Featured | Written by: David Heath | Published in: Security Within hours of the out-of-cycle Java patch’s release, the experts declared it broken. You are no better off whether you install it or not. Our strong advice is, disable Java. NOW. …
HP had little to offer in the way of good news last week. The company reported an $8.9 billion loss —the largest in the company's 73-year history —driven by a $10.8 billion write-down related to its 2008 acquisition of IT service provider EDS and severance costs associated with recent layoffs. …
Intel is betting on wireless charging and plans to build the technology into its products by the end of next year. Transmitters would be built into the notebooks and ultrabooks, with receivers built into a wide range of devices using Intel’s chips. read more
Featured | Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Security Adobe has released a security update for Photoshop CS6, along with multiple bug fixes. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Security A security update for Java has been released well ahead of the routine schedule in response to a malware scare. …
Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open Sauce The Australian national Linux conference appears to be becoming a victim of its own success, with no team putting up a bid to host the event in 2014. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Entertainment A forthcoming smart TV dongle from Kogan will include a trial ‘all you can view’ Quickflix subscription. …
Featured | Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Market Global GPS and positioning technology vendor, Trimble Navigation, has launched its fleet management system, FleetWorks, in Australia as it looks to expand its offering for the transport industry, setting up a new division to service the transport market. …
Written by: William Atkins | Published in: Space NASA has sent the Mars rover Curiosity on its first road trip. On Wednesday, August 29, 2012, NASA announced that Curiosity is on its way to Glenelg. …
Written by: David Heath | Published in: Security Yet another organisation has exposed private information via the URL used to access personal records. …
Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Networking Westpac, Optus and French company Oberthur Technologies are working on a trial which will turn an Android smartphone into a contactless payment device, without the need for separate NFC chips or bulky phone cases. The bank hopes to launch the system in …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Market After a week or so of to and fro in the media about the pricing in Australia for its new ThinkPad X1 Carbon, launched last week, Lenovo today clarified what it said were “inaccuracies in the media”, by confirming that the carbon …
Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Deals Financial services company Perpetual has signed a five year $68 million IT outsourcing deal with Fujitsu as part of its plan to trim costs – but the outsourcing proper won’t get going until 2013. …
Written by: Stuart Corner | Published in: Strategy The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Fujitsu Laboratories of America have formed the Big Data Working Group to “address the need for collaborative research and solutions to today’s big data security challenges.” …
Written by: Sam Varghese | Published in: Open Sauce For a long time, the co-founder of the GNOME desktop project, Miguel de Icaza, has not been heard of in the media. A few days back he surfaced, claiming to know why the Linux desktop has made little or no gain …
Featured | Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Enterprise Woolworths supermarket managers have a new tool to help with their daily tasks. …
Written by: Stan Beer | Published in: Beerfiles One has to wonder at the frightening phenomenon that Apple has become. This uniquely singular corporation has not only generated fabulous wealth for its shareholders; it has created a cult of zombies who feel it is their sworn duty to defend the …
Written by: Beverley Head | Published in: Deals Digital Post Australia has switched horses mid-stream, even before its initial product launch, with FujiFilm Holdings taking over Salmat’s 40 per cent stake in the organisation. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Security Dr Web, a Russian AV software company, says it has spotted a piece of malware that – unusually – targets Linux and Mac OS X. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: People Data protection and disaster recovery provider Acronis has appointed Andy Purvis as general manager for Australia and New Zealand. …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: People Digital agency, the BlueArc Group has expanded its sales and account management and development teams to service current business growth, with fourteen new appointments in the Sydney and Melbourne markets. …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Market The worldwide optical networking (ON) equipment market declined in the second quarter, with spending down overall, despite modest growth in the Asia-Pacific region and solid growth in spending in the South and Central American region compared to the same quarter last year. …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Market Australian specialist broadband device distributor, PCRange has starting shipping its first new Billion routers in two years, with the Billion V Series Broadcom chipset-based routers now coming on to the market in Australia. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Technology Citrix is addressing the growing demand for IT support for mobile devices with an updated version of GoToAssist. …
Written by: Peter Dinham | Published in: Market IT serviced management solutions vendor, FrontRange, has launched its latest cloud release including its new cloud discovery and cloud mobile platforms. …
Written by: Stephen Withers | Published in: Enterprise Good Technology has updated its Good for Enterprise apps for iOS and Android. …