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No Rats, But Boomtown Scores Big Investment From Telstra

Computer Daily News November 15, 2016 No Comments

Telstra Ventures – an investment subsidiary of Australia’s No 1 telco – has pumped an unknown amount, but believed to be many millions of dollars, into Boomtown, a privately-owned US…

Review: D-Link AC1900 EXO Hits The Sweet Spot

Fergus Halliday November 11, 2016 No Comments

The biggest thing that D-Link’s new DIR-879 AC1900 EXO Wi-Fi Gigabit Router is promising to do is hit the sweet spot between speed, coverage and affordability. It’s easy to burn money on an ugly…

ATO Hits Optus With Own Goal Tax Bill

Computer Daily News November 11, 2016 No Comments

Singapore Telecommunications the owners of Optus have been hit with a $326M dollar tax bill by the ATO, the tax dates back, to its takeover of Optus in 2001 for…

Govt. Plans To Spend $45 Million On New Cyber-Security Centres

Computer Daily News November 10, 2016 No Comments

The Turnbull Government has announced plans to launch Academic Centres of Cyber Security Excellence in the hope of improving Australia’s cyber-security through education and research. For a cost of A$4.5…

Singtel Fights ATO $326m Demand

Computer Daily News November 9, 2016 No Comments

Optus owner Singtel has received an amended tax assessment from the Australian Tax Office demanding payment of A$326 million – and at this stage is preparing to fight the matter.…

Fibre To Node Rollout Sees NBN On Tap At 3.2mil. Premises

Computer Daily News November 9, 2016 No Comments

Revealing its financial first-quarter results, NBN Co says it now has 1.4 million active end-users and another 3.2 million premises ready for service. CEO Bill Morrow, pictured, attributed the increase…

Foxtel Launches NBN Service

Computer Daily News November 4, 2016 No Comments

Foxtel, jointly owned by Telstra and Rupert Murdoch’s News Group, has begun offering National Broadband Network services – though at this stage only to fibre-to-the-premises (FttP) customers, a service now…

Russian Hackers Attacked Windows Flaw, Says Microsoft

Computer Daily News November 3, 2016 No Comments

Microsoft says that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and US political hacks is behind recent cyber attacks that have exploited a new Windows security flaw. The…

Mobile Malware Hits Oz Banks

Computer Daily News November 3, 2016 No Comments

At least five Australian banks are believed to be among 50 worldwide currently being targeted by GM Bot mobile malware. The malware, which is also said to target payments service…

Mobile, Tablet Web Use Overtaking Desktops Worldwide

Computer Daily News November 3, 2016 No Comments

Internet usage by mobile and tablet devices exceeded desktop worldwide for the first time in October according to Web analytics company StatCounter. The analyst group found that mobile and tablet…