Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Waves of relief after launch of NBN Co's Sky Muster II satellite and other top stories.

  • Waves of relief after launch of NBN Co's Sky Muster II satellite

    Waves of relief after launch of NBN Co's Sky Muster II satellite
    After a 24-hour launch delay, the National Broadband Network's second satellite has been successfully deployed and will soon begin providing broadband services to tens of thousands of homes and businesses in rural and remote Australia.The Sky Muster II satellite was carried aloft on board an Ariane 5 rocket decorated with the photos of 700 Australians, winners of NBN's "blast your face into space" contest. The rocket carrying Sky Muster II lifts off.  The launch vehicle took off from the ..
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  • Apple Watch Series 2 Review

    Apple Watch Series 2 Review
    IntroApple has a well-deserved reputation for helping to define our expectations for what are still, to many shoppers, new product types. The iPhone showed both consumers and other handset manufacturers alike how much untapped potential there was in the burgeoning smartphone market, and the iPad helped tablets move away from their characterization as either under-equipped laptops or blown-up phones to a novel, useful form factor in its own right.After those milestones, it was only understandable..
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  • Slow, “inadequate” DDoS response leaving APAC companies exposed: report

    Slow, “inadequate” DDoS response leaving APAC companies exposed: report
    Australian and Asia-Pacific businesses are suffering from “inadequate” response times to potentially crippling distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that are becoming both easier for cybercriminals to launch and more effectively targeted to cause real business damage, according to a newly released global survey of DDoS experiences.Despite some 49 percent of respondents to Neustar's latest Worldwide DDoS Attacks & Protection Report saying they could lose more than $US100,000 per hour duri..
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  • Optus has cut a deal with Nokia to bring 5G to reality

    Optus has cut a deal with Nokia to bring 5G to reality
    Optus and Nokia will collaborate on rolling out a 5G network for the telco next year in a deal that will bring the Internet of Things to life. The Singapore and Finnish multinationals signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the network evolution to 5G, which will also enable extreme broadband and ultra-low latency applications. Optus says a key project will be a 5G trial using its 3500MHz spectrum, a globally harmonised band for mobile broadband. Tay Soo Meng, group chief ..
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  • Google's Pixel is a challenge to other Android phone-makers, not Apple

    Google's Pixel is a challenge to other Android phone-makers, not Apple
    This week we got our first (official) look at Google's new Pixel smartphones, and predictably much of the discussion has been around how they stack up to or "challenge" Apple's iPhones, and whether they're really Google's "first ever" phones or just Nexus devices by another name.While the Pixel has some obvious physical similarities to the iPhone, and while there were some playful jokes at Apple's expense during Google's presentation (free online storage, headphone jack etc), it's not necessari..
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  • LG V20: Price, Release Date, Specs And Features Compared To Google Pixel

    LG V20: Price, Release Date, Specs And Features Compared To Google Pixel
    LG V20 is a lot different from the V10 and more like the better received LG G5. The LG V20 release date in September was the launch event but the phone won’t come out until later this month. The LG V20 has an Android 7.0 Nougat operating system, which is yet to be released so the LG V20 release date will follow the Google OS. Android 7.0 Nougat should start rolling out this month and multiple sources suggest that the LG V20 release date is around October 21. LG V20 will be the first phone that ..
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  • Samsung Acquires Viv, the AI Assistant: 6 Things You Need to Know

    Samsung Acquires Viv, the AI Assistant: 6 Things You Need to Know
    Reeling under the battery explosion episode of their Galaxy Note 7, Samsung has now made a strategic acquisition of an AI startup, Viv, in a bid to bolsters its mobile software. The Korean electronics giant aims to take on the like of voice assistants like Siri, Cortana and Google Assistant with the Viv. With this acquisition, Samsung aims to bolster their software setup to take on its competitors; especially Apple. And why not? Samsung is the only company that is close to Apple in terms of gl..
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  • Browser Trends October 2016: Microsoft Edges Downward

    In September, we discussed whether the browser wars are over. October’s StatCounter browser statistics provide further evidence for a slow-down … Worldwide Desktop & Tablet Browser Statistics, August to September 2016 The following table shows browser usage movements during the past month. Browser August September change relative Chrome 58.44% 58.89% +0.45% +0.80% Firefox 13.96% 13.66% -0.30% -2.10% IE11 7.52% 7.68% +0.16% +2.10% oldIE 2.30% 2.13% -0.17% -7.40% Edge 2.88% 2.78% -0...
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  • Victoria the stolen car capital of Australia

    Victoria the stolen car capital of Australia
    Victoria is the stolen car capital of Australia, state government and insurance industry research has found. In the 12 months to June 2016, there were more than 15,000 thefts of passenger and light commercial vehicles, by far the highest of any state or territory, according to the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council. This was a 35 per cent rise on the previous year.  More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Police: 'Grand Theft Auto' culture behind attacks ..
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