Technology
Telstra, NBN Co face off over $200m bill
Telstra is suing NBN Co in the NSW Supreme Court over an $11 billion deal both parties signed in 2011, a battle that could be the most expensive case of telecommunications bill shock Australia has seen.
NBN Co delays fibre-to-the-basement service
NBN Co has delayed the launch of its fibre-to-the-basement internet service by up to five months. In the meantime it will continue to connect premises using the fibre-to-the-premise technology favoured by Labor.
Russian hackers attacking oil and gas companies
Russian hackers have targeted hundreds of Western oil and gas companies, as well as energy investment firms, according to private cybersecurity researchers.
Ex-Goldman exec Noto joins Twitter as CFO
Anthony Noto, the Goldman Sachs executive who led Twitter’s initial public offering last year, has joined the social network as the company’s chief financial officer.
Plug pulled on bungled $180m superannuation tech project
Australia’s biggest superannuation administrator Superpartners has been forced to pull the plug on a bungled project to build a new technology platform, which blew its budget by at least $180 million.
Big screen challenge for Apple iPhone
The success of Google’s Android is putting pressure on Apple to release a ‘phablet’ iPhone.
Alibaba struggles with smartphones
As China’s 618 million internet users move to mobile devices, the country’s largest e-commerce player is struggling to deal with the lower profit margins.
Microsoft battles cyber attacks from Kuwait
Microsoft has launched what it hopes will be the most successful private effort to date to crack down on cyber crime by moving to disrupt communications channels between hackers and infected PCs.
Proposed ASIO spying laws threaten bystander privacy
Civil liberties groups have criticised proposed laws allowing spy agencies to access the computers of a suspect’s associates as part of investigations.
Broader scrutiny of NBN closer to reality
The NBN cost-benefit analysis by the panel of experts chaired by Dr Michael Vertigan should be released in a matter of days.
TPG Telecom dragged chain in supply of information: ACCC
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says TPG Telecom’s slow release of information regarding its fibre-to-the-basement project has caused delays in its investigation.
Monitor facelift proves pixel perfect
I made a small but, as it has proved, crucial mistake on the day I set aside to perform this week’s review. I left my reading glasses at home.
Nokia reveals best ever Windows phone
Nokia’s Lumia 930 looks like the best Windows phone ever – not that that’s going out on a limb.
Inside Apple’s new iPod touch
A teardown of the fifth generation iPod touch reveals fewer changes under the hood than some might have expected.
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Internet
Westpac’s Gail Kelly on the art of failing
Westpac’s Gail Kelly says bosses need to loosen their grip and let younger employees experiment if they want to beat the competition.
Oil and gas set for growth spurt
The oil and gas sector will continue to grow and the humble video store is heading to oblivion, according to a report into which industries will sink and swim over the next five years.
Telecommunications
NBN Co delays fibre-to-the-basement service
NBN Co has delayed the launch of its fibre-to-the-basement internet service by up to five months. In the meantime it will continue to connect premises using the fibre-to-the-premise technology favoured by Labor.
Alibaba struggles with smartphones
As China’s 618 million internet users move to mobile devices, the country’s largest e-commerce player is struggling to deal with the lower profit margins.
Consumer electronics
Monitor facelift proves pixel perfect
I made a small but, as it has proved, crucial mistake on the day I set aside to perform this week’s review. I left my reading glasses at home.
Big screen challenge for Apple iPhone
The success of Google’s Android is putting pressure on Apple to release a ‘phablet’ iPhone.
Science
Stressed out, but you won’t die from it
Is this you? Your heart is hammering faster than ever, you are sweating and you’ve not been running, and you are overwhelmed.
Microsoft bets on quantum computing
A group of physicists and computer scientists funded by Microsoft is trying to take the analogy of interwoven threads to what some believe will be the next great leap in computing, so-called quantum computing.
