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SYDNEY/NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO: The GameStop Fustercluck is essentially a finance story, but it is the technology fuelling what has been called a...

Have You Collected Your $100 From Apple? As New Batterygate Claim Emerges

February 1, 2021

Apple who has A$359 billion in cash reserves is facing new legal action after greed kicked in and they moved to throttle...

Samsung Profits Down LG Electronics Up As COVID-19 Has Impact

January 31, 2021

The two big South Korean tech giants Samsung and LG Electronics have both released their latest financials, While Samsung has reported a...

REVIEW: Samsung Galaxy S21 Is Like A Swiss Army Knife, But Is It Enough?

January 31, 2021

Consumer Electronic retailers and communication carriers who are ranging the new Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphone in Australia, are hoping that the latest...

Is LG Electronics Price Gouging Or Simply Taking Advantage Of COVID-19?

Brands such as LG Electronics are awash with money, with questions now being raised as to whether big multinational consumer electronics companies...

EXCLUSIVE: Indi Imports Snares Big UK Speaker Brand

Melbourne based Indi Group, the distributor of Loewe TVs and Canton Hi-Fi products, is set to take over the Spendor range of...

Apple MacBook Pro 14-Inch: Price & Specs Leaked

The Apple rumour mill is brimming with speculation a MacBook Pro 14-inch model will be launched in mid-2021. According to Apple die-hards,...

Apple Issues Warning On iPad/iOS

Got an iPadOS-based device like a Mini 4 and later or perhaps an iPod Touch seventh generation gadget? Might be a good...

ACCC Calls For Action To Slash Google Domination

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) – a major Australian Government agency – has again singled out Google for heavy criticism...

Household Appliance Prices Soar In Oz After Pandemic Stock Shortage

The price of household appliances in Australia climbed significantly in the last six months due to pandemic stock issues, a new report...

REVIEW: Sennheiser IE 300 Headphones Have Incredible Audio But Miss Key Features

As a die-hard fan of true wireless earbuds, I was sceptical about reviewing a pair of wired headphones. To be frank, I...

Sound United Cranks Out Neat New Polk ‘This Goes With That’ Soundbar

As questions are raised about what the future of Sound United product distribution in Australia will look like, the US Company has...

Apple CEO Tim Cook Teases 2021 Products

Apple boss Tim Cook used the company’s earnings announcement to tease the possibility of ‘new things’ arriving in 2021. During the Q1...

Brutal War Brewing As Facebook Accuses Apple Of Anti-Competitive Behaviour

Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg is set to take on Apple, accusing the social media giant of anti-competitive behaviour. The problem...

New iQ5 Tipped To Be Wi-Fi 6 Compatible & New Management Hub For SmartHouse Devices

Senior Foxtel management have confirmed mid-2021 is when Australians will get access to a powerful new 4K iQ5 box, that streams movies...

Apple, Samsung Lead Smartphone Market Recovery

Apple and Samsung have led continued growth in the smartphone market over the fourth quarter of 2020, with the iPhone manufacturer reclaiming...

EXCLUSIVE: Foxtel To Launch New iQ5 With SmartHouse Controls

Foxtel is set to launch a new iQ5 high performance box that houses a new framework that allows for better streaming, free...

Oz Retail Surged Over Christmas Despite COVID

Australian retail sales defied the pandemic over Christmas, increasing almost 10 per cent year-on-year over the previous December. While turnover fell 4.2...

AMD Revenue Smashes Records, But GPUs To Remain Scarce Through June

Chipmaker AMD has posted record quarterly revenue off the back of its Ryzen processors and Radeon graphics cards despite shortages of the...

Philips Launches 2021 MiniLED & OLED TVs – But Will Oz Retailers Have Stock?

Electronics manufacturer Philips has unveiled its 2021 range TVS, with MiniLED screens the hero of the series. Philips announced the arrival of...

Nokia Releases Android 11-Ready Smartphone For Under $350

Nokia has launched its new Android smartphone into Australia for less than $350, alongside a new 4G feature phone. Using a Qualcomm...

Nintendo Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Broken Controllers

Nintendo is facing a complaint by a European consumer group over ‘systematic problems’ with its controllers for the Switch console. According to...

Google Tipped To Launch News Site In Australia Amid ACCC Battle

Google is reportedly reviving plans to launch its own news website in Australia very soon. The search engine giant – who is...

