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Musk Extends Panasonic Ties

Computer Daily News October 19, 2016 No Comments

Tesla Motors and SolarCity founder Elon Musk has revealed plans to enlist Panasonic to help make solar-energy components. Production of photovoltaic cells and modules for solar-energy systems used by SolarCity…

Korean Telco Delivers 52.5Gbps

Computer Daily News October 19, 2016 No Comments

South Korean telco SK Broadband has connected residents in an apartment block in Seoul with a broadband service over fibre that can deliver a total shared bandwidth of 52.5Gbps, using…

Google Chief Picks Redflow For Across-Property Solar Energy

Computer Daily News October 19, 2016 No Comments

Google A/NZ engineering director Alan Noble is the first Australian customer to install Redflow’s new world market-leading ZCell batteries to deliver round-the-clock solar energy at his off-grid property in Willunga,…

MS Chief Nadella Oz-Bound

Computer Daily News October 19, 2016 No Comments

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella is to visit Australia next month – his first visit since being appointed CEO in February 2014. A previous worker with Sun Microsystems, the Indian-born…

3D Printer Shipments To Double

Computer Daily News October 18, 2016 No Comments

Worldwide 3D printer shipments are set to more than double this year, according to Gartner. The market research firm has forecast that shipments will reach 455,772 units this year, up…

Start-up Scores $1.25m Funding For ‘Siri For Analytics’ AI Deal

Computer Daily News October 18, 2016 No Comments

Hyper Anna, a Sydney-based start-up which describes itself as an AI powered data analyst – “Siri for analytics” – has secured $1.25 million in venture capital funding from Westpac’s venture…

Sammy Offers Galaxy Sweeteners In Bid To Keep Market Share

Computer Daily News October 18, 2016 No Comments

Australian telcos, primed by Samsung, are offering “sweeteners to Galaxy Note 7 customers” in a bid to prevent them switching to competitors, according to an Australian IT report. The report…

MS Seeks EU Nod On LinkedIn

Computer Daily News October 17, 2016 No Comments

Microsoft has called for a speedy green light by EU regulators for its US$26 billion bid for social network LinkedIn. “We filed today,” company spokesman Robin Koch said, noting that…

Salesforce Dumps Twitter Bid

Computer Daily News October 17, 2016 No Comments

Salesforce has dropped a bombshell on Twitter, saying it’s no longer interested in buying the troubled social network. Twitter now faces an uncertain future as Salesforce was the last of…

ADSL Regs – Five More Years

Computer Daily News October 17, 2016 No Comments

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has announced that it plans to continue regulating Australia’s wholesale ADSL service for five more years. As the NBN continues to rollout across the…