New HTC RE Digital Camera Is Slick + Smart
The standalone digital camera that will sell in the USA for $199 pairs to either Android or iOS smartphones is described as... Read More
Samsung: Galaxy Note 4 A Tough Unit
The video, which follows not long after the iPhone ‘Bendgate’ controversy, shows the Note 4 being dropped from a number of heights... Read More
Apple Putting Tradititional Notebook Vendors Under Pressure
The Taiwanese based research group claim that demand for Samsung Electronics, Sony and HTC flagship smartphones are also falling. They claim that... Read More
More Connected Mobile Devices On Earth Than People
Although the number of mobile phones has surpassed the number of people in Australia, the same stat has now occurred for the... Read More
12.9-inch MacPad Air Hybrid Coming Soon?
Apple devices are often the subject of ferocious rumourmongering, and this year has been no different, with plenty of rumours about two... Read More
Optus Chairman: Break Telstra Up
As reported by Fairfax Media, O’Sullivan wants regulations introduced to split Telstra in the same manner as UK telco British Telecom (BT),... Read More
ACCC Won’t Oppose Expedia Buying Wotif
ACCC chairman, Rod Sims said that although the ACCC “had noted the concerns raised by market participants that Wotif represented an important... Read More
Nude’s Tender Super M Aria: Seductive Sound
NudeAudio’s latest naked grab for free publicity comes in the form of its pocket-size Super M speaker, weighing just 170 grams. It... Read More
CE Retailers Among Hardest Hit By Falling Aussie Dollar
With the Aussie dollar falling sharply over the past month, retailers including Harvey Norman, Dick Smith and JB Hi-Fi could be feeling... Read More
AVG Protects Sony Xperia Smartphones
Sony Mobile and AVG have entered into a three year partnership for AVG to be Sony Mobile’s exclusive partner of mobile security... Read More
Free, Legal Movie Streaming Site Launches In OZ
An Australian company that is in the DVD movie distribution business has set up a free legal streaming service with action, animation,... Read More
Google Glass Gets Subtitles
A team of Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have created an app that turns text to speech and bungs it into the... Read More
Australians Take To Chromecast To Stream Content
Out in front are game consoles but Chromecast which according to JB Hi Fi executives is a “hot seller” grew faster than... Read More
Aussie Business Owners Bullish In Lead-Up To Christmas
The survey has recorded retailers and the services industry lifting forecasts despite fragile consumer confidence and flat retail figures in August. According... Read More
Smartphone Reseller Calls In Police To Investigate How 100 Missing Phones Turned Up Being Used By Manly Sea Eagles Employees
Police from a special taskforce set up to investigate the missing smartphones have interviewed both players, club officials and are set to... Read More
Aussie Appetite For Internet Growing
In the three months to June this year, Australians downloaded nearly one million terabytes (one exabyte) of data via broadband, the ABS... Read More
Monster Jumps On Qualcomm AllPlay Technology With New Wireless Speaker
The Company has also announced a replacement for its high-end DNA over-ear headphones, which will ship to a limited number of A/V... Read More
Telstra’s Network The Best Says New Mobile Test
Telco trade publication CommsDay and international testing company P3 have released a 2014 telco benchmark, drawing on “over 200,000 voice and data... Read More
Samsung To Post Steep Q3 Profit Decline
Samsung expects to post operating profit within the range of 3.9-4.3 trillion won (around $4.18-4.61 billion), down from 10.2 trillion won year-on-year.... Read More
200 OZ Destinations Set For Optus 4G
Optus says the new locations will “significantly expand the reach of Optus’ existing 4G network”, with the No.2 telco planning to “cover... Read More
New OZ ACCAN Study Shows How We Use Apps
The Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN), has used the CommsDay Melbourne Congress to release its new study and explore user sentiment... Read More
Blitz it with Kambrook’s Blitz2Go
Everyone needs a helping hand like this in the morning because you may have all the good intentions in the world, but... Read More
Phishers Try Catching Telstra 4G 700MHz Customers
Telstra is warning that some of its customers have received phishing attack emails, designed by cyber criminals who target customers of large... Read More
iPhone 6 ‘Prototype’ Tops $100,000 On eBay
It’s rare that anyone ever gets to see Apple’s prototypes, with the few that have ever emerged usually ending up on eBay... Read More
New iPads Could Be Unveiled Mid-October
Tech news site Re/code has reported sources as stating Apple will be holding a special event on October 16, with updates to... Read More
Struggling PC Company Hewlett Packard To Be Split Up
