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Cutbacks drive a stake through the heart of education

Cutbacks drive a stake through the heart of education

26 May 2013 in ShawThing

The Labor government has slashed $2.8 Billion from education - $900 million from university budgets, scrapping HECS discounts for upfront…

Smartcars – dangerous or simply can’t make money out of the apps?

Smartcars – dangerous or simply can’t make money out of the apps?

25 May 2013 in ShawThing

 Generally speaking most recent cars have an on-board computer (called an engine control unit) that uses a 32bit, nominally 40Mhz,…

FRAND - common sense may soon prevail in the patent wars

FRAND - common sense may soon prevail in the patent wars

25 May 2013 in ShawThing

Fair and Reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing is being mandated in an effort to stop company ‘A’ unreasonably preventing company…

Microsoft and Google agree to “approved” YouTube viewer

Microsoft and Google agree to “approved” YouTube viewer

25 May 2013 in ShawThing

Microsoft and Google have ended the very public clash over the YouTube app for Windows Phone 8.

Xbox One – always on and always watching

Xbox One – always on and always watching

25 May 2013 in Entertainment

Touch and to an extent voice may be good user interfaces for smartphones and tablets but you have to have very…

AMD: No to smartphone wars - Yes to tablets

AMD: No to smartphone wars - Yes to tablets

24 May 2013 in ShawThing

AMD has dropped from second place to fourth in CPU (central processing unit) market share. Its dogged support for x86…

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Healthy apps

Healthy apps

26 May 2013 in Software

Health related apps are the next big thing for smartphones.

CloudEthernet Forum aims for data centre virtualisation

CloudEthernet Forum aims for data centre virtualisation

25 May 2013 in Networking

A new industry alliance, the CloudEthernet Forum, has been formed to address the issues raised by virtualisation and cloud services…

See Jupiter, Mercury, Venus come together May 25-28, 2013

See Jupiter, Mercury, Venus come together May 25-28, 2013

24 May 2013 in Space

At the end of May 2013, the three planets of Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus will be visible together in the…

Google goes to the Galapagos

Google goes to the Galapagos

24 May 2013 in Home IT

Google today announced that it has been taking its Street View Trekker and its underwater Street View cameras to the…

Apple streaks ahead in the supply chain stakes

Apple streaks ahead in the supply chain stakes

24 May 2013 in Market

Apple has topped the rankings of supply chain companies for a record breaking sixth year in a row, easily outstripping…

Telstra releases new hybrid 4G Wi-Fi dongle

Telstra releases new hybrid 4G Wi-Fi dongle

24 May 2013 in Mobility

Telstra today announced a 4G USB dongle that can connect up to five WiFi devices, building on Telstra's plan to…

Google Glass gets facial recognition

Google Glass gets facial recognition

24 May 2013 in Mobility

A San Franciscan startup is in the process of making a facial recognition API to recognize faces with Google Glass,…

Samsung's S4 smashing sales records

Samsung's S4 smashing sales records

24 May 2013 in Mobility

Samsung's Galaxy S4 smartphone has become the fastest selling Android handset in history, selling more than 10 million units around…

Australia at the centre of network energy efficiency research

Australia at the centre of network energy efficiency research

24 May 2013 in Networking

Telecommunications networks have traditionally been built without much regard to their energy-efficiency. But as data volumes on these networks grow…

Reputation management or manglement – a whole new online game

Reputation management or manglement – a whole new online game

24 May 2013 in ShawThing

Take a few minutes to see if your company or personal web site comes up in the first few lines…

Put it on the slate mate

Put it on the slate mate

24 May 2013 in Software

Ever left a credit card behind at a restaurant or pub? A new Aussie smartphone app called Clipp solves that.

Get it while you can – kits to help small businesses benefit from the NBN

24 May 2013 in Government Tech Policy

The Minister Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced that the Government will provide $5 million to develop sector-specific ‘Digital Business…

ACMA on 1800 Freephone – ‘not our fault’

24 May 2013 in Regulation

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has responded to our article on 1800 freephone.

Xero double revenues, customers as it pursues SaaS goals

Xero double revenues, customers as it pursues SaaS goals

24 May 2013 in Listed Tech

New Zealand and Australian-listed online accounting software company, Xero, has reported a doubling of its revenues and customers for the…

It’s a mixed bag for ICT recruiters and job seekers

It’s a mixed bag for ICT recruiters and job seekers

24 May 2013 in Recruitment

A cautious, defensive mindset is still the prevailing environment in which ICT recruiters are facing the challenges of a less…

5G breakthrough? 5G baloney more like

24 May 2013 in Cornered!

Here we go again. News of another wireless 'breakthrough' has become mainstream news and sent press and commentators into a…

Two thirds of us don't use apps

Two thirds of us don't use apps

23 May 2013 in Mobility

While some of us are busy Instagramming and Facebooking, over two-thirds of consumers do not download apps, according to some…

Apple addresses iPhone tracking concerns with iOS update

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Apple has released a pair of iOS updates to reduce the privacy implications of the Location Services feature of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
As promised, Apple has released updates for iOS to address some of the concerns that an examination of a file related to the Location Services feature could be used to determine where the device (and by implication its owner) had been.

iOS 4.3.3 is now available for the iPhone 4 and 3GS, the iPad and iPad 2, and the third and fourth generation iPod touch. The update can be downloaded and installed via iTunes.

Changes include reducing the size of the location database cache, deleting the cache when Location Services is turned off, and excluding the cache from synchronisation with iTunes on a Mac or PC.

Apple's notes on the update do not specify how long data is kept in the cache, although company officials previously stated they thought seven days would be sufficient.

iOS 4.2.8 delivers equivalent changes to the CDMA version of the iPhone 4 currently sold only through Verizon in the US.

Similar information is reportedly stored by iOS 3, which runs on older iPhones. There is no indication that Apple will be updating that software.

 

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