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Telstra To Publish NBN Speeds

Computer Daily News February 1, 2017 No Comments

Telstra has unveiled plans to regularly publish national-level performance data for its NBN services, along with location-specific estimates of NBN network speeds for customers signing up for its services. These…

Reckon Ups “Cloudifying” Effort

Computer Daily News February 1, 2017 No Comments

Accounting software provider Reckon – No. 3 Down Under after MYOB and Xero – says it has acquired perpetual licences to the source code for two cloud-based applications, as it…

Telstra Pledges Gigabit Speeds On Nighthawk: 5G – Maybe …

Computer Daily News February 1, 2017 No Comments

Telstra is promising mobile users gigabit-class speeds on its network if they acquire a new mobile hotspot gadget made by Netgear. Telstra says the new Netgear Nighthawk M1, pictured, which…

Coming Up? A Curvy iPhone

Computer Daily News January 27, 2017 No Comments

Apple is said to be working with Japan Display on flexible screens that would be suitable for a future iPhone. Consisting of a flexible LCD panel protected by plastic, the…

Hello, Hello: Optus Launches Voice-Over-Wi-Fi Service

Computer Daily News January 27, 2017 No Comments

Optus has launched its voice over Wi-Fi service. But so far it’s strictly for Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge users.The system will allow Optus customers with this gear…

Pay For Movies? Aussies Go Along

Computer Daily News January 24, 2017 No Comments

With most of Australia’s Internet service providers now forced by court action to prevent their customers from downloading movies for free from unauthorised Web sites, Roy Morgan Research says it…

Internet At Risk, Says Mozilla

Computer Daily News January 20, 2017 No Comments

Beware – the much loved Internet is under threat, according to Mozilla, an organisation that helped make the Web near-ubiquitous. “The last five years really started to erode some of…

Sunlight Beckons Yarra Trams

Computer Daily News January 20, 2017 No Comments

While the NSW Government remains resolutely opposed to any use of alternative energy sources to the State’s huge resources of coal, hacked from enormously deep pits in Hunter Valley fields,…

Vodafone, NextDC And Continuum Announce Staffing Changes

Computer Daily News January 18, 2017 No Comments

• Vodafone has named the company’s director of sales, Ben McIntosh, as director of its consumer business unit, a new position. According to CEO Iñaki Berroeta, the position merges the…

Amazon Seeks Spectrum For IoT

Computer Daily News January 18, 2017 No Comments

Amazon has filed an application with the US Federal Communications Commission to get approval to test wireless networking for the Internet of Things. CEO Jeff Bezos wants to carry out…