The company that recorded a $270M loss in October 2013 in Australia is tipped to be close to splitting its PC and... Read More
Nikon Appoints New Distributor
Announcing the partnership, Nikon stated Lacklands will be working to restore efficient distribution throughout New Zealand. Lacklands staff will commence support of... Read More
HTC Tipped To Launch New Desire Eye, Go Pro Competitor As Profits Climb
The announcement of a new addition to the HTC range will be made according to Twitter smartphone leaker @Upleaks on Wednesday the... Read More
Fake iPhones Made In Same Factory As Genuine Model On Sale In OZ
US research company Strategy Analytics has said that thousands of smartphones made by Chinese factories that have major manufacturing contracts with Apple... Read More
Strong Consumer Electronics Demand Driving Semiconductor Growth
Gartner stated worldwide semiconductor revenue is on pace to reach US$338 billion in 2014, representing an increase from its forecast of 6.7... Read More
Young Aussies Riding The Entertainment Superhighway
Roy Morgan data shows over three quarters of 14-24 year-olds now engage in one or more entertainment activities online in an average... Read More
GoPro Shares Take A Tumble Days Out From HTC Camera Launch
As reported by Reuters, GoPro shares closed down nearly 7% on Thursday, wiping out about US$800 million in market value. The lockup... Read More
Smartphone With Camera Becomes Lumix Camera With Smartphone At Panasonic
The Wall Street Journal has reported even Panasonic executives initially queried whether the DMC-CM1 was in fact a camera or smartphone. “When... Read More
Impactology: A New Religion For iPhone Protection?
When it comes to iPhone cases, there are so many out there it can be hard to know which one to get.... Read More
Yamaha wins EISA prize for High-end Home Theatre
Yamaha’s aspirations to move into the high-end home theatre market have been rewarded with the company taking home the EISA prize for... Read More
Can Microsoft Turn Windows 10 Up To 11?
Microsoft was once the ‘it’ IT company, but nowadays that mantle has long ago passed to both Apple and Google. The fall... Read More
Hi Fidelity But The Prices Are Down
This Series follows in the footsteps of the flagship S3000 Series launched last year (comprising of the award-winning A-S3000 Integrated Stereo Amplifier and... Read More
Dolby Atmos Movies Released Massive Sound Improvement
Dolby Laboratories has announced that Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros have this week released movies with Dolby Atmos sound tracks with several... Read More
PC Sales Set To Stall After Win 10 Announcement
Retailers that ChannelNews has spoken to believe that the early announcement that Microsoft is set to move to Windows 10 will slow... Read More
Making A Ruckus Over Smart Wi-Fi
The new models include two new indoor dual-band (2.4/5 GHz) mid-range models: the Ruckus ZoneFlex R500 and ZoneFlex R600. Two new... Read More
Blazing The 4G LTE Trail: LG Unveils F60 Smartphone
With “blazing-fast 4G LTE”, LG says its F60 – which will begin rolling out to customers in Europe, followed by Asia and... Read More
LG Set To Cease Plasma TV Production Next Month
The South Korean multinational will shift its focus to LED and OLED displays, stating “this is the last year” for plasma, according... Read More
Samsung Profits Forecast To Take Third Quarter Hit
Reuters has reported the forecast results underscore a downturn in Samsung’s smartphone business, with about half of 42 analysts surveyed by Thomson... Read More
Panasonic’s Feature Packed New Blu-Ray Disc Recorder
Panasonic’s new top of the range Blu-ray Recorder, the DMR-BWT945GL, offers the broadest feature set of any Blu-ray Recorder on the Australian... Read More
Yamaha To Open Store With Jimi Hocking from Screaming Jets
The store is located at Westfield Knox Shopping Centre and the grand opening event follows two previous Sound Centre launches at Todd’s Hi... Read More
ATO Turns Blowtorch On Tech Companies In Fixed Transfer Pricing Probe
ChannelNews understands that ATO officials are looking for offshore accounts used by technology Companies and whether any money is being held in... Read More
Harvey Norman Boss Gets Back Debt After Forced Auction Sale
Harvey had seized the assets after Tinkler defaulted on a $40M loan from the mass market retailer. The debt will be extinguished... Read More
Sharp Air Purifiers A Breath Of Fresh Air
To obtain some relief from all of these air pollutants, Sharp has a range of Air Purifiers and Ion Generators, incorporating Plasmacluster... Read More
NudeAudio’s Naked Move To Bring ‘Black’ The Music
NudeAudio is a new brand that recently launched its ‘Move’ range of portable speakers, and has now launched a new monochrome Black... Read More
Electrical Retail Figures Record Slight Decline
For Department stores sales, the trend estimate fell by 0.2 per cent for August and the seasonally adjusted estimate fell by 2.9... Read More
