Microsoft Slashes Headcount, Again
The cuts are part of a planned 18,000 trim down of employees, previously announced. The latest retrenchments are expected to be formally... Read More
Toshiba Confirms Massive Exit From Consumer PC Markets But Not OZ
Last night in Japan senior Toshiba management said that they were accelerating the restructuring of its PC business and that they would... Read More
LG Launches Three Stunning New Monitors In OZ
Last night LG launched its latest monitor and projector range at BMW’s North Shore showroom in Chatswood and is offering some truly... Read More
iPhone 6 Fever Grips Telstra’s Syd, Melb, Bris Stores
Australia is the first place in the world to see iPhones go on sale from 8am tomorrow, with plenty of activities taking... Read More
M-Commerce To Explode
Aussie consumers buying stuff via mobile or tablet, known as m-commerce, is set to double by 2019. Local analysts Frost & Sullivan... Read More
OZ iPhone 6 D-Day: What’s In-store?
iPhone 6 and 6 Plus go on sale tomorrow, Friday, and Aussies will be among the first places in the world to... Read More
Goldgenie Launch 24K Gold iPhone 6 Elite In OZ
Got oodles of cash to spend and a love of iPhones and Gold? If this is the case, Apple’s own golden coloured... Read More
Overpriced SanDisk Challenged by Lexar With Faster Memory Card
The Professional 2000x SDHC/SDXC UHS-II cards are geared toward users who need to transfer FullHD, 3D and 4K video content. They come... Read More
Panasonic Gets Juicy
Panasonic is expanding its small appliance range, starting with two new juicers, on sale this month. The juicers have a generous 1.5... Read More
CoinJar Launches BitCoin EFTPOS Card In OZ
With the CoinJar Swipe card, customers taking part in the trial will be able to withdraw from their bitcoin account, converted to... Read More
Pioneer Offloads Lucrative DJ Business For US$550M
The Pioneer DJ product range is highly popular in Australia and is the #1 DJ brand. In a statement issued to ChannelNews... Read More
iPhone 6 NFC For Apple Pay, Only
This also means the NFC chip wont be functional for anything other than payments and developers won’t be able to create apps... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Set To Cut Partnership Deal To Offload TV Business
TPV Technology took over Royal Philips Electronics NV’s television operation in 2012 since then the Company has grown market share including in... Read More
iOS 8 Arrives, Needs 5.8GB Free Space To Install
The long awaited free iOS 8 upgrade for compatible iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches is finally available to download free of charge,... Read More
Sony Mobile Division Facing Cuts In OZ
Sony said it expected to post a loss of A$2.4 billion almost five times what it forecast four months ago with the... Read More
Sony Rated As ‘Junk’ As Losses Mount
The basket case of the consumer electronics industry Sony is set to report a A$2.4 Billion loss as consumers turn off buying... Read More
First OZ iPhone 6, 6 Plus Review Lands
News.com.au has managed to put Australia’s first iPhone 6 and 6 Plus reviews online, beating a flood of coverage from other Australian... Read More
Montblanc Launch Galaxy Note 4 Accessories In OZ
Montblanc’s Galaxy Note 4 accessories, which were showcased at the Note 4’s unveiling at IFA in Germany last week, is launching its... Read More
What A Shocker! $76,000 Mobile Bill
However, complaints to the Telecommunications Ombudsman (TIO) hit a six-year low in 2013-14. There was almost 139,000 complaints to the Ombudsman last... Read More
Soniq Unveils Rainbow Of Colourful Remotes
Does your TV remote control bore you with its black, silver or grey colouring? Well, if you’re a Soniq TV owner, there’s... Read More
Hello Selfie: Canon PowerShot G7X Revealed
The high performance 20.2mp PowerShot G7X is part of Canon’s growing G-series compacts lineup. Unveiled at Photokina 2014 in Berlin, this... Read More
Apple Launches ‘Switch From Android To iPhone’ Guide
Whether you switched to a large-screen Android from the iPhone over the past couple of years, or never had an iPhone in... Read More
OZ Movie Downloads ‘World’s Cheapest’?
