Technology
Superpartners pulls the plug on botched IT 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.
Apple under pressure to deliver phablet as Android pulls away
Google’s Android has extended its lead in the Australian smartphone market over arch rival Apple, putting more pressure on the company to deliver an impressive larger ‘phablet’ iPhone, says research firm Telsyte.
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.
Ready for the brave new e-world of wearable tech
Lawyer Paul Kallenbach predicts the use of wearable technology such as Google Glass will be widespread and mainstream within only five years.
The key to Cupid Media’s privacy woes
The lesson all businesses can learn from Cupid Media’s unmitigated customer privacy disaster is that IT security must be holistic, focusing more on the data itself rather than building walls around it.
Westpac eyes up more outsourcing
Westpac Banking Corporation has gone to market to seek proposals from outsourcing providers, which could provide back office functions for its human resources operations.
ACCC takes Spreets to court
The ACCC is taking the Yahoo-owned group buying website Spreets to the Federal Court, alleging misleading conduct.
Vocus to buy NZ’s FX Networks
Australian listed telecommunications provider, Vocus Communications, is set to buy New Zealand fibre optic cabling provider, FX Networks, for more than $100 million.
Netflix delays Australian roll-out
A long-rumoured move by US online streaming giant Netflix to dominate the Australian market appears to have been delayed.
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.
LG, Samsung reveal Google Wear smart watches
Google shows off a Samsung smart watch, Gear Live, and an LG smart watch, the G Watch
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Internet
The key to Cupid Media’s privacy woes
The lesson all businesses can learn from Cupid Media’s unmitigated customer privacy disaster is that IT security must be holistic, focusing more on the data itself rather than building walls around it.
When employees hit back online
BHP Billiton is “a text book example of bureaucracy” and NAB is “perfect for nurturing corporate psychopaths” – if you believe anonymous reviews on Glassdoor.
Telecommunications
Apple under pressure to deliver phablet as Android pulls away
Google’s Android has extended its lead in the Australian smartphone market over arch rival Apple, putting more pressure on the company to deliver an impressive larger ‘phablet’ iPhone, says research firm Telsyte.
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.
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.
Apple under pressure to deliver phablet as Android pulls away
Google’s Android has extended its lead in the Australian smartphone market over arch rival Apple, putting more pressure on the company to deliver an impressive larger ‘phablet’ iPhone, says research firm Telsyte.
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.
