Telstra Assures Customers On Metadata Security
Under the legislation, telecommunications providers will be required to retain a defined set of data for a period of two years, with... Read More
Nintendo And Zelda Give Netflix The Flick
Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has categorically denied that he is about to cut a deal with Netflix to develop a live-action series... Read More
Management Pay Slashed At Sharp
Sharp has about 4000 managers across its domestic group companies, leading some of the more cynical watchers to suggest it might be... Read More
Telco Boss In Tax Battle
The ATO says it will appeal after the Federal Court quashed its attempts to have businessman Garry John Donoghue pay the multi-million... Read More
PayPal Oz Offers Free Returns
The online payments company says it commissioned research that showed 90 percent of shoppers would be more likely to make purchases online... Read More
Super Cool Magnetic Security Camera Revealed By Netgear
Gone is having to run cable up and around walls or over building frames, all you have to do now is plug... Read More
SanDisk Profits Plunge After Being Dumped By Apple
Overnight the Company said that that profits would drop by 40%. Their share crashed 19% on the news. ChannelNews has been... Read More
Acer On A Roll $40M Vic Gov Deal + Global Gross Profits Up 28.3%
In Australia has just won a $40M deal with the Victorian Government Education Department, the deal is believed to have been taken... Read More
ACCC, Infinity Cable Recall A Right Cock Up, Now Homes Seriously At Risk
What is not known is who should pay for the electrical check in the first place. According to the ACCC the Chinese... Read More
MS Calls In Adobe For New Browser
Microsoft said its Web platform team is contributing to Spartan “in the areas of layout, typography, graphic design and motion”. Observers say... Read More
Google Takes Ad Targeting To TV
The search giant is starting a small trial of local TV ads with subscribers to its fibre-based fast Internet and video service.... Read More
We’ll Keep iiNet Culture: Teoh
In his first comments to the media since announcing the bid for iiNet just 12 days ago, Teoh has sought to allay... Read More
Vodafone Next In TPG’s Sights?
Speaking at the Communications Alliance’s Rewind/Fast Forward event in Sydney yesterday, Malone said: “In my opinion, the cost of consolidation’s been a... Read More
Australia’s Digital Economy To Hit $139 Billion By 2020
When Deloitte first calculated the size of the Internet economy for Google in its Connected Continent report in 2011, the $50 billion... Read More
New Beats Headphones $144 More Expensive In OZ Apple Stores Than US
The new on-ear headphones are now available to purchase in Australia for $399.95 from Apple stores, the same headphone is selling in... Read More
High Rollers To Get Twice As Long To Drool Over New $14K Apple Watch
Instructions to Apple sales staff indicate that high rollers with $14,000 to spend will get VIP treatment in Australia. Those wanting to... Read More
Former Sony Sales Boss Takes Top Job At Topfield As STB Sales Take Off
Hargreaves a 26 year veteran at Sony quite for a two year stint at Delonghi, before taking on his new role at... Read More
Netflix Described As Another “US Corporate Bastard”
Unlike Stan, Foxtel, Presto or Quickflix who actually bill customers GST and pay tax, Netflix is not even billing customers for GST... Read More
Convoy Restructures 30 Merchandisers Replace 10 Sales Staff
The Company has moved to using merchandisers and a new sales management system that allows Convoy management to track real time sales... Read More
HP Partners With Bang & Olufsen For Audio Tech
The new audio partnership follows last year’s acquisition by Apple, a competitor for HP in the PC market, of Beats. The first... Read More
Google Glass To Have Second Look
Google then moved the project out of its Google X research lab into a standalone unit. Officially Ivy Ross has remained head... Read More
Apple Tipped To Hit $1 Trillion
That target has been mooted since February when Apple shares reached new highs, surpassing the $700 billion market cap level. The current... Read More
Amaysim Launches 4G Service
Amaysim CEO Julian Ogrin said the company has been “watching and learning” from the market in order to deliver what consumers want... Read More
Free TV Australia Calls For Block To SBS Advertising Legislation
Under the proposed changes, SBS will have to average five minutes per hour across the day, but will be able to run... Read More
TPG Adds 38K Customers Ahead Of iiNet Bid – Shares Roar
Its shares leapt to a record $9.04 on the ASX, up 3.5pc, and giving TPG a market cap of $7.01 billion. Although... Read More
Powermove Set To Launch New Pioneer Sound Line-up
