The chief architect behind TransACT has suggested that if NBN Co were to make contention ratios available to consumers, it would help them choose retail service providers who could supply the speeds they sought.

Uber drivers have found ways to trick the algorithms that are used to regulate them to cause "surge pricing" by organising mass switch-offs and giving the system the impression that less cars are in operation that actually are operating.

A week after news of a leak of material from the cable network HBO broke, the people allegedly behind it have contacted the network demanding money and threatening to release more material which they pilfered.

Australian-listed call recording provider Dubber is partnering with US-based telco AT & T to provide its cloud call and communication capture solution for the AT&T collaboration service.

One word that cannot be used to describe Nicholas Demos is bashful. The head of the small ISP MyRepublic has made a splash after his arrival in Australia last November, with media tactics that tend to remind one of those employed by Ruslan Kogan, the head of online retailer Kogan.com.

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