Will Nintendo Deliver On High Mobile Gaming Expectations?
As reported by Bloomberg, with Nintendo’s shares surging 36 per cent in the two days following the announcement, the rally risks overvaluing... Read More
Microsoft Facing Xbox Class Action
The court said an earlier ruling misapplied the law in finding that Xbox owners in the US could not sue for damages... Read More
iiNet CFO Quits After One Week
In February, iiNet announced that Michael Howard, who had been CFO of Officeworks, would step into the CFO role at iiNet, made... Read More
Telstra Nabs Globecast
Telstra’s global sales group MD Martijn Blanken said the acquisition would involve developing deeper capabilities in media services. “Our broadcasting customers increasingly... Read More
Worldwide PC Market To Decline Amid Expected Price Increases
In total, worldwide combined shipments of devices (PCs, tablets, ultramobiles and mobile phones) is estimated to reach 2.5 billion units, an increase... Read More
Intel Teams Up With Tag Heur, Oakley + Fossil To Develop Smartwatches
The move comes as the Swiss Government moves to help fund the development of an OS that traditional Swiss watch manufacturers can... Read More
Dick Smith Struggles, Rampant Discounting Leads To Job Losses + Store Closures
The Company who has been rampantly discounting products in an effort to attract customers is also facing problems with vendors with some... Read More
Telstra In Deal To Buy Broadcast Services Provider
Globecast provides broadcast services for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, specialising in live distribution of SD and HD content. Providing... Read More
New HTC Smartphone Set For Release? One M9+ Could Arrive Soon
Well-known leakster upleaks has tweeted the previously rumoured HTC Hima will be going to market as the HTC One M9+. According to... Read More
Site Offers Access To US Netflix Ahead Of Australian Launch
A Web-site dubbed UnblockUs has written to its Australian customers, encouraging them to continue to use the US version of Netflix in... Read More
Former CommBank IT Exec Charged Over $2mil. Bribery case
The 61-year-old former IT executive was arrested at a residence in Surry Hills. Sydney, and charged with two counts of bribery, He... Read More
Etihad Stadium Tech Upgrade Delivers Wi-Fi And IPTV
Under the deployment, Etihad and Telstra have partnered to provide a network of in-stadium wireless access points and IPTV screens, with the... Read More
NZ Hi Fi Distributor Takes Pot Shot At OZ Hi Fi Industry
Chris Murphy a director at NA Distribution said that most Australian distributors employed “clipboard jocks who were only interested in taking an... Read More
Nintendo On The Up Following Smartphone Move
As reported by Reuters, Nintendo shares posted their biggest daily gain since listing, soaring 21 per cent in the day. Under the... Read More
Microsoft Finally Gives Up On Internet Explorer, Set To Be Killed Off
Internet Explorer, the Microsoft browser that is almost 20 years old, is to be killed off and replaced by a new operating... Read More
Windows 10 Tipped For May/June Release
Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft’s operating systems group, hinted at the launch at the Windows Hardware Ecosystem Community summit in... Read More
COMMENT:Focal Has A New Distributor, But Who Gives A Stuff
That Focal has moved from its former home, Sydney’s Audio Marketing to another distributor is hardly breaking news. It’s simply one more... Read More
Apple TV Service Could Launch This Year
The Wall Street Journal has reported Apple is in talks with programmers to offer a slimmed-down bundle of networks in the US... Read More
French Hi Fi Group Appoints NZ Distie Despite No Local OZ Reps
The NZ Company NA Distribution, has told dealers that they intend to service the Australian market out of New Zealand with executives... Read More
Netflix To Skip On Collecting GST
The US giant told AdNews this morning that it would not charge GST on subscriptions, as it was not required to do... Read More
BenQ Launches New Flagship Gaming Monitor
The XL2730Z features QHD resolution, with a 144 Hz refresh rate, 1 ms GTG response time, and Motion Blur Reduction, enabling smooth... Read More
Monster Gets The Telstra Deal That Beats Rejected
Customers who pre-order the HTC One M9 online from 18 March at 9am until 24 March 8:59am, you’ll receive the Monster DNA... Read More
LG Brings Virtual Reality To Oz Market: VR For G3 Now Available
LG has advised there will be a number of ways for users to get their hands on a VR for G3 headset,... Read More
Philips Launches NC1 Noise-Cancelling Headphones In Oz
The NC1s are the first in the range to feature Philips’ Active Noise Cancellation technology, with the headphones blocking out ambient noise... Read More
Google Backer May Pump $100m Into Australian Tech Companies
Alberto Chang-Rajii, one of Google’s first backers at Stanford University in 1996, has made Grupo Arcano’s first Aussie play with a University... Read More
Oz 4G Speeds Fail To Climb
Data from wireless coverage mapping company OpenSignal during November 2014 and January 2015 showed Spain taking the mantle of fastest data speeds... Read More
