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Mesh Networking Comes To Bluetooth

Fergus Halliday July 19, 2017 No Comments

Bluetooth is set to become more viable as a networking standard for both crowded smart home setups and large-scale enterprise with the introduction of mesh-networking. “By adding support for mesh networking,…

Trigger Happy Minneapolis Cop Who Shot Dead Unarmed Australian Mother Turned Off Body Cameras With 12 Hour Battery Life

David Richards July 17, 2017 No Comments

Trigger happy police in the US city of Minneapolis are now claiming that the body cameras of a police officer who shot dead an unarmed Australian woman investigating a disturbance…

Swann Celebrates 30 Years

Fergus Halliday July 14, 2017 No Comments

Global security solutions vendor Swann has celebrated its 30th birthday, highlighting consistent growth of 10% over the last ten years. According to Swann’s VP of Global Marketing Jeremy Stewart, “this growth…

Aus Gov Unveil Encryption Legislation

Fergus Halliday July 14, 2017 No Comments

The Australian federal government plans to take on tech companies with new legislation that will compel them to break into the encrypted messages of users and hand the contents over…

Aussie Spending On IT Tipped To Hit $83bn In 2017

Computer Daily News July 14, 2017 No Comments

Total information technology spending in Australia this year will top A$83 billion – up 3.7 percent from 2016 – according to the latest estimates by market analyst Gartner. And it…

Gartner: ‘PC Shipments Lowest Since 2007’

Fergus Halliday July 13, 2017 No Comments

New estimates by Gartner have seen the Global PC market deliver its weakest quarter (in terms of volume) since 2007, declining 4% to 6.1 million units. It’s the eleventh quarter…

WD To Trawl Tosh Databases

Computer Daily News July 13, 2017 No Comments

Western Digital has won a temporary court ruling that orders Toshiba to allow WD to access databases and chip samples as part of a joint venture around Tosh’s flash-memory chip…

Serious Questions Raised Over Kaspersky Software & Links With Russian Intelligence

David Richards July 12, 2017 No Comments

Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has been accused of working with Russian security and the KGB, with serious questions now being raised about their software that is sitting on over…

Drone Pilots Cop Fines

Jon Bragg July 10, 2017 No Comments

Drone pilots have been hit with fines in three separate incidents as the Civil Aviation Safety Authority continues to crack down on hazardous drone flying. CASA rules require drones to…

Chrome OS Getting Major Rework

Fergus Halliday July 10, 2017 No Comments

Following on rumours that Google is working on a premium-end Pixel-branded Chromebook, reports now say that the tech giant is preparing to take a sledgehammer to the current version of…