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Australian Battery Technology May Power International Drones

Computer Daily News November 9, 2016 No Comments

International battery manufacturers seeking to extend flight times for airborne drones are keen to test battery-boosting systems from Sunshine Coast based nanotechnology start-up Nano-Nouvelle – an outfit backed by Tesla…

Singtel Fights ATO $326m Demand

Computer Daily News November 9, 2016 No Comments

Optus owner Singtel has received an amended tax assessment from the Australian Tax Office demanding payment of A$326 million – and at this stage is preparing to fight the matter.…

Fibre To Node Rollout Sees NBN On Tap At 3.2mil. Premises

Computer Daily News November 9, 2016 No Comments

Revealing its financial first-quarter results, NBN Co says it now has 1.4 million active end-users and another 3.2 million premises ready for service. CEO Bill Morrow, pictured, attributed the increase…

Another VW Chief Caught

Computer Daily News November 8, 2016 No Comments

Volkswagen’s troubles have just got worse after supervisory board chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch became the latest to get caught up in a German probe into the company’s emissions scandal. The…

Huawei Shoots Higher Globally

Computer Daily News November 8, 2016 No Comments

Barred from major projects in Australia and despite being dumped by Telstra, Chinese Company Huawei, is hoping to grab a larger slice of the global market following Samsung Electronics’ damaging…

Aussie Banks Like ‘Hardcore Cartel’: Apple Fires Back

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Apple has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that the Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, Westpac and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank are acting like a “hardcore cartel” seeking to…

Ballmer Reveals Reason For Big fallout with Bill Gates

Computer Daily News November 7, 2016 No Comments

Steve Ballmer has revealed that his fallout with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was exacerbated by his decision to push the company into the hardware business. Ballmer, who was CEO of…

Xero Revenue Up – Loss Hits $44m

Computer Daily News November 4, 2016 No Comments

New Zealand based accounting software company Xero – a major competitor for Sydney-based MYOB – has recorded another loss for the first half of its financial year, ended September 30,…

Foxtel Launches NBN Service

Computer Daily News November 4, 2016 No Comments

Foxtel, jointly owned by Telstra and Rupert Murdoch’s News Group, has begun offering National Broadband Network services – though at this stage only to fibre-to-the-premises (FttP) customers, a service now…

Ericsson Readies Telstra For IoT On LTE With Cat-M1 Demo

Computer Daily News November 4, 2016 No Comments

Ericsson says that, along with Qualcomm, it has “executed network and device testing of data communications on Cat-M1,” for Telstra at its headquarters in Sweden. Telstra’s network group MD Mike…