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Trump using Huawei issue 'to pressure China over trade deal'
19 May 2019 in Government Tech PolicyUS President Donald Trump is using the Huawei issue to put pressure on China to agree to a trade deal…
Telstra launches customer rewards program
17 May 2019 in Business TelecommunicationsTelstra has launched its loyalty program — Telstra Plus — claiming a ‘first of its kind' loyalty program for an…
Telstra further boosts investment in Boomtown with $11.8 million
17 May 2019 in Telecoms & NBNTelstra has invested $11.8 million in US-based software support and technical services company Boomtown as the company accelerates its continued…
US parts ban a setback for Huawei; American firms could suffer too
17 May 2019 in Business TelecommunicationsANALYSIS A trade pact between China and the US appears to be unlikely following the actions taken by the US…
ACCC blames CMS error for publishing merger info early
17 May 2019 in Telecoms & NBNThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has blamed "a flaw in its website content management system" for publishing information about…
IT sector hit by slump in jobs advertised for April: report
16 May 2019 in RecruitmentThe number of job advertisements declined markedly in Australia in April, with the Information and Technology sector hit by a…
Huawei banned from using US components without approval
16 May 2019 in Government Tech PolicyThe US has placed Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei Technologies and 68 of its affiliates on a list that means it…
Trump signs order banning equipment from Huawei, ZTE
16 May 2019 in Government Tech PolicyThe United States has officially banned the use of equipment from Chinese telecommunications vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation, with…
Surprise, surprise: Google Pay hides privacy settings from users
16 May 2019 in SecurityGoogle has been caught out hiding privacy settings in its Google Pay app that can restrict what information the company…
Warning use of 24 GHz band for 5G could interfere with weather forecasts
16 May 2019 in ClimateTwo US politicians have written to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, asking him to prevent wireless…
Australia falling behind other countries in AI race: report
16 May 2019 in StrategyAustralia is losing the global race in artificial intelligence and will miss out on future jobs without major new investment…
Optus annual profits plunge, but rebound for the quarter
15 May 2019 in Telecoms & NBNAustralia’s second largest telco Optus has suffered a drop in net profits for the year that ended on 31 March, with…
Breaking IT News
Use of EternalBlue Windows exploit growing by the day: ESET
19 May 2019 in SecurityThe EternalBlue exploit for Windows, crafted by the NSA and leaked online by a group known as the Shadow Brokers,…
10 things we learned from Forcepoint’s 2019 Conference
17 May 2019 in SecurityForcepoint held its annual APAC conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malysia this week. The network security company, which specialises in behavioural…
ACMA considers AM to FM swap by South Australian commercial radio station
17 May 2019 in EntertainmentThe Australian Communications and Media Authority is considering a proposal from South Australian commercial radio station 5MU to swap from…
Energy strategy for solar industry to be tested in car race
17 May 2019 in EnergyA doctoral candidate from the University of South Australia has developed an energy management strategy that maximises efficiency in balancing…
Datto boosts Australia, NZ investment in managed services market
17 May 2019 in StrategyData protection vendor Datto has announced it is expanding investment in the Australia and New Zealand region by opening a…
Barrera oversees ThousandEyes in ANZ
17 May 2019 in People MovesDigital experience monitoring company ThousandEyes has expanded into Australia and New Zealand.
Forbes magazine victim of Magecart card-skimming attack
17 May 2019 in SecurityThe subscription site for Forbes magazine has been the victim of the card-skimming attack group Magecart, with the well-known website…
Nextcloud, Nitrokey team up for secure logins
17 May 2019 in SecurityFile sync and share solution company Nextcloud has teamed up with secure encryption USB key vendor Nitrokey to provide its…
Insurtech Australia appoints veteran Yates as new CEO
17 May 2019 in StrategyInsurtech Australia, the organisation that fosters start-ups and innovation in the insurance sector, has appointed 20-year industry veteran Rita Yates…
Camtasia 2019 launches with over 80% of the most popular feature and improvement requests from users
16 May 2019 in AppsPromising to instantly smooth out audio and the cursor path in the new Camtasia 2019 release amongst a host of…
Cluey raises $20 million to boost learning platform development
16 May 2019 in StrategyAdaptive learning company Cluey Learning has raised $20 million with the completion of a Series A funding round, bringing total…
TechnologyOne selects RingCentral cloud solutions
16 May 2019 in DealsICT services company TechnologyOne has selected enterprise cloud communications provider RingCentral Australia to streamline customer engagement and connect its global…
Mobile services competition alive and well in NZ: report
16 May 2019 in MarketCompetition in New Zealand’s mobile services market is trending in the right direction, with pricing, coverage and choice of services…
VIDEO Interview: Craig Smith talks awesome tech accessibility for Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2019
16 May 2019 in DevelopmentThursday, 16 May, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and Craig Smith, who works as a school educator in Australia and around…
No need for dark fibre, NBN aggregation providers to report to ACCC
16 May 2019 in Telecoms & NBNCompetition in the market for NBN aggregation services is developing as the rollout of Australia's broadband network continues and there…
UNIQLO customer data stolen through credential stuffing attack
16 May 2019 in SecurityJapanese public retail holding firm Fast Retailing has revealed that its UNIQLO Japan and GU Japan online stores have been…
US firms offer ransomware recovery, but just pay to get data back
16 May 2019 in SecurityTwo American companies that offer Windows ransomware recovery services have been accused of merely paying the ransom in order to…
Australia, Vietnam develop ‘blueprint’ to fuel digital economy: report
16 May 2019 in StrategyThe CSIRO's Data61 digital arm and Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology have launched a report that examines the megatrends…
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Re: iTWire - Telstra launches customer rewards program
I wonder what the ROI on all this fluff is...
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Re: iTWire - ACMA considers AM to FM swap by South Australian commercial radio station
This is bad news for those communities and I genuinely hope they unite against this proposal.Where this has happened in[…]
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Re: iTWire - IT sector hit by slump in jobs advertised for April: report
Not surprised by drop in ICT sector jobs - been out of work from enterprise scale DBMS specialist role since[…]
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Re: iTWire - Warning use of 24 GHz band for 5G could interfere with weather forecasts
As if Ajit Pai would care. It'll be up to Trump or Bolton to make a decision about that.
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Re: iTWire - Optus annual profits plunge, but rebound for the quarter
To say it's a "plunge" is to grossly sensationalise the situation into something it's not. A "plunge" would be a[…]