Sue You: Kogan Off To Court
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April 10, 2013
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Online retailer Ruslan Kogan has launched a lawsuit against prepaid mobile distributor ispOne after it began dumping some over-enthusiastic users of his... Read More
Forget S 4: How About A Samsung 6″ Mega ‘Phablet’?
And it will be big, apparently. Over six inches to be precise – hard to imagine since we already have trouble fitting... Read More
Labor’s $40bn NBN V Libs $30bn FttN – Who Wins?
The Federal Coalition’s $30 billion plan for an alternative, slower but cheaper National Broadband Network – announced yesterday by Malcolm Turnbull and... Read More
LG On Appliance Prowl in OZ
Ambitious Korean electronics giant is looking to gain new ground in appliances as it revealed LG is now king of the refridgeration... Read More
Anuus Horribulus: HTC 98% Profit Slide
Net profits slump 98% to NT$85 ($2.8m) for the first quarter 2013, HTC said today. Net income after tax was NT$4.4bn Q1... Read More
Its Here (Almost): Voda 4G “OZ Fastest” Hits June
“From June, we’ll start switching on customers who already have an eligible phone plan and 4G phone” telco No. 3 confirmed today, ... Read More
No WiFi, But LG ‘SmartWashers’ Hang Rivals …Out To Dry?
As the new leader in the fridge market as of last month, LG is now turning its attention to washers, a category... Read More
Droid’s Facebook’s “Home”… So Where’s iPhone?
Facebook “Home isn’t a phone or operating system, but it’s “more than just an app,” Facebook said last week as it launched... Read More
NBN Heading To Be A $90 Billion Disaster Coalition To Reveal
The pet project of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was initially scheduled to cost $56 Billion dollars. Currently the project is behind time... Read More
Samsung Q1 Profit Soar On Galaxy
The world’s biggest phone maker’s January-March Q1 ’13 operating profit rose 53 percent to an estimated 8.7 trillion won (US$7.7 billion) thanks... Read More
Telco Battle For ‘The One’
After much delay, HTC One went on pre-order Optus, Telstra, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone today at 9am, and will be on sale... Read More
HTC First: A Facebook Addicts Phone
The first phone to come with Facebook Home pre installed announced today, will be HTC First, dubbed “the ultimate social phone.” First... Read More
Its Baack: Click Frenzy ‘eCarnival’ Hits 2013
Click Frenzy was OZ’s first 24-hour Internet sales event with 170 retailers taking part including Myer and Dick... Read More
OZ Retail Climbs February
February retail enjoyed a sight rise of 1.3 per cent to $21.9bn, seasonally adjusted , according to ABS figures released today. The... Read More
‘iPhone 5S’ To Hit ‘Mid-Year’
In fact, the ‘refreshed” Apple phone dubbed ‘IPhone 5S” is soon to go into production in Asia according to Wall Street Journal,... Read More
Why Turkish Appliance Maker Beko Should come Clean About Death Products
Beko Australia, have failed to respond to several voice and written requests from Smarthouse. All we want to know is whether any... Read More
Exclusive: Chromebooks To Fly In OZ?
