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COVID19 May Make You Fat, If You Don’t Exercise More

Computer Daily News April 1, 2020 No Comments

SAN FRANCISCO: Coronavirus may do more harm than give a life-threatening respiratory illness. It seems it may also make you fat. A new study using data from more than 68,000 fitness…

Parliament To Be Called Early

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CANBERRA: Parliament could sit as early as next week to pass legislation related to the new JobKeeper payment, with Labor likely to support the overall package. Unions and business groups…

WA shutdown: Local Coppers Call In The Drones

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PERTH: West Australian police will use drones to enforce unprecedented border closures as the State goes into lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus. Drones fitted with…

Telehealth Consultations Soar

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CANBERRA: The Federal Government says more than one million telehealth conferences between doctors and patients have been held in Australia since strict coronavirus restrictions were outlined last week. Now the…

Coronavirus Wipes $47 Billion Off Technology Spend

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NEW YORK: When the top-of-the-bill Mobile World Congress (MWC) cancelled this year, it was followed in quick succession by many major IT shindigs due to the coronavirus. But who could…

Microsoft Snaps Up Virtualised Telco Affirmed Networks

Computer Daily News March 31, 2020 No Comments

SEATTLE: Microsoft has confirmed it has struck a deal to buy telecommunications virtualisation specialist Affirmed Networks for an undisclosed sum to take on Amazon with plans to create a “global…

BMC, NEC Oz Link Arms To Promote Digital Strategy

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SYDNEY: BMC and NEC Australia have struck a deal that sees NEC using BMC’s Helix program to offer its clients service assurance technologies. These will include monitoring, capacity and cost…

Telco Industry Offers COVID Guide

Computer Daily News March 31, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) and Communications Alliance have set up a joint Web page dubbed “Keeping Australians Connected”, with the aim of providing Australians with guidance around…

Video Meetings Up 1000 Percent

Computer Daily News March 31, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY/SANTA CLARA: Online or video meetings, in these blighted days of the coronavirus invasion, are very much to be preferred to physical ones. Good to see, therefore, the Silicon-Valley 8×8…

NSW Govt. Techies Call For Help

Computer Daily News March 31, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: If you’re a techie who’s been sacked due to the coronavirus extravaganza, here’s one possible path to at least a short- or medium-term job. The NSW Government’s Web site…