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Covid-19 Boosts Aussie Online Sales By 50pc-Plus

Computer Daily News July 6, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: The NAB Online Retail Sales Index rose by 50.4 percent year-on-year in May, following April’s record growth of 58.5 percent. “While online retail sales growth is typically volatile month…

Ziggy Hails NBN Result

Computer Daily News July 6, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: After seven years sitting at the helm of Australia’s most massive infrastructure project, NBN Co chair Ziggy Switkowski, pictured, has congratulated himself for finally bringing the NBN broadband network…

Optus Orders New Satellite To Cover Nation

Computer Daily News July 6, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: Optus says it has signed a deal with Airbus Defence and Space for a new OneSat satellite, pictured, which will cover most of Australasia when it is launched in…

Apple Embraces Encrypted DNS

Computer Daily News June 29, 2020 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is implementing support for encrypted domain name systems (DNS) in iOS and macOS, setting up one more hurdle for snoopers, including law enforcement agencies, to jump over…

Global Gaming Industry Sees Big Growth Ahead

Computer Daily News June 29, 2020 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO: Games and e-sports analytics company Newzoo says the 2020 global game industry revenue from consumers could reach US$159.3 billion, a 9.3 percent increase year-over-year. Newzoo also predicts the…

Amazon Set To Buy Zoox

Computer Daily News June 29, 2020 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon has taken a major step towards developing self-driving vehicles, acquiring start-up Zoox, which has been working on an autonomous ride-hailing service. Amazon said the deal will help…

Aussie IaaS Bill To Hit $2 Billion

Computer Daily News June 29, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: Australian organisations are expected to spend $2 billion a year on infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) by 2024, according to the latest survey by Sydney-based Telsyte. This would be more than twice…

Signify Lighting Claimed To Eradicate Covid’s Parent SARS

Computer Daily News June 26, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: Global lighting company Signify, together with the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories at Boston University, have conducted research claimed to be successful in the effectiveness of Signify’s UV-C light…

Singapore’s Telcos Tap Nokia, Ericsson To Build 5G Networks

Computer Daily News June 26, 2020 No Comments

SINGAPORE: Singapore telcos have separately selected Nokia and Ericsson to build infrastructure for new 5G networks. A joint venture between M1 and Starhub said the duo had selected Nokia to…

Oz Household Wealth Drops $9982

Computer Daily News June 26, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: Average household wealth dropped 2.3pc – or $9982– to $428,585 per person, the largest decrease since the September quarter 2011 and largely due to the coronavirus, according to new…