Computer Daily News – Page 154

Speedtests: Telstra wins and loses

Computer Daily News August 3, 2018 No Comments

Is Telstra the best Australian broadband supplier – or one of the worst? It all depends on where you get your information, it seems. The Big T yesterday proudly boasted…

Qualcomm Antennas Herald 5G

Computer Daily News July 25, 2018 No Comments

Qualcomm has unveiled its first mmWave 5G antenna for smartphones, signalling that ultrafast gigabit mobile broadband is on the way. The chipmaker’s QTM052 antenna modules are claimed to be the…

Microsoft Shares Jump Again – But Apple Remains Top Dog

Computer Daily News July 25, 2018 No Comments

Shares in Microsoft jumped US$1.70 on the Nasdaq exchange yesterday, closing the official day’s trading at US$107.90 after touching $108.14. This gave Microsoft a market capitalisation of $814.96 billion –…

War Of The Frenemy Hackers Now Hitting Aussie Organisations

Computer Daily News July 25, 2018 No Comments

Australian companies are being ripped off more than ever by customers, suppliers and cyber-hackers who are using the Dark Web, backed by organised crime. A global economic crime survey by…

Investors To Return Toshiba To US Court Over Accounting

Computer Daily News July 19, 2018 No Comments

A US appeals court has paved the way for investors in Toshiba’s US-listed securities to revisit a case which the investors say cost them serious losses after the Japanese industrial…

Telcos Set To Bid For $500M Sydney Public Wi-Fi Deal

Computer Daily News July 18, 2018 No Comments

The Sydney City Council is offering Australian telcos a massive public Wi-Fi deal worth an estimated $500 million over 10 years The proposed network would almost certainly be be the…

My Health Record System Reels As Thousands Opt Out

Computer Daily News July 18, 2018 No Comments

Oops. Lucky it’s not an emergency – but the Australian Digital Health Agency, which runs the Turnbull Government’s much-vaunted My Health Record system, has admitted that it hasn’t been able…

Alphabet To Spin Out Loon, Wing

Computer Daily News July 13, 2018 No Comments

Google parent Alphabet is spinning out its X research division, making its Wing and Loon projects into independent companies. Project Loon makes balloons – one pictured in hanger – aimed…

Ex-Google Exec To Be Siri’s Boss

Computer Daily News July 13, 2018 No Comments

Apple has chosen former Google executive John Giannandrea to lead a new artificial intelligence and machine-learning team. Giannandrea will report to Apple CEO Tim Cook as the company works to…

Face It – Airport Passport Flashing May Be On Way Out

Computer Daily News July 13, 2018 No Comments

The Department of Home Affairs’ initial “face-on-the move” passenger recognition technology trials at Canberra airport have correctly matched 94 percent of travellers at arrival counters, the Homies say. The new…