BullGuard Receives Investment For Expansion BullGuard has received an investment of over $5 million from DFJ ePlanet Ventures – the investment company behind Skype and Baidu.
Telstra Rolls Out Online Business Apps Telstra is about to provide small and medium businesses with online applications that may help them becomes more secure, simple, and cost-effective.
Retailer Installs Monstrous Panasonic Screen Melbourne retail store Jetty Surf has installed Panasonic’s 103-inch plasma screen in its shop in an effort to offer a dynamic shopping experience to shoppers.
Technology Shares Soar As Markets Roar Back Technology stocks soared across the board as US stockmarkets rebounded overnight. The Nasdaq composite index leapt almost 12 percent, or 194.74 points, to close at 1844.25 at 7am, Sydney time. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 936 points, or 11 percent at 9387.61. All stocks in CDN's page 4 listing carry a plus mark. Big gainers included Apple, up $13.46, or almost 14 percent, to $110.26, after a week below $100; and Google, which jumped $49.02, or 14.7pc, to close at $381.02.
Tennis Software Aces Business Award SportLogic has won the won the 2008 Australian Business Award in the Product Quality category for its complete software solution.
Yes Optus Is Hopeless Says Telstra According to Telstra, Optus's sudden decision to suspend its much-promoted wireless Fusion broadband offerings is “ further evidence that Optus is not up to delivering the National Broadband Network”.
Brisbane Centre Hooked Up With C4 C4, a leading Australian ICT integrator, has signed up with the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) to implement the Cisco Digital Media Solution (DMS).
Gen Y Not Asking The Big Security Questions They may have a questioning nature and they may be tech-savvy, but Generation Y is creating a security nightmare for many companies out there.
Mini Laptops Make Huge Impact On PC Market According to IDC, mini-laptops, such as the ASUS Eee PC and the HP Mini-Note are changing the global PC business and bringing computing power to the worlds population, and punching well above their weight, and screen sizes for that matter, says a report in the New York Times.
FBI Uses Digital Billboards For Most Wanted The FBI is using a digital billboard network in the US to display "wanted" messages and recruiting information, expanding the reach of this important law enforcement tool to more locations across the country, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal.
McAfee Software Goes Up In Clouds McAfee will change how it delivers malware-signature software updates, claiming that this would provide speedier fixes for users, according to a report in networkworld.com.
Avega Management Skip OZ Bulldog Receptionist Left Behind Senior management of Avega Systems an Australian Company that has been trying to sell wireless audio technology to US manufacturers have quit Australia leaving in place a receptionist who refuses to name any executives of the Company or advice on how management can be contacted.
Sony Releases New Network Security Cameras Sony has rolled out three new network-based video security cameras in its ExwavePRO range at Security 2008, claimed to be the first cameras on the market to comply with the new industry standard interface agreement, announced in May 2008, by market leaders Sony, Bosch and Axis.
MYOB Move Into Web Hosting Accounting and small business software developer MYOB (Mind Your Own Business) has bought Australia's second biggest Web hosting business, SmartyHost, for A$7 million.
Worlds Best Two Technology Companies Named By Accenture Optus may have a diffent view of Nokia after Accenture a leading consulting group identified Nokia and Cisco as being two of the most succesful technology Companies in the world. They have described them as being the most innovative, nimble and forward-thinking of companies this is despite the fact that Nokia have been blamed for the failurew of the Optus Mobile network following a Nokia software upgrade that went wrong.
Cheap Facebook Shares For Sale Facebook directors are bailing on the social network group and the prices they are taking for their shares is way under the value placed on the shares when Microsoft bought into the Company 6 months ago.
HTC Finds Local Boss HTC has appointed Anthony Petts to the role of Director of Sales and Marketing for HTC Australia and New Zealand.
Pocket Rocket Projector Packs Punch Presentations have taken on a whole new dimension with the introduction of a phone-sized projector that can fit in your hip pocket.
Printer Handles Complex Graphics At High Volume Fuji Xerox has released a heavy-duty laser printer that comes with a 500MHz processor , which makes it capable of printing jobs with complex graphics and images.
Windows Live Messenger For BlackBerry Has Landed According to the RIM BlackBerry website, it looks like the world's most popular instant messaging network can now be accessed on most popular smartphone.
Apple Defies Gravity & Hits Third Spot Apple has seen profits beat its usual conservative estimates and at the same time, has become the third-largest computer vendor in the US.
Microsoft Appoints Virtual Earth Manager Microsoft Australia has announced the appointment of Peter Ulm as business development manager for Microsoft’s Virtual Earth business across Australia and New Zealand.
PC Market Grows 71.9M Units In Last QTR Falling prices in mobile computing and the proliferation of faster and cheaper communications infrastructure has seen the rate of PC shipments worldwide increase by 16 percent to top 71.9 million units in the latest quarter, research group Gartner reports.
Microsoft Profit A Bit Light Thanks To Credit Slump Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, posted a fourth-quarter profit that gave a disappointing forecast after the U.S. credit crunch crimped sales, sending its shares down 5.7 per cent.
