Written by: William Atkins | Published in: Space Called the “Black Marble” when in darkness, the Earth is magnificently photographed by a NASA/NOAA satellite after the Sun has set, showing the lights of humanity at night. As one NOAA scientist remarks, “Unlike humans, the Earth never sleeps.” …
Written by: Mike Bantick | Published in: Games A modern nostalgic driven romp is always welcome and this reimagining of a classic whilst bordering on camp silliness at times delivers the XCOM strategy game play we have been craving for a long time. …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Mobility Although Samsung has started rolling out a Jelly Bean 4.1.2 update to owners of international, unlocked GSIII models, those who have a carrier-based model, such as the Telstra version I currently have, are still waiting – unless you’re on Vodafone. …
Written by: Mike Bantick | Published in: Entertainment Ten years since RockStar Game’s classic Grand Theft Auto Vice City hit the shelves and it is time to relive the decade old decadent fun, this time for the touch generation. For iOS device holders all is good, but for the increasing …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Regulation The ITU has been accused of ignoring input from non-government bodies to its World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12), now underway in Dubai. WCIT12 is a gathering of representatives of the ITU’s 193 member governments being held to redraft the 25 year …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Technology Initial projections of the adoption rate of NFC (Near Field Communications) have been scaled back, largely because of Apple’s failure to adopt the technology in its iPhone 5. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Technology CIOs in Asia Pacific are now allowing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) computing, but they still have manay concerns. …
Written by: Graeme Philipson | Published in: Deals Listed Australian carrier Vocus Communications has announced it will acquire Ipera Communications, a fibre and data centre operator in the Hunter region of NSW. …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Entertainment The busy televisual beavers at Foxtel have certainly been busy this year, recently having added Foxtel Go iPad streaming for iQ customers, and now revamping its movie offerings with more high-def, ad-break free movies. …
Featured | Written by: Alex Zaharov-Reutt | Published in: Mobility With the iPad mini once nothing more than an expectation and a rumour, there was some disappointment that its late 2012 arrival came without a Retina display, and while some think Retina’s not due until 2014, one piece of evidence …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Technology A boost in technology spending by insurers in the Asia Pacific region next year is expected to increase spending on technology by eight percent to around US$18.2 billion, pushed up by “aggressive” spending, particularly in China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia. …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Market Melbourne-headquartered software and services company PelicanCorp and not-for-profit group, Dial Before You Dig, have launched a joint venture to introduce the Corridor Access Request (CAR) service to local government in Australia. …
Apple has the money, talent and resources to build a highly automated factory in the U.S. that turns out products that are potentially cost competitive with those it now makes in China. …
The U.S. Patent Office has delivered a ‘non-final’ rejection of a Verizon patent application for a controversial technology that would serve targeted ads to TV viewers based on what they’re doing or saying in front of their sets. …
An EMC executive said customers should have a sense of urgency about deploying IT as a service via a cloud infrastructure, but not everyone at the data storage company’s user forum agreed with him. …
Chinese networking vendors Huawei Technologies and ZTE are competing unfairly in the European mobile infrastructure market, according to an analysis being circulated by the European Commission, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. read more
Cisco Systems plans to expand its services business over the next several years, seeing a more important role for itself in a world of connected machines and devices. read more
German consumer organizations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting explicit consent from users. …
Security researchers have identified a botnet controlled by its creators over the Tor anonymity network. It's likely that other botnet operators will adopt this approach, according to the team from vulnerability assessment and penetration testing firm Rapid7. …
IBM plans to issue fixes early next week for glitches that have hit Notes users who upgraded to the latest version of Google's Android OS. …
Apple’s iPad and iPad Mini took top honors in a pair of tablet battery shootouts conducted by consumer watchdogs in the U.S. and the U.K. …
Facing a trying economy and decreasing new license revenue, enterprise software vendors are turning to more frequent license audits to turn up missing revenue. read more
Middling reviews and limited distribution may be putting a damper on sales of Microsoft's Surface tablet, according to brokerage firm Detwiler Fenton. read more
iOSphere rumors make it Christmas every day: They are the gift that keeps on giving, no matter what time of year. read more
The iPad mini and the Google Nexus 7 aren’t the only 7-inch tablets on the market, but right now they’re the two that matter most: More buyers will be looking at those two models this holiday season than at any others, by a fair margin. read more
Activist and free software guru Richard Stallman on Friday hammered Ubuntu for including what he termed spyware in new versions of the popular open-source operating system and urged GNU and Linux users to avoid the distribution. read more