Gaming Targeted By DDoS Attacks
These percentages were almost identical to Q4 last year when gaming was targeted in 35.33 percent of DDoS attacks, while software and... Read More
Judges OK Activision Settlement
The owner of the Call of Duty game agreed to the settlement last year, ending a shareholder lawsuit challenging Activision’s $8 billion... Read More
Twitter Takes Wing In Australia
Twitter’s vice-president of Asia-Pacific, Latin America and emerging markets, Shailesh Rao, has been visiting clients and staff in Sydney in a bid... Read More
OZ CE Retailers Get Big Mobile Boost From New Google Data Service
As a result Google says that Australian retailers are boosting spending on mobile ads. The big search Company claims that hundreds of... Read More
AS HP Struggles Lenovo Sales Climb 21%
Lenovo also beat analyst estimates as the world’s biggest PC maker widened its lead over rivals. Personal computer shipments rose to an... Read More
HP Printer + PC Sales Down As Company Struggles To Find Growth
Second-quarter sales shrank 6.8 percent to $25.5 billion while net income fell 21 percent to $1.01 billion from $1.27 billion a year... Read More
Sol Republic’s Shadow Headphones Set To Launch In Aussie Market
Unveiled earlier in the year, the Shadow headphones feature a “NASA-inspired biomorphic design”, with Sol Republic stating they are comfortable enough to... Read More
Lowe’s Results Reveal Masters Losses
As reported by Fairfax Media, Lowe’s, which owns a 33 per cent stake in the Masters joint venture, booked a $US17 million... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Sharp Quits OZ TV Market
Sharp has told partners that they will not be offering any new TV models to Australian retailers. Confirming the move to ChannelNews... Read More
Quickflix Looks To Bolster Position Via Raising Of $775,000
The capital raising was carried out by way of a private placement to professional and sophisticated investors, encompassing the placement of almost... Read More
Spotify Branches Out, Adds Video Content To Streaming Service
The move will see Spotify add video clips and audio shows to its music mix as it seeks to gain a footing... Read More
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Selling “Well”Claim Carriers
While Samsung may not be selling as many Galaxy 6 models they are reaping higher margins especially from the Galaxy 6 Edge... Read More
Harvey Norman Go After Guaranteed TV Margins,”Spiffs” For Sales Staff + Exclusives
ChannelNews has also been told that Harvey Norman who has been pushing vendors for three and four month exclusives on selected products... Read More
LG Rolls Out 55″ OLED TV That Attaches To A Wall With Magnets
The 1mm thick display screen can also be rolled up and stored away and weighs less than 2 kilo Instead of a... Read More
Telstra’s Pacnet Hit By Security Breach
As reported by Fairfax Media, Telstra has informed customers, including the Australian Federal Police, of the breach, however said there was no... Read More
Pandora Looks To Expand Data Insight Via Acquisition Of Next Big Sound
In announcing the deal, Pandora described it as its latest step in partnering with the music industry, stating the acquisition “accelerates its... Read More
Samsung Leadership Succession Seemingly In Progress
With Lee Kun-hee, the current chairman of Samsung Group, having been hospitalised last year following a heart attack, it appears that Samsung... Read More
New Bug Highlights Internet Security Balancing Act
The fix follows the emergence of the LogJam bug, which is in the basic design of TLS, “transport layer security”, designed to... Read More
EB Games Management Embroiled In “Faggot” Claims Controversy Authorities Investigating
WorkCover and the Australian Human Rights Commission are investigating the claims.The complainant has also commenced proceedings with the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board. The... Read More
Apple Offers New 15″ MacBook + 27″ iMac For Small Business Looking To “Splash The Cash”
The launch comes as small business with under $2M in revenues are being urged to “splash the cash” on new PC’s. Normally... Read More
iiNet Could Offer Free Legal Services As Dallas Buyers Club Letters Loom
In a blog post, the ISP has outlined the process going forward following the Federal Court of Australia ordering iiNet along with... Read More
Dick Smith Looks To Expand Consumer Reach Via Different Store Formats
As the electronics retailer revealed at the recent Macquarie Australia Conference, store growth across its various formats is a focus through to... Read More
ACCC Warns Of Ransomware Threat
The warning comes in the wake of the release of the ACCC’s Targeting Scams Report, which revealed that almost $1 million was... Read More
Icahn Values Apple At US$240 Per Share, Calls For Larger Buyback
In arriving at a valuation of US$240 per share (with Apple shares currently trading for around US$128.77), Icahn states he believes Apple... Read More
They Eyes Have It At Fujitsu
Docomo says the phone, the Fujitsu Arrows NX f-04G, is the first in the world to use iris recognition and that the... Read More
