As well as sticking to their ecosystem of choice, Australians are lengthening the time between phone purchases. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Month: February 2018
Vocus forced to revise guidance again as profit drops
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•Vocus has brought in a first-half statutory net profit of AU$37.3 million, found a buyer for its New Zealand assets, made five sales on its ASC, and revised its guidance …read more Source:: Open Source S
3D-printed ‘clip-on’ turns smartphone into fully functional microscope
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•Researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics have developed a simple clip-on that enables smartphones to visualise specimens as small as 1/200th of a millimetre. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Bogus Linux vulnerability gets publicity
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•No, there’s not a new security hole that gives attackers complete control over Linux servers. But, if you use a poor password, yes, you can still get hacked. Imagine! …read more Source:: Open Source S
Singapore to introduce GST on imported digital services
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•Slated to take effect from January 2020, the new tax does not impact e-commerce purchases, but will apply to goods and services imported from suppliers based overseas that do not …read more Source:: Open Source S
Want to work for Google? CEO touts ‘jobs for thousands’ in $2.5bn US expansion plan
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•Google talks up job creation as part of its plans to extend its US datacenter operations. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Meltdown-Spectre: Now the class action suits against Intel are starting to mount up
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•Intel faces 32 class action lawsuits over its processor flaws and says more may be in the pipeline. …read more Source:: Legal
Oracle hires former Salesforce Brazil head
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•Mauricio Prado will be competing against his old employer as sales VP for business applications …read more Source:: Open Source S
Stuck in a wi-fi and broadband blackspot? Your local church spire could be the answer
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•Medieval churches could deliver twenty-first century internet connections under a new deal. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Government agrees to up Medicare card privacy and security controls
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•Scrapping PKI certificates in favour of PRODA is one of 14 recommendations the Australian government has accepted following a review into health providers’ access to Medicare card numbers. …read more Source:: Open Source S