Cambridge Audio Release TV Sound Base In OZ
The TV5 and TV2 Stereo TV bases The 100-watt devices can be placed directly under a TV or on a TV-rack shelf.... Read More
New HTC M9 Smartphone, Is Seriously Top End At $1099
Memory wise you get 3GB of RAM, 32GB of storage and an expandable slot that can take a 128GB card. So why... Read More
Sunbeam Has Another Crack At Trying To Lift Declining Sales With US Brand
In its full 2014 financial year the Company saw sales slump 9 per cent year-on-year to $117.2 million and the underlying EBIT... Read More
A “Compact Footprint”: Windows 10 Will Save On Disk Space
In a blog post, Microsoft states Windows 10 employs “two separate and independent approaches for achieving a compact footprint”, leveraging an efficient... Read More
McIntosh Reintroduces C22 Vacuum Tube Preamplifier
McIntosh states electromagnetic input switching provides for “reliable, noiseless and distortion free operation”, while low distortion levels of all types are less... Read More
Dyson Comes Out of Washroom:Plans Smartphone Swoop
Principla James Dyson, pictured, is pumping $15 million into solid-state battery maker Sakti3, whose smartphone battery technology is claimed to store twice... Read More
Dicker Data raises $40 million
The net proceeds of the offering will be used to reduce existing bank debt, increase its working capital and for general corporate... Read More
Growing Signs ACCC May Block TPG/iiNet Telecoms Deal
Many observers believe the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is bound to intercede, claiming the TPG takeover would turn out to be... Read More
Murdoch Wades Into Free Sport Debate After Dummy Spit Yesterday By Foxtel Boss
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is not copping any of the Murdoch/Freudenstein spin claiming that “All Australians have the right to watch top... Read More
Turnbull Flags 10pc GST On Online Multinationals
“The Australian media industry is under enormous pressure from online platforms, notably Google and Facebook,” he told a media conference. “The modest... Read More
Harvey Norman, JB Hi Fi, Myer + Dick Smith Customers Being Secretly Tracked
The secret tracking of individuals is taking place after Westfield signed a long term deal with recently listed Company Skyfi. This is... Read More
Seebo Streamlines IPTV And Free-To-Air With SeeLive TV
Seebo states SeeLive TV, which is available on all current Seebo devices, allows viewers to switch from a stream to a broadcast... Read More
Shark Vacuum Cleaners Recalled Amid Risk Of Burn And Electric Shock
Brand Developers, the exclusive Australian distributor of Shark products, is implementing the recall in conjunction with Euro-Pro, owner of the Shark brand,... Read More
The VR You Have When You Don’t Have A VR Helmet. But It’s Proper!
And they don’t really need a specialist VR helmet to view them as Google has added support for 360-degree videos to YouTube,... Read More
NBN Co Provides “Technology Choice” For Higher Speed Broadband
Unveiling the details of its multi-technology rollout last year, confirming fibre-to-the-node would be the likely broadband technology for communities where other technologies... Read More
Virtual Reality Birth: Gear VR Provides Live-Streaming For Father
In a demonstration of the applications of virtual reality technology, Jason “Jace” Larke donned the Gear VR headset to experience the birth... Read More
Danger Of ‘Laundry Detergent Pods’ in ACCC Spotlight
Known as ‘laundry pods’ these capsules contain highly concentrated liquid detergent in water soluble wrappers that release on contact with moisture. Only... Read More
NBN Co To Unleash Gigabit HFC
It says it will do so by shifting data more efficiently across the twin hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) networks, improving the flow... Read More
PC Sales To Drop 4.9pc: IDC
Stocking up on product by PC sellers in the last three months of last year will also contribute to the downturn, it... Read More
NAB Jumps On Aboard Aussie Mobile Phone Payments Wagon
NAB Now processes credit and debit card payments on the spot so transactions are cash-free for consumers and sole traders alike. Businesses... Read More
Apple Watch A Tough Sell
The survey also showed limited awareness of the watch, with only about half of respondents said they knew about the timepiece. One... Read More
BlackBerry Partners With Samsung And IBM For High-Security Tablet
BlackBerry company Secusmart along with IBM has introduced the device, designed to allow for data subject to special security requirements to be... Read More
HTC One M9 Oz Release Tomorrow, five New Video’s Revealed
The HTC One M9 which has a massive 20.7 megapixel camera and High Res music playback capability, to coincide with the Australian... Read More
Foxtel Has A Massive Dummy Spit Over Proposed Media Changes
Turnbull told Prime Minister Tony Abbott that he had found a broad consensus in the industry for the abolition of the “reach... Read More




























































