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Dropbox Ponders IPO

Computer Daily News July 3, 2017 No Comments

Data-sharing outfit Dropbox is in the market for an initial public offering that would create the biggest US technology company to go public since Snap. Initial worth of the company…

Fairfax Still In Aussie Hands

Computer Daily News July 3, 2017 No Comments

Fairfax Media – operator of the Sydney Morning Herald, Melbourne Age and many other media titles – appears set to remain in Australian hands, at least for the moment, after…

DVD Fakers Face Sentence

Computer Daily News July 3, 2017 No Comments

Counterfeit DVD marketers Mosaic Defredes and Allison Daniel are expected to be sentenced in a Parramatta, Sydney, court this week on charges relating to the possession and sale of many…

Horn-Pacquiao Title Fight: Foxtel Knocks Out Facebook Pirates

Computer Daily News July 3, 2017 No Comments

Foxtel acted swiftly yesterday to shut down Facebook users who attempted to broadcast pirated versions of the Brisbane world-title welterweight boxing match between Australia’s Jeff Horn and Filipino title holder…

Why Smaller Retailers Will Have The Edge Against Amazon

Fergus Halliday June 30, 2017 No Comments

Even before Amazon came out and “announced” it for themselves, the arrival of the United States’ biggest online retailer has cast a long shadow over the future prospects of the…

Body Heat Battery Raise $12m

Computer Daily News June 30, 2017 No Comments

Battery life is a consistent problem, but a pair of US scientists believe they have an answer and have raised US$12.3 million to test their theory. Matrix Industries, co-founded by…

Microsoft Scores Security Stamp

Computer Daily News June 30, 2017 No Comments

Winners are grinners at Microsoft Australia, after the company won certification of its services as “secure” by the Australian Signals Directorate. Certification ensures wider use of its products by government…

Tax Man Blamed As Petya Downs 12,000 Systems

Computer Daily News June 30, 2017 No Comments

If you’re having a bad hair day and don’t know who to blame there is always the bus driver or the tax man. In the case of the latest global…

Complaints Roll In For Harvey Norman

Jon Bragg June 30, 2017 No Comments

Harvey Norman has once again been recognised as one of the most complained about businesses in NSW. NSW Fair Trading received 30 complaints about the retailer in May and listed it in…

Ad-Spend Down For Consumer Electronics

Fergus Halliday June 30, 2017 No Comments

New reports claim that consumer electronics marketers have decreased their advertising expenditure in the first quarter of 2017. According to a new report from Standard Media Index, ad-spend dipped 7.7%…