JB Hi Fi, one of the only OZ retailers selling Google OS notebooks, predicts Chromebooks will be popular, while IDC analysts say... Read More
Only Way is Up… For Downloads
As it emerged Aussie downloads have soared 36% in the last year, it now seems this is only the beginning for digital... Read More
Chrome Me Up, Google
After a long wait, Chromebooks are here – the Samsung and Acer notebooks running Google Chrome OS. Starting at $299 for the... Read More
Sony Boss Set To Exit As New Team Takes Over
The current chairman of Sony, will officially step down from his position in June after a new management team took over the... Read More
Logitech Launches Skype Smart TV Camera
The LogitechTV Cam HD, which could hit Australia in time for Xmas has built-in Skype capability, Wi-Fi or Ethernet connectivity and a bundled... Read More
Harvey Norman Baddies V Cuddly Koalas
An investigation by eco group Markets For Change has found the native koala is “being placed at greater risk of extinction due... Read More
Apple At The Centre Of Mini HDMI Cable Dispute
According to the HDMI Organisation, Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers who are making the cables for tablet, media centre devices and notebooks are... Read More
Arrested! Alleged Leader Of Hackers Lulzsec Seized In UK
The arrest was the result of “pre-planned intelligence-led operation” between FBI and Scotland Yard and followed on from several high profile attacks... Read More
Facebook $100BN Mega Float Early 2012 As Users Stall
And what’s more values soaring as high as $100 billion have been tipped. Sources close to the network... Read More
Westpac Backflips On SecurID Tags & Admits Replacements
Click to enlarge This followed confirmation by US based SecurID provider RSA earlier this week that it would reissue 40 million SecurID... Read More
See Me: Facebook Facial Tags Sparks Privacy Row
Click to enlarge The facial recognition tool launched earlier this week to its 600 million plus account holders worldwide helps recognise faces... Read More
Panasonic’s Reid Promoted To Head Nordic Operations
Reid will take office as managing director at Panasonic Europe’s Nordic Region covering Norway, Finland, Iceland and Sweden in July. His post... Read More
REVEALED: Cabasse Satellites Speak In Volumes
Click to enlarge French speaker makers Cabasse has made a career out of pure sound delivery – and nothing else. And among... Read More
Jobs Invited To Keynote At CES
The Wall Street Journal has claimed that Apple will make a rare appearance at next year’s CES Show in Las Vegas after... Read More
Signum Launches Wireless HDMI Sender
Arista Electronics, the distributors of Signum products in Australia, says that this is the first product of its kind to be able... Read More
Kordz Expands To US Market
The company has appointed industry veteran Michael Schaller as Director of Kordz USA. Prior to the appointment, Michael Schaller was most recently in... Read More
CEDIA Friction Over Pro AV Show
CEDIA executives have said that they offered the organisers of the show, Alchemedia publishers of Audio Technology, Venue, AV, House of Worship... Read More
CeBIT Slashed To Two Halls?
Wayne Farren the Sales and Marketing Director at Syntec the distributors of German made Sennheiser made headphones. Said “We have just found... Read More
Consumers Want Green Gear
Research from the UK based company, The Carbon Trust show that over a quarter of respondents said that they are more concerned... Read More
Samsung Gets Sued Over Printer ‘Doping’
Click to enlarge According to a story in Network World, the suit, alleges that Samsung “designs its printers to flash an ’empty’... Read More
EXCLUSIVE: CEDIA To Move To Sydney In 2009
According to CEDIA President Chris McGowan of Advanced Living the Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association is keeping their options open “just... Read More
HDMI Cable A Brig Earner
Demand for high quality cables is booming. In the first three months of 2008 the biggest seller was the HDMI cable according... Read More
Fujitsu To Release Wood-Encased Laptop
Click to enlarge The laptop uses cedar wood for the case and also uses vegetable oil based bio-plastics for various parts.... Read More
Government Moves To Control Facebook, MySpace & Bebo
Click to enlarge The Australian Communications and Media Authority has been an important contributor to the development of the guidelines to... Read More
Dell Sees The Light With Blu-Ray Notebooks
Click to enlarge Literally minutes ago, a press release arrived from Dell’s PR company stating: “The Inspiron 1525 is available now... Read More
Is Dell Short-Changing Local Consumers?
Click to enlarge In the US, Dell’s Inspiron 1525 laptop retails at around $AUD950 and features a 15.4-inch high definition wide aspect... Read More
Symantec Unveils Norton Ghost 14.0
Click to enlarge Using Norton Ghost 14.0, users can quickly recover lost or damaged files and restore from system failures, even if... Read More
IT Security Battle Gets Nasty
Click to enlarge Finjan has claimed since the battle came to court last year that two products, Webwasher and the obsolete CyberGuard... Read More
Panasonic Wins On Star City Installation
Click to enlarge The PT-DW10000 projectors are used to show a wide range of sporting events on an impressive 18 metre wide... Read More
Mobile Spyware Becoming More Widespread
Click to enlarge Niemela said his prediction follows what has happened with the malware writers in the PC market. Many hackers are... Read More
Google Says Less Is More
Click to enlarge In other words, the company has decreased the space around a word that would result in a click, so... Read More
The Marketing Implications Of Online Networks
Click to enlarge Whilst there are also technology or end-user considerations with this conundrum, Hitwise notes marketers will need to watch this... Read More
Adobe Launches Free Online Photo Storage
Click to enlarge Photoshop Express is designed with Adobe’s best image editing technology and has made it simple and accessible to... Read More
US Military Uses Nintendo To Defuse Bombs
Click to enlarge And according to metro.co.uk, scientists have created the Packbot, a machine-gun-toting robot which uses Wii technology to clear mines... Read More