Computer Daily News – Page 151

Vocus Profit Drops 17 Percent

Computer Daily News August 24, 2018 No Comments

Australia’s current No 4 telco Vocus has posted a 17 percent drop in net profit for the year to June 30. Net profit after tax came in at $127 million,…

Credit Card Fraud Hits $476 Million

Computer Daily News August 24, 2018 No Comments

Online payments fraud via use of Australian credit cards hit $476 million in the 2017 calendar year, according to new figures produced by the Australian Payments Network. And that was…

NEC Oz Shows Off Large Displays

Computer Daily News August 23, 2018 No Comments

NEC Australia is launching seven new ultra-high definition (UHD) large-format displays at this week’s Integrate Expo 2018 event at Sydney’s Darling Harbour Features are said to include native UHD resolution…

Instant Face Recognition Arrives – Maybe On Your Smartphone

Computer Daily News August 23, 2018 No Comments

Sydney based start-up IDChekr claims to be developing a smartphone facial recognition app that will be able to identify people in real time by comparing their scanned image with publicly…

‘No-Change’ Appointment Means Problems Lie Ahead: Budde

Computer Daily News August 23, 2018 No Comments

Telecoms analyst and commentator Paul Budde, pictured, has raised questions about the future of NBN Co, following the appointment of Stephen Rue. He says the internal nature of the appointment…

Notebook Shipments Down 24pc

Computer Daily News August 23, 2018 No Comments

Worldwide top-five notebook brands saw their combined shipments drop 24 percent in July after closing US back-to-school demand in May, according to Taiwan-based news service DigiTimes. Hewlett-Packard saw its July…

Rovio Sales On The Up

Computer Daily News August 20, 2018 No Comments

Rovio Entertainment, maker of the Angry Birds mobile game series and movie, posted a glimmer of light in second-quarter sales on the back of its games players.Second-quarter adjusted operating profit…

Telstra Cops A Downgrade

Computer Daily News August 20, 2018 No Comments

The Macquarie group has downgraded Telstra from “neutral” to “underperform”, despite the telco reporting full-year earnings in line with analyst projections, and a three-month high share price. The news follows an…

Free Airline Wi-Fi May Soon No Longer Be Free: New Warning

Computer Daily News August 20, 2018 No Comments

Don’t cosy up too close to the free Wi-Fi services now being operated by Australian internal airlines and some overseas operators. A number of airlines are expected to slow their…

Nvidia Reveals New Graphics Chip

Computer Daily News August 16, 2018 No Comments

After a two-year wait Nvidia has finally unveiled its new graphics chip, the eighth-generation of its Turing graphics architecture. Nvidia described it as the most important innovation in computer graphics…