Solomon Lew + Mystery Investor To Block DJs Takeover?
After some confusion as to the identity of the mystery shareholder, David Jones was notified last week that S L Nominees Pty,... Read More
Panasonic Toughbook ‘May Catch Fire’
Panasonic warn customers about the battery in the Toughbook CF-H2 tablet overheating, and may catch fire. The battery on the tablet, manufactured from... Read More
Harvey Norman Founder Dies
Ian Norman, Non-Executive Director, co-founder of Harvey Norman died yesterday aged 75, at his home on the Central Coast. The entrepreneur was... Read More
Westfield Vs Westfield: Lowys Iron Fist As Restructure Turns Nasty
The giant retail shopping centre group have been accused of looking after their key shareholders following extraordinary scenes at its shareholder meeting... Read More
Revealed: Google Self-Driving 25mph Car
It’s the two seater car that drives at 25 mph. But look inside and things are far from ordinary. Google revealed its... Read More
Panasonic Lifts Lid On New Toilet Seat Strategy
Panasonic has revealed sales of bidet-fitted toilet seats have lifted 500% in the 12 months to March 31. The electronic toilet seats,... Read More
Confirmed: LG G3 $100 Cheaper Than Samsung S5
Announced overnight, the 5.5″ LG spectastic smartphone wont be here til August. Outright price is A$799 – $100 cheaper than rival Samsung... Read More
TomTom Sports Watches Race In $349
TomTom has announced two new sports watches: Runner Cardio and Multi-Sport CardioGPS. The funky looking sports watches shows real-time info on the... Read More
OZ Survives Samsung Music Kill Off
It was launched in Australia three years ago, but Samsung’s Music Hub will be shut down in every country except down under,... Read More
Makes Dumb TVs Smart: $49 Google Chromecast Hits OZ
The USB stick makes a ‘dumb’ TV instantly ‘smart’ by ‘casting’ apps, content from your smartphone, tablet, PC to the big screen.... Read More
‘Crystal Door’ Washing Machine $3499
Samsung 9kg front loader (WW9000), that is internet connected is now on sale. The 9kg front loader has a crystal gloss blue... Read More
Denon HiFi Headphone Amp $799
Denon’s first stand-alone USB-DAC / Headphone AMP promises to dramatically improve sound quality from PCs, consoles, media players and set top boxes... Read More
iSmart Home: Apple To Unveil Home Automation OS?
Apple are about to unveil a smart home software platform, where iPhone would control a home automated system controlling lights, security systems... Read More
Dick Smith Hooks Up Quickflix
Dick Smith customers who purchase tech gear worth $100 or more will now be rewarded with a Quickflix gift card offering an... Read More
Acer Aspires: Full HD, Win 8.1 + Intel 4th Gen
Acer’s All-in-One Aspire Z3-615 and U5-620 both have 23-inch Full HD displays with wide IPS viewing angles on sale from the end... Read More
Samsung Wearable ‘WatchPhone’ Coming?
The wearable phone would have the technology of a smartphone and watch, but will be worn on the wrist only. The ‘watch... Read More
Panasonic To Dump OLED TVs
Reports out of Japan indicate Panasonic are to quit manufacturing OLED TV’s and “can’t expect to raise profitability amid high production costs,”... Read More
Watch Out iPhone, Samsung: “Others” Invading
‘Other’ smartphone brands – that is non Apple or Samsung’s – quadrupled share in OZ compared to the same time a year... Read More
Lenovo Result Rises 25pc
Net income climbed to US$158.3 million in the March quarter, up from $126.9 million a year earlier. Sales hit $9.4 billion, compared... Read More
Apple, Samsung: The War Goes On
Although the Korea Times reported on Monday that the two rivals were close to settling all of their litigation, new court papers... Read More
Google Keeps $30bn Stash Offshore
The top Web search engine generates about half of its revenue outside America, and avoids paying US taxes by keeping foreign earnings... Read More
$299: ZTE Unlocks Super 5.5″ Quad-Core Smartie
Unveiled in Sydney today, ZTE V969 this is the first branded mobile from the Chinese giant. The main point of difference between... Read More
20 Shades Of Monsters
With mass appeal to Gen Y, On-Ear N-Tune headphones have some funky new shades including the Pearl Collection, in silver, baby pink... Read More
1 Million Flee Vodafone
Vodafone Hutchinson Australia had just under 5 million customers by the close of FY 13/14 – a fall of almost one million,... Read More
Its Here: Acer BYO Cloud
Acer has unveiled its new brand identity for its fledgling BYOC (Build Your Own Cloud) strategy, as it transforms from hardware-only into... Read More
