spammers targeting followers of the World... Read More
Outrage Over Claims That Telstra Backed Health Start-Up Shared Patient Data
HealthEngine, a Telstra-backed online appointment-booking service, has been sharing medical information with personal-injury law firm Slater and Gordon, according to an ABC report.... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Optus Handing World Cup Group Matches To SBS After Total Failure
Optus says all of the group matches for the World Cup will be broadcast on SBS until the end of the group... Read More
In-Flight Wi-Fi Speeds Are About To Take Off
In-Flight Wi-Fi could be getting a speed boost with German researchers finding an efficient way to transfer data between an aircraft and... Read More
NBN Co To Rent New Sydney Digs
The still-growing NBN Co has been named as the major tenant of a new 35-level tower building now under construction at 100... Read More
Thousands Without Phone, Net After Tradies Slice Telstra Cable
Thousands of customers in Sydney’s northern suburbs – along with some regional NSW users – were left without phone and Internet services... Read More
Major Data Breach: Coles, OzPost, AGL Shutter Job Sites
Major Australian businesses, including Coles, Australia Post, Telstra and AGL, shut their jobs Web sites yesterday after Aussie human resources outfit PageUp... Read More
Facebook Confirms It Shared Data With Chinese Tech Companies
Facebook has confessed to sharing its users personal data with at least four Chinese tech companies. The companies with the data include,... Read More
NBN Chief Morrow Considers Plan To ‘Throttle’ Heavy Game Players
NBN Co chief Bill Morrow has threatened to throttle so-called “superusers” of its fixed-wireless service –mainly game players – who he says... Read More
Kiwis’ FttH Speeds Hit 200Mbps
New Zealand FttH network provider Enable has completed its fibre broadband network rollout across greater Christchurch 19 months ahead of schedule and... Read More
NBN Retail Prices Now Set To Rise – Optus Leads The Way
Optus has taken the lead in upping the price of its entry-level NBN services ahead of competitors. The monthly price of Optus’s... Read More
New D Link Covr Wireless Network Delivers, While Also Being Stylish
When I first saw the new D Link Covr mesh network system at CES 2018, I was suspicious that a device so... Read More
Qantas Expanding Wi-Fi Offering To More Aircraft
Qantas is adding Wi-Fi to more of its fleet with all of its 737 and A330 to have access to Wi-Fi by... Read More
NAB To Compensate Small Biz, Customers For Outage Losses
The National Australia Bank has agreed to repay small businesses across the nation that lost business due to the weekend’s nationwide outage... Read More
FBI Urges Businesses And Consumers To Turn Off Their Routers To Stop Russian Malware Attack
The FBI is urging consumers and businesses in Australia and the USA, to turn off their routers in an effort to halt... Read More
NBN Co Plans New Sky Muster Service For Outback Business
NBN Co is planning to spread its Sky Muster satellite service – currently largely restricted to the outback consumer market – to... Read More
Telstra Offers Up Another Failure Explanation
Telstra has blamed a series of software faults as the cause for its nationwide network outage, which left millions of customers across... Read More
Optus To Fork Out $1.5m For Misleading Customers
Optus will be paying a hefty $1.5m fine from the ACCC after making misleading representations to customers about their transition from Optus’... Read More
Telstra Customers Facing Another 3G/4G Outage
UPDATED: NSW Police have posted a statement saying Triple Zero lines could be hit by the outage. A spokesperson says, “The advice... Read More
Google Wi-Fi Can Now Test Speeds On Individual Devices
Google Wi-fi Network now has the ability to test the internet speeds of individual devices rather than the network as a whole... Read More
Netgear Releasing Arlo Security Light
Netgear is expanding its Arlo security range adding a motion sensor light, the Arlo Security Light. Like other Arlo products this security... Read More
BREAKINGNEWS: Symantec Use CeBIT To Reveal New Stylish High Security Consumer Router
Symantec is using CeBIT 2018 to launch their Norton Core Router, in Australia, the stylish device which is already on sale overseas... Read More
D-Link Launching 4G LTE M2M Dual Sim Router
D-Link is releasing its new 4G LTE M2M Dual SIM router, the DWM-312 which the company says has advanced VPN capabilities. D-Link... Read More
ACCC Investigating Google Over User Data Tracking
The ACCC is looking into claims that Google is using up to $580m worth of data of Aussie Android user’s phone plans... Read More
Telstra Facing New Dilema After ZTE Shortlisted For 5G Network Build
