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ASIC Takes IOOF To Court

Computer Daily News August 24, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has launched a court action against a subsidiary of IOOF for failing to provide adequate cyber security systems. The case, now in…

Spacetalk Boosts MGM Wireless

Computer Daily News August 24, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: Technology company MGM Wireless is taking on the niche children’s market through its Spacetalk smartphone. The device boosted MGM’s total revenue growth of 47 percent to $10.5 million for…

Ructions Continue To Trouble Computer Society

Computer Daily News August 24, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: Andrew Johnson, is still CEO of the unsettled Australian Computer Society, six weeks after he was asked to resign, Graeme Philipson has reported for ITWire. “His abrupt departure was…

ACMA To Set New Rules For Broadband Service Failures

Computer Daily News August 21, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) said it will seek input into new rules aimed at helping consumers know what to do when their fixed broadband telco fails…

Scam ‘NBN’ Calls Blossoming

Computer Daily News August 21, 2020 No Comments

MELBOURNE: NBN Co is warning about scam calls purporting to be from the company, with more than $320,000 lost from January to June this year. The wholesaler seeks to educate…

Google’s Gmail Service Takes A Hit

Computer Daily News August 21, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: Millions of Australian users of Google’s Gmail service yesterday were affected by a huge global outage yesterday. Many users were unable to access their e-mails or send messages. Gmail…

Fletcher Offers $50m Kick-Start Program To Aid Oz Filmmakers

Computer Daily News August 21, 2020 No Comments

CANBERRA: In a bid to kick-start the local film and television industry, hit by the potential corona virus, screen producers can now access a $50 million Temporary Interruption Fund (TIF).…

Zoom Opens Singapore Datacentre

Computer Daily News August 20, 2020 No Comments

SINGAPORE: Zoom Video Communications has opened a datacentre in Singapore, its first in Southeast Asia. The Singapore data centre, which connect the company’s users in Southeast Asia, brings its total…

COVID Turbocharges US Online Sales

Computer Daily News August 20, 2020 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO: US consumers spent US$211.5 billion during Q2 on e-commerce, up 31.8 percent quarter over quarter. The US Census Bureau data provides the latest picture of how the coronavirus…

Cloud Now Bigger Than Dell+HPE+Lenovo+Cisco

Computer Daily News August 20, 2020 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO: Global spend on cloud services hit US$233.4 billion last year according to analyst firm IDC. The researcher said the big five cloud companies AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, Google, and Oracle…