$49 Google Chromecast IS Coming
Last week, the retailer mistakenly published a sku online detailing Google’s ‘Chromecast HDMI streaming Device’ which indicates it will go on sale... Read More
Public Telstra WiFi Hotspots To Launch: Report
An invitation went out to media this week indicating Telstra will make an “important announcement” tomorrow at the Sydney Museum of Contemporary... Read More
mini 2: HTC Shrinks One M8
HTC One mini 2 has just been unveiled by the mobile company on a blog. One M8’s little sister, mini 2 has... Read More
HTC Sales Up 12%
Revenue figures for April, show HTC’s sales rose 12.7% compared to April 2013, totalling NT$22.1bn. This is the first time in... Read More
Off-beat lawsuit hits Apple deal
Digital-music entrepreneur David Hyman was the founder and former chief executive of music service Mog which was purchased by Beats – and... Read More
An iPad? NO, Its…Mi Pad
Announced today in China, the Xiaomi’s Mi Pad has excellent specs; 7.9″ Retina display, NVIDIA TEGRA K1 quad core Processor CPU 2.2GH,... Read More
Comeback Kid Acer Resurge
After a string of losses and management upheaval, it looks like Acer is back on track, announcing a small profit of US$37,000,... Read More
Huawei 5″ ‘Hero’ Coming To OZ
The just-announced Hauwei Ascend P7 has a 5″ 1080p display, quad-core 1.8GHz processor, 124g, a super glossy glass back, 8mp Blue Glass... Read More
Sony Flog Free PS4 with TV’s
Sony Australia, an official partner of FIFA World Cup Brazil is running a promo, called Score Twice. They are selling BRAVIA 4K... Read More
Knowledge Industries Ignored For Roads: Industry Fires Back
In particular the ITC industries are dismayed by the Abbott Government turning its back on proposals to amend tax laws to encourage... Read More
Kinect-Less Xbox One Drops $499
Microsoft has unveiled a lower-priced option for its Xbox One in a bid to wrest sales from market leader Sony. The new... Read More
1000% Markup On $1500 Google Glasses?
Since yesterday, Google Glass, its wearable glasses (Explorer ed.) went on sale to the general public in the US, having been locked in... Read More
Treble Play: Telstra Phone + Net + (Free) T-Box $90
Telstra kick off new treble play with bundles including phone, broadband, and T-Box IPTV service. The Entertainer bundles start at 10GB of... Read More
Cardless ATM: Withdraw Money WITHOUT A Card
‘Cardless Cash’ and ‘Lock and Limit’ are good to go on CommBank’s app, from today. Australia’s first cardless ATM service, enables Commonwealth... Read More
$100M To Wipe Out Mobile Blackspots?
Just announced in Budget 2014, the Coalition has pledged $100 million investment in telecommunication infrastructure to fix mobile coverage and black spots... Read More
BUDGET 2014: Win-Win For Business, Consumers May Be Hit
The federal budget 2014 has just been announced, and Australians need to be either ‘earning or learning’, warns Treasurer Joe Hockey. It... Read More
NBN Revs Up SMB Services
NBN Co unveiled a new series of enhancements to the broadband network, designed for SMB’s. Announced yesterday, NBN Co’s Medium Business Services... Read More
T-Box, Presto Lifts Foxtel
Yesterday, Foxtel reported subscriber numbers jumped 5% to 2.6 million for its latest quarter to March 31. Bruce Meagher, Group Director, Corporate... Read More
New Dream For Murdoch At 83: All-Europe Pay-TV Colossus
It says the 83-year-old chairman of 21st Century Fox is working on a deal that would give British Sky Broadcasting Group (BSB)... Read More
Senior Exec Departs Sennheiser
Michael Sloss Operations Manager at Sennheiser ANZ, will leave his role at the end of May. Distributor Syntec, which was taken... Read More
ZTE 5.5″ Android Invades $299
And will smash smartphone prices by the looks of it. The 5.5″ Grand X2 L hits Dick Smith for a cool $299,... Read More
XL iPhone 6 To Hit ‘August’?
Media report appear to suggest a 4.7″ iPhone – its largest device to date – will go on sale in August, reports... Read More
7″, 8″ + 10″: LG Tab Invasion
LG is adding three new tablets to its G Pad series – the 7.0, 8.0 and 10.1 inch devices, it revealed today. ... Read More
Dick Smith Plans 25 New Stores
Dick Smith Group aims to have approx. 400 stores in total across ANZ by FY15 including 30 Move “fashtronics” stores and its... Read More
Game Of IPTV: Foxtel Online Viewers Up
Users numbers rise but Foxtel revenues still dropped $96 million to $697 m for the quarter to March 31, blamed on foreign... Read More