MPA The New Cyberoam Distributor Cyberoam, a seller of identity-based Unified Threat Management (UTM) appliances, which is present in more than 55 countries, has announced the appointment of MPA Systems as its national distributor for Australia.
Optus Facing Millions In Claims Due To Dumb Contractor A contractor who cut through an Optus fibre optic cable on the Gold Coast could end up being sued for millions by Optus who are facing major payouts to business customers affected by this week's loss of mobile, landline and Internet services in Queensland.
Intel Gives WiMax A Miss Australia will trail much of the world in seeing notebook PCs equipped with the new WiMax technology, Intel GM Philip Cronin confirmed at yesterday's Down Under launch of its new Centrino 2 platform.
Mitho Offers All-In-One Automation Solution BPT has released two Mitho colour touchscreen multipurpose terminals, designed for the management and control of electric home automation, security and video entry system.
Telstra Free Laptop Deal To Continue According to reports, Telstra has extended its free laptop offer following what the telco says was a 'huge response from customers'.
Pioneer To Finally Launch Blu-ray Recorders According to Reuters, Pioneer plans to launch Blu-ray DVD recorders by the end of the year, taking aim at a rapidly growing market after the end of a bitter format battle.
GFK Forcasts Big CE Growth Despite Downturn Leading research group GFK has forecast overall consumer electronic growth of 9.4% in 2008 over 2007, however Australia and the Oceanic region is set to grow by 16.5%. They also warn that more consumers than ever before are moving online to buy CE products and that big growth categories are memory and 3G modems.
LEDs Lights Giving Homebuilders A Brighter Future With all the talk about green alternatives, LED lighting is set to become a multi-billion industry in Australia, with the state and federal governments set to pass legislation dictating to both electricians and installers as to what they can install in terms of new and retrofitted lighting.
Google To Rudd: Split Broadband And Network In its submission to the Federal governments review telecommunications review, Google has warned the Rudd government that by not splitting the network and retail broadband into two separate entities, competition and thus consumers will suffer the price consequences.
Toshiba Rolls Out 3 More Notebooks In its mega roll out of some 32 new notebooks since April, Toshiba has unveiled a new range of consumer notebooks, to include the latest innovative design and mobile computing technologies and are available at retail outlets now.
Nikon Releases Compact Professional DSLR Camera Nikon has released the D700 SLR camera, a lightweight, small-frame camera targeted to the high-end amateur and professional wedding photography market.
Internode Boss Slams Telstra Over NBN Tender Internode managing director Simon Hackett has reiterated his call for the Federal Government’s planned National Broadband Network to use competitive tension to deliver affordable broadband for consumers.
HP Says Too Many Changes Cause IT Risks HP has released the results of a global survey of 1,125 IT professionals from 20 countries, revealing their views about IT risk and how it relates to business risk.
RIM Profits Surge But Shares Fall Blackberry maker Research In Motion shares fell by 8 per cent, even as the company posted quarterly earnings that have more than doubled.
Installed Base For PCs Set To Jump To 2 Billion he installed base for PC's will reach 2 billion by 2014 claims research group Gartner. The estimate is based on an average growth of 12%. Currently the base is 1 billion.
Is It Time To Say Goodbye To The CAT 5 Cable? According to channelinsider.com, the advent of the 802.11n wireless protocol will give rise to the fully wireless infrastructure, opening new and exciting opportunities for moving data.
Sanyo Claims World-First 4-LCD Projector According to digitimes.com, Sanyo Electric has announced a new projector, the LP-XP200L, featuring true colour reproduction thanks to what it calls the world's first 4LCD optical engine, with the brightest luminance of its class at 7,000 lumens, and a built-in Active Maintenance Filter (AMF) system.
Adobe Growing In All Directions At Once Following Adobes recent huge profit posting in the US, the local arm of one of the world's best known software companies says that its growth is showing no signs of abating - regardless of the dire predictions on the economy.
Adobe Profits Edge Towards $1 Billion In the second quarter of 2008, Adobe has achieved sales revenue of $AUD 943.6 million, compared to $AUD793.1 million reported for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 which represents 19 per cent year-over-year revenue growth.
Dell Hits No. 2 Globally For Notebooks According to DisplaySearch, Dell has recaptured the number two spot from Acer in notebook shipments worldwide, with HP still holding the top spot for the last six quarters with over 20 per cent of the notebook market.
New Apple OS Designed For Business Users As channelnews reported last week, Apple will be releasing new version of its Mac OS X dubbed "Snow Leopard”, which will be aimed at not just home users, but the enterprise market as well.
Asus Gets New Accessories Distributor Global technology vendor ASUS has appointed EMPR Australia as an official distributor of ASUS notebooks and Eee PC accessories.
Intel Cops Massive Fine For Market Abuse According to reports, the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined Intel $AUD26 million for abusing its dominant position in the local microprocessor market.
Trend Micro Delivers No Worries SMB Security Trend Micro has enhanced its flagship Worry-Free Security Solutions with two new modules giving SMBs smarter and better-performing technology in order to conquer a more sophisticated web threat landscape that has mutated beyond just conventional viruses and spam.