The new receiver lineup is set to be launched in Australia in the second half of 2015. The new range which is... Read More
TPG Profit Jumps Ahead Of Proposed iiNet Takeover
The profit jump comes after the recent announcement of TPG’s proposed takeover bid for iiNet. TPG’s earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and... Read More
Streaming Music Beats CDs
Overall, streaming services were responsible for US$1.87 billion in revenue, compared to CDs’ $1.85 billion. The streaming services include subscription options like... Read More
Sony’s PS4 Hits China
While the Chinese consoles are physically identical to those Sony sells worldwide, users will have no access to music, TV shows or... Read More
Optus And ATO In $453m Stoush
SingTel paid $6.2 billion to Cable & Wireless of the Netherlands for its 53 percent majority share in Optus but the company... Read More
Bauhn Teams Up With Freeview For Free-To-Air TV
Bauhn’s FreeviewPlus-certified receiver is set to go on sale tomorrow exclusively at Aldi stores nationwide. FreeviewPlus, which launched last September, combines broadband... Read More
NBN Co Information Disclosure Seeks To Create Equal Footing For Telcos
With Telstra to work closely with NBN Co in the planning, design and construction of the network under the NBN Co’s new... Read More
LG Samsung 3D TV Battle Judge Rules In OZ Case
Back in 2011 Samsung claimed that LG advertising for their new 3D capable TV’s was misleading and deceptive and likely to mislead... Read More
Microsoft Bringing Apps To Android Via Samsung Partnership
Under the expanded partnership, Samsung will pre-install Microsoft services and apps on its portfolio of Android devices. As previously announced at the... Read More
iiNet Founder Michael Malone Calls For TPG Takeover To Be Rejected
As reported by Fairfax Media, Malone, who owns around 4 per cent of iiNet, has called for fellow shareholders to reject the... Read More
HTC Co-Founder Cher Wang Appointed CEO
In announcing the move, HTC stated over the past two years Wang has been increasingly involved in the running of various aspects... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: New Foxtel iQ3 Missing A Few Capabilities
On top of this their new iQ3 set top box which the overpriced subscription TV network rolled out last week, in an... Read More
New Smartphones Set To Cost A Packet.
While global average selling prices for smartphones are declining at pace, manufacturers playing at the high-end sphere of the market are going... Read More
Big TV Brands + Fetch TV To Switch On Netflix Tonight
Users can also access the new streaming service via a Fetch TV set top box. According to Scot Lorson the CEO of... Read More
Nintendo Slips Into Phone World
Analysts said the market favoured the move but some said the share price was overoptimistic about Nintendo’s potential to generate profits in... Read More
Drone Delivery Test To Go Ahead
Federal regulators have okayed the tests but observers say it could take years before Amazon implements a fully-fledged service. For the... Read More
Senate Majority Report Slams NBN’s ‘unreliable’ Data
A Senate committee report, inked by chairwoman and Labor Senator Kate Lundy and Greens senator Scott Ludlam, slammed the company building the... Read More
Apple Set To Join Streaming Crowd Wikth New TV Box
Currently Apple is discounting their Apple TV Box in the USA and the UK for US $69 ($A88) while Australian consumers are... Read More
Journalists Face Jail Time If In Breach Of Metadata Laws
Following an agreement to measures to prevent the exposure of whistleblowers in the Government’s proposed metadata collection regime, the bill was passed... Read More
Foxtel Partner Pulls The Plug
US Group Discovery Communications has walked away from its offer to buy the main assets of Ten Network Holdings in partnership with... Read More
Audio Research Amplifiers Intelligently Tweaked
The driver ensuring this trio of amplifiers now carries the legend SE, signifying they are special editions, is all down to a... Read More
Netflix Free For One Month As Brutal Content Battle Kicks Off
Netflix big guns have already arrived in Australia for the launch which takes place at the Museum of Contemporary Art tomorrow. Darryl... Read More
Telstra Focuses On Video Data And Analytics With Gorilla Investment
Telstra today announced it had made an equity investment in Gorilla, a provider of video big data and analytics technology. Telstra international... Read More
Foxtel To Launch New Set Top Box Days Out From Netflix Launch
Desperate to gain a PR edge of their US pay TV rival, Foxtel has teased journalists with their new iQ3 set top... Read More




























