Telstra is facing a new dilemma after it was revealed that ZTE the Chinese Company whose smartphones they stopped selling after the... Read More
More NBN Users Opt For 50Mbps
A new report from the ACCC shows more NBN customers are using its 50Mpbs plan with close to one million people subscribing... Read More
NBN Co Revenues Soar 112% To $1.4 Billion
Government backed, NBN Co, has posted a 112% year-on-year lift in total revenues to $1.4 billion [for the nine months to fiscal year... Read More
Top Telco Seeks Right To Block Malicious Internet Traffic
Telstra is seeking federal law changes to allow it to block Internet traffic that it believes may be malicious. The telco is... Read More
Charity Alert As Cryptojacking Racket Hits Oz Web Sites
At least four Australian Web sites are said to have been targeted by a cryptojacking racket that installs browser mining software Coinhive... Read More
D-Link Launches New Covr Seamless Wi-Fi System
D-Link has unveiled its new Covr Seamless Wi-Fi System providing a MU-MIMO wireless mesh network delivering coverage of up to 465 square... Read More
Twitter Advises All Users Change Password After Bug Found
Twitter is urging all of its users to change their passwords after it discovered a bug which stored passwords unmasked in an... Read More
Virgin Now Charging For Wi-Fi
Virgin Australia has begun charging travellers for high-speed inflight Internet on some domestic flights, although slower connections will remain free of charge,... Read More
Taxi Drivers Give NSW Police Two Finger Salute, Right In Front Of The NBN Head Office
NSW Police, it appears has one attitude to general motorists and another when it comes to cab drivers blocking a clearway night... Read More
Loss Of Power Causes iiNet Outage
Customers of iiNet are currently suffering from an outage as a data centre in WA has a loss of power. The ISP confirmed... Read More
BREAKING NEWS: Telstra 4G Voice Network Crashes Again, Tens Of Thousands Affected
Tens of thousands of people who tried to make telephone calls on the Telstra network over the busy lunch time period have... Read More
NBN Co Snares 3 Year R&D Deal With Oz Unis
The NBN Co has inked a deal with the University of Melbourne (UoM) and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) to provide “jointly conducted”... Read More
Apple Shuts Down AirPort Router Line
Apple is waving goodbye to its router business, shutting down its AirPort and TimeCapsule port stations, which have been around since 1999.... Read More
Here Comes 5G: Oz Tipped To Have 10m Links By 2022
Australia will have more than 10 million 5G mobile connections by 2022 according to a new report by Sydney-based market research firm... Read More
Yamaha Delivers Voice Activated Wireless Surround Sound With New MusicCast
Japanese sound Company Yamaha, has taken their MusicCast networked audio system to a new level with a new receiver that delivers surround... Read More
D-Link Releases New Wi-Fi Range Extender
D-Link is unveiling its new AC2600 Wi-Fi Range Extender (DAP-1860) which is equipped with four external antennas and high-power amps maximising range and eliminating wireless... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Netgear Cranks Up New Arlo OZ Operation, New Products, Offices & Staff
Netgear is set to be split in half in Australia, with management now looking for new offices people and resources for a... Read More
Facebook Dobs On Tech Giants Says They Also Collect Data
Facebook has updated its users on how it collects their data when they are not using the site after CEO Mark Zuckerberg was... Read More
Oz Organisations Report 63 Data Breaches In Just Six Weeks
Australian organisations reported 63 data breaches in the first six weeks of the Turnbull Government’s mandatory notification system, under which all major organisations... Read More
Telstra Offers Home Wi-Fi Booster
Telstra has begun marketing a gadget to boost Wi-Fi connections in houses with areas that are hard for the Wi-Fi signal to... Read More
NBN Co Planning 5G Tests
NBN Co is considering the future use of 5G technology in its fixed-wireless sites, mostly in remote areas across Australia. It operates... Read More
New Shove For Fibre-To-The-Curb
NBN Co has dramatically upped the number of premises that are expected to get a fibre- to the-curb connection, which should offer... Read More
Zuckerberg Admits Facebook Was ‘Too Slow To Spot Russian Interference’
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook says the social media giant was ‘too slow to spot Russian interference’ and the company is working hard... Read More
Telstra CEO Labels NBN Prices As Unsustainable
Andrew Penn, CEO at Telstra says there needs to be pricing regulation for the NBN as soon as possible as the telco... Read More