Computer Daily News – Page 165

Government Thumbs-Down On New HQ: Google May Abandon Sydney

Computer Daily News April 18, 2018 No Comments

A NSW Government decision to reject the planned building of a Silicon Valley-style technology hub in Sydney could put as many as 19,000 jobs at risk. Hardest hit will be…

Foxtel Slashes Facebook Ads

Computer Daily News April 17, 2018 No Comments

The Foxtel streaming video service – jointly owned by the Murdoch media business and Telstra – is reportedly slashing its digital marketing budget with Facebook, in an apparent response to…

Oz Organisations Report 63 Data Breaches In Just Six Weeks

Computer Daily News April 12, 2018 No Comments

Australian organisations reported 63 data breaches in the first six weeks of the Turnbull Government’s mandatory notification system, under which all major organisations must promptly report all breaches. It that rate…

Asus, Acer Take Currency Hit

Computer Daily News April 12, 2018 No Comments

Two of Taiwan’s major IT companies have produced quite different results for the first quarter of 2018 – though both were affected by appreciation of the Taiwanese currency. Asustek Computer,…

39pc Of Aussies To Go Mobile-Only

Computer Daily News April 11, 2018 No Comments

Vodafone Australia has released a report commissioned from the Centre for International Economics (CIE), which predicts that 39 percent of Australian households could use mobile networks as their only means…

Telstra Offers Home Wi-Fi Booster

Computer Daily News April 11, 2018 No Comments

Telstra has begun marketing a gadget to boost Wi-Fi connections in houses with areas that are hard for the Wi-Fi signal to reach. Its Smart Wi-Fi Booster, pictured, is available…

NBN Co Planning 5G Tests

Computer Daily News April 11, 2018 No Comments

NBN Co is considering the future use of 5G technology in its fixed-wireless sites, mostly in remote areas across Australia. It operates more than 2500 such sites, enabling LTE fixed-wireless…

New Shove For Fibre-To-The-Curb

Computer Daily News April 11, 2018 No Comments

NBN Co has dramatically upped the number of premises that are expected to get a fibre- to the-curb connection, which should offer significantly faster speeds than the currently favoured fibre-to-the-node…

Toshiba Chip Sale Hits A Snag

Computer Daily News April 9, 2018 No Comments

A Hong Kong-based activist investment fund has voiced opposition to Toshiba’s chip unit claims that it’s worth as much as US$40 billion, double the sale price agreed with a Bain-led…

LG Looking Good

Computer Daily News April 9, 2018 No Comments

South Korea’s LG Electronics expects Q1 operating profit to rise 20 percent from a year ago to its highest in nine years, beating market expectations. The world’s No.2 television maker…