Coherent To Show Apple The Way
“Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plan,” Apple said, repeating... Read More
NBN’s Birds To Get New Wings Satellite Perceptions: US exec
Where the current interim satellite service (ISS) delivered from older Optus and IPStar satellites has struggled to provide capacity for its users,... Read More
Sennheiser releases new Top End Headphones The Let You Litterally Dial Up Bass
The headphones that were released in Germany at the weekend have a built in a rotary dial that lets users customise the... Read More
Panasonic To Launch Budget 4K G7 Camera
Their newest mirrorless Micro Four Thirds camera lets users pull high-res still images from 4K video. The device which is tipped to... Read More
No Microsoft Edge Browser For iOS or Chrome
Unlike the popular Chrome browser the Microsoft offering will not be available on iOS or Linux. Microsoft confirmed, via TechCrunch, it is... Read More
Both Apple & Samsung Lose Out In iPhone IP Appeal Case
The appeals court handed a partial victory to Apple upholding court findings smartphone rival Samsung Electronics infringed the iPhone maker’s intellectual property... Read More
Presto Set To “Dramatically Increase” Content Offering
Formal signing of agreements establishing Seven and Foxtel’s partnership follows the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s decision not to oppose the joint... Read More
ACCC: Aussies Scammed Out Of Over $80 Million In 2014
In total, 91,637 complaints were made to the ACCC last year, with the ACCC urging consumers to “Get smarter with their data”... Read More
Mitsubishi Electric Australia Appoints New Managing Director
Needham, who has a mechanical engineering background and who has been working with Mitsubishi for 27 years, having held various engineering and... Read More
Free-To-Air TV Stands Its Ground Following Arrival Of Netflix
The report found the commercial free-to-air television industry generated an economic surplus of $3.2 billion in 2014, with Free TV chairman Harold... Read More
Hedge Funds Dump Apple
One hedge fund Coatue Management cut its holding of Apple by selling 1.2 million shares during the first three months of this... Read More
Intel Ushers Vivid Drones
Intel Australia MD Kate Burleigh said Vivid Sydney is the perfect platform to engage the public. “Vivid Sydney is an event that... Read More
Macquarie Buys Oz Towers
MIRA will pay around $2 billion for Crown Castle Australia, in a deal that is expected to be finalised in the second... Read More
Govt’s Metadata Law Set To Take Toll On Smaller Telcos
Stanton told a Melbourne metadata forum that the Communications Alliance is working with the Abbott Government to define the data sets telcos... Read More
Google Tipped To Deliver “Buy Now” Button Retailers Concerned
Insiders are tipping that the new buy now button could be rolled out in beta form by the end of next month... Read More
Price Gouging Top End Digital Radio Firm Sold
The top end radio that costs up to 80% more in Australia than what consumers could buy the same sound system for... Read More
Microsoft Set To Nobble Dodgy Windows OS Resellers With Win 10
A blog posted by operating systems vice president Terry Myerson contradicts previous statements by Microsoft that indicated that users of pirated software... Read More
Record Growth Q1 2015 For CE + Appliances Claims GFK
In a report sent to vendors last week the European research group said that the growth was driven by strong performances in... Read More
Apple: First HomeKit Devices To Launch Next Month
Fortune had reported sources participating in the program as stating that the launch date had been pushed back for some devices, with... Read More
Sennheiser Launches Closed-Back HD 630VB Headphones
Sennheiser states the closed-back HD 630VB achieves a balance between the sound quality of open audiophile models combined with ambient noise attenuation,... Read More
Intel Consumer PC Business Struggles, PC On A Stick Review Program Stopped
According to Intel executives the processor Company, who is struggling to get consumers passionate about their technology there are problems with the... Read More
Marley Speakers To Get New All Play Upgrade
The upgrades include the ability for AllPlay speakers to retransmit Bluetooth-connected sources and wired line-in sources over Wi-Fi to other AllPlay speakers... Read More
Sharp In Serious Trouble, OZ Companies Future Now In Doubt As CEO Speaks Out
There is even doubt whether Sharp will survive another 12 months after Sharp Chief Executive Kozo Takahashi said overnight that Sharp is... Read More
Job Cuts And Financial Injection For Sharp In Wake Of FY Loss
Sharp posted a net loss of 222.35 billion yen (around $2.3 billion) for the fiscal year, as opposed to net income of... Read More
Pocketbook Backs Down From Subscriber Claims As Foxtel Asserts Itself As Number One
Pocketbook had claimed that Netflix had edged ahead of Foxtel with a 39 per cent market share by subscribers in April, with... Read More