Simon Bush, CEO, of AHEDA has accused consumer group Choice of ‘cherry picking’ after it launched a campaign claiming TV shows like... Read More
Foxtel Play Now Plays More Channels
Three new live channels have been added to its Foxtel Play service, seeing E!, 13th Street and Style joining the line-up. ... Read More
Windows 9 Revealed Sept 30
Microsoft said the company will talk “in broad strokes” about features aimed at corporate users. Business-tech sales represent about two-thirds of Microsoft’s... Read More
Acronis Launches True Image 2015 With Universal Restore
Acronis has launched what is says is “the first and only solution that offers full system backup and dual protection (local and... Read More
Yes, We’re Being Bought By Microsoft
“Yes, the deal is real. Mojang is being bought by Microsoft.” Swedish game developer confirms takeover by Microsoft, who will also take... Read More
Yamaha’s New Sound Bar: Better Audio, Wireless And Elegant
In addition to delivering Yamaha’s famous multi-channel surround sound, its newly redesigned YAS-203 sound bar marries the convenience of wireless music streaming and... Read More
Apple Pay Set For OZ Pay Day
Announced alongside the new NFC-ready iPhones, Apple Pay lets millions of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus owners pay for items in-store and... Read More
Panasonic Lumix LX-100 Shoots 4K
The compact cameras DMC-LX100 which shoots 4K video and DMC-GM5 go on sale in November starting at $1099. The pocket sized DMC- LX100 camera... Read More
Presto Brings Free Movies To KFC Burger Box
Presto is seeking to take advantage of the pressures of the school holiday period by doing a deal with KFC that’s sure... Read More
Bose: New Bluetooth SoundLink Speaker And On-Ear Headphones
The new SoundLink Colour Bluetooth Speaker from Bose promises a completely new design but the same SoundLike smarts within. Weighing just 0.56kg,... Read More
Anchorage Flogs Dick Smith Shares
Anchorage Capital, the investment firm who bought the tech retailer from Woolworths for $94 million in 2012, and turned the business around,... Read More
Record Smashed: iPhone 6, 6 Plus Orders Top 4M+ in 24 Hrs
Apple has smashed previous day one iPhone pre-orders records and has announced that “demand for the new iPhones exceeds the initial pre-order... Read More
SanDisk Launches 512GB SD Card: World’s Biggest!
SanDisk has launched its 512GB Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I memory card, perfect for shooting 4K and Full HD video and high-speed burst... Read More
Winning Group To Float?
“Sydney’s Winning family is closely examining the option of a partial public float of the Winning Group”, reports Afr. The report suggests... Read More
Steve Jobs Limited His Kids Use Of Tech
Although it was widely reported at the time that Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates’ children were banned from using iPods and iPhones,... Read More
Sennheiser Adds Momentum To In-Ear Headphones
IFA 2014 wasn’t just about smartphones, home automation and chat-friendly LG washing machines but also the latest in sound gear, with Sennheiser... Read More
Nikon D750: 24.3 MP, Full HD Video + Rotating Screen
The new DSLR has a rotational screen 24.3-megapixel sensor, EXPEED 4 image-processing engine and built-in Wi-Fi. Nikon’s D750 also has a wide dynamic range with... Read More
DIY Boom Boosts The Good Guys
The retailer’s sales has exceeded $2 billion as consumer confidence rises. “We have seen an increase in sales as a result of... Read More
Apple, Telco Sites Hang Up On iPhone 6 Customers
Apple’s iPhones always cause a launch day frenzy, whether that’s the day to start “pre-ordering” or the day you can go into... Read More
Seagate Ships 10 Millionth SSD Hybrid Drive
Seagate pioneered the world’s first SSHD (solid state hard drive) and says it has experienced rising demand over the last two years... Read More
ACCC In Dating Site Clean Up
The ACCC’s web sweep is part of the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN)’s annual internet sweep, involving over 50 consumer... Read More
LG Executives Accused Of Deliberatly Vandalising Samsung Washing Machines In Retail Stores
The Korean Company has submitted a report to South Korean prosecutors that claims that LG executives deliberately broke hinges on their washing... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: Harvey Norman SanDisk Memory Price Gouge Exposed
The Harvey Norman SanDisk red hot deals are so hot that consumers are left $100 out of pocket when comparing the cost... Read More
Future Of Pioneer Electronics OZ Up In The After Pioneer Sells To Onkyo
The Japanese Company who has the distribution rights in Australia to the Pure range of wireless speakers and digital radio is also... Read More
G2 Bluetooth Hi-Fi Speaker $199
The dinky Bluetooth speaker has an aluminium body with backlit, soft-touch controls and comes in black or champagne finish. It promises hi-fi... Read More
Samsung’s New 850 PRO SSD: 3D Memory, 10 Yr Warranty
Samsung’s newest 850 Pro series SSD has launched in Australia at last, featuring Samsung’s cutting-edge three-dimensional vertical NAND (3D V-NAND) flash memory... Read More
Apple Watch 2 Set To Sport Healthier Sensors
Apple’s new Watch has been on the tech lover’s watch list for some time now. Would be called the iWatch? Would it... Read More
iPad Blamed For Myer Electronics Slump
A lack of new tablet launches, specifically, the lack of a new iPad model and other new devices during the last 12... Read More
