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Google Garnishes Java Burger

Computer Daily News May 25, 2016 No Comments

Google lawyers have likened Java programming code they are accused of stealing to the equivalent of a hamburger. Oracle is suing Google over the use of the code called API,…

Bendy-Phones On The Way

Computer Daily News May 25, 2016 No Comments

Apple failed to anticipate a fashion disaster when it made the iPhone 6 and was plagued with reports of the smartphone bending and breaking when users tried to squeeze the…

BlackBerry MD Off To Optus

Computer Daily News May 25, 2016 No Comments

BlackBerry Australia’s managing director Matthew Ball will leave the smartphone company to take over Optus’s small and medium business operations. Ball will join the telco at the end of this…

Australians In Love With Tech New Report Counts The Ways

Computer Daily News May 25, 2016 No Comments

Australians are increasingly comfortable using and adapting to new technologies, a new report claims. “Staying connected is now a national pastime – Australians are clearly more dependent on the Internet…

Downturn Ahead For Server Market

Computer Daily News May 24, 2016 No Comments

Enterprise server shipments are likely to slow significantly in coming months, according to a report by financial services outfit Morgan Stanley’s technology expert Katy Huberty. She blames increasing virtualisation and…

Kiwis Glued To Their Screens

Computer Daily News May 24, 2016 No Comments

New Zealanders are developing into a nation of addictive big- and small-screen watchers, a new Roy Morgan report suggests. Findings include: – Some 76pc Kiwis now have a smartphone, and…

Outage: Telstra Hit Yet Again

Computer Daily News May 24, 2016 No Comments

Telstra’s network outage woes were compounded yesterday, with up to 375,000 of the Telco’s NBN and ADSL customers unable to connect to the Internet. The latest outage closely follows three…

Wearables Market Up 67pc: IDC

Computer Daily News May 24, 2016 No Comments

The global wearables market has begun to gain traction. Total shipment volumes reached 19.7 million units in Q1 2016, an increase of 67.2pc from the 11.8 million units shipped in…

NBN To Defend AFP Raids

Computer Daily News May 23, 2016 No Comments

The National Broadband Network hierarchy is expected to come out firing today, as it seeks to mount a defence of its actions in encouraging the Federal Police to raid ALP…

Google Takes On Apple Watch

Computer Daily News May 20, 2016 No Comments

Google has launched its latest effort to take on Apple’s Watch with a new version of its OS, Android Wear 2.0 The new OS offers a number of improvements, including…