Ring Launches Sub-$120 Video Doorbell

Ring has unveiled a new video doorbell, its smallest and cheapest yet at under $120. The Ring Video Doorbell Wired connects to...

BREAKING: Apple Posts Record-Breaking $111.4 Billion Revenue

Tech behemoth Apple has posted a history-making quarterly revenue of $111.4 billion, powered by strong iPhone 12 sales last year. The California-based...

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max & Wonder Woman Tipped To Be Coming To OZ Directly, Foxtel Still In Discussions

HBO Max is looking to set up an Australian streaming service by the end of the year with shows like the new...

BREAKING NEWS: Apple Revenue Nears $10 Billion In Australia

Apple’s Australian arm is tipped to pass the $10 billion mark in revenue for the first time since it launched Down Under....

Dell Sales Bonanza On eBay With 20% Off PC Products

Dell is slashing 20 per cent off laptops, monitors and other PC products on eBay. The discounts are limited to maximum $1000...

Nokia Tipped To Launch Big New 5G Smartphone Range

Nokia who has seen a significant lift in sales in Australia, as consumers search out non-Chinese brands is set to launch several...

Telstra, AWS Team Up To Boost Cloud Services In Oz

Telstra is joining forces with Amazon Web Services to collaborate on new edge computing solutions which it says will bring cloud services...

New Moto Smartphone Can Double As PC and Video Conference Device

The battle for the Australian mid-range affordable premium smartphone market is heating up with Motorola tipped to release a new Moto G100...

Apple Finally Adds Key Feature To HomePod Mini

Apple has added its long-promised ultra-wideband (UWB) handoff feature to its HomePod mini speaker. The feature will allow iPhones to seamlessly transfer...

Google Rolls Out Chromebook Update Highlighting CES Releases

With new Chromebooks announced at CES 2021, Google has updated Chrome OS with improvements billed as making the netbooks “as seamless as...

Realme’s Samsung Galaxy S21 Rival To Launch Next Month

Chinese brand Realme is gearing up to launch the Race series, with a Pro model which is set to rival the Samsung...

Shock News For Oz IT World: Graeme Philipson Dies Tragically

It is with great sadness that CDN reports the tragic death of Graeme Philipson, one of the most revered and respected journalists...

Microsoft Apologises & Reverses Xbox Live Price Hike

Microsoft has walked back on its plans to increase the price of Xbox live after outraged gamers threatened to abandon the console...

David Jones Posts Sales Recovery

Department store chain David Jones has posted an improved trading performance in the period leading up to Christmas, with sales bolstered by...

New Chinese TP Link Wi Fi 6 Router, Raises Security Concerns

January 26, 2021

Chinese Network Company TP-Link is set to launch a new Wi-Fi 6 router with Alexa Built-In in an effort to compete with...

Smartphones Are Out, Robots That Replace Baristas Are In At LG

January 25, 2021

LG Electronics who saw their shares surge 25% last week on news that they are looking to get out of the smartphone...

Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Major Bug Fix Back On Sale

January 25, 2021

It was tipped as the biggest new game in 2020 and JB Hi Fi was set to give away several Samsung top...

New Q Acoustic Active Speakers Not Recomended By Leading Hi Fi Magazine

January 25, 2021

UK Hi Fi Company Armour Homes who were banking on their new Q Acoustic Q Active 200 active speakers to lift them...

BREAKING: Google Threatens To Shut Down In Australia

Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia entirely if the News Media Bargaining Code goes ahead as is. The...

Zip, Used By Harvey, Officeworks & Bing Lee, Enjoys Major Share Surge

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) firm Zip Co shares surged by 23 per cent in response to its positive trading update for...

Contactless Shopping Is The Future – Not Because Of COVID

A CES 2021 conference on the future of contactless shopping has revealed the slow decline of physical stores and rise of online...

Sharp TVs Coming Back To OZ, New Voice Activated Microwaves

Sharp, which is set to launch TVs back into the Australian market this year via Sydney based distributor Tempo, has just released...

Amaysim Shareholders Give Green Light To $250m Optus Deal

Optus’ acquisition of Aussie-owned amaysim has been given the green light after shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the $250 million deal....

Officeworks Power Bank Recall