| Today on iTWire | This Morning Results of Debian vote on Stallman to be known by 17 April By Sam Varghese The outcome of a general resolution proposed by the Debian GNU/Linux project, to decide how to react to the return of Free Software Foundation founder… Read more... Facebook may be leaking data, but facts are still sacred By Sam Varghese Claims that a leak of the user data of 533 million Facebook users has just taken place is a bit of a stretch. A major… Read more... Win for Google as Supreme Court rules copying of Java API code was 'fair use' By Sam Varghese The US Supreme Court has come down on the side of Google in its long-running battle against Oracle, ruling on Monday that the copying of… Read more... Launch of Sky Connect will allow Sky to become a force in UK SME market: analyst By Peter Dinham Pay TV provider Sky’s launch of Sky Connect B2B gives the company the potential to become a force in the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)… Read more... VPN Proxy Master, Student Beans partner to offer student discounts By Peter Dinham Global virtual private network provider VPN Proxy Master has partnered with Student Beans to offer a special student discount for all users in Australia, the… Read more... PTC expands spatial computing capabilities with Vuforia Engine area targets By Peter Dinham American computer software solutions and services provider for manufacturers PTC has announced the newest addition to its Vuforia augmented reality (AR) enterprise platform - the… Read more... Rumours suggest Apple iMac with 32-inch screen and iPad Pro 2021 could launch this month By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Although the news is yet to be officially confirmed, and only comes from rumours, there appear to be strong suggestions that an iMac with a… Read more... Nine still mum on network attack details as recovery continues By Sam Varghese Australian media firm Nine Entertainment is continuing to stay mum as far as public statements on the network attack on its Sydney offices go. It… Read more... Twelve South’s April Fool’s joke for 2021, the Stone’r, is 49% funded to become a real product By Alex Zaharov-Reutt The best form of April Fool’s joke is one that is so plausible, that it could actually be a real product, with Twelve South going… Read more... LG lets go of mobile business worldwide: LG smartphone lovers gutted at shutdown By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Unfortunately, there weren't enough people who loved LG's smartphones enough to buy them in the quantities required to sustain great longevity for LG's smartphone business,… Read more... Jeff Bezos' Amazon admits some employees forced to pee in bottles By Sam Varghese Some Americans who work for the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, the owner of retail giant Amazon, are forced to pee in bottles because they… Read more... 5G wireless energy can be harvested to power IoT devices By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Scientists from Georgia Tech have found a way to reliably harvest the energy from 5G at 28Ghz, overcoming antenna problems that previously required such solutions… Read more... 533 million Facebook records leaked to the web for free By Alex Zaharov-Reutt If you have a Facebook account and have had one for a few years, chances are high that your phone number and other user data… Read more... Afterpay Card launches on Apple Pay and Google Pay By Alex Zaharov-Reutt The “next evolution” of Afterpay’s in-store payment solution has arrived, letting users tap their smartphones at any checkout where Afterpay is accepted in store. Read more... Gmail outage led me to rediscover that Gmail turned 17 on April 1, plus other early April milestones By Alex Zaharov-Reutt When Gmail was telling me it was "offline" earlier today, in an outage I experienced that didn't seem to affect very many, and which resolved… Read more... US analyst pleads guilty to leaking defence info to reporter By Sam Varghese A former American intelligence analyst and member of the armed forces has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining classified national defence information and giving it to… Read more... Nine's 'no-ransom' stance correct in legal sense: researcher By Sam Varghese In a strictly legal sense, Nine Entertainment is correct in continuing to push the notion that it has not received a ransom note after it… Read more... Apple Arcade launches huge expansion of new games, growing to 180, all with no ads and no in-app purchases By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Boasting new and exclusive Apple Arcade Originals, including Star Trek: Legends, are joined by two new categories, Timeless Classics and App Store Greats, all with… Read more... Apple turns 45, Tim Cook sends company-wide email to celebrate By Alex Zaharov-Reutt On the first of April, 1976, Apple was launched, and today, while it has plenty of detractors and copycats, it is the world's most impressive… Read more... Global cyber security spend in 2020 increased by 10% to US$53b By Sam Varghese Investment in cyber security reached US$53 billion in 2020, an increase of 10% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says. Read more... Trump's ban on H-1B visas ends, no renewal of measure By Sam Varghese The ban imposed on the issue of H-1B visas by the US in June last year has ended after the order expired on Wednesday. Read more... More resignations at FSF over Stallman returning to board By Sam Varghese The management team of the Free Software Foundation has resigned, following the stepping down of executive director, John Sullivan, on 29 March. Read more... Attribution not the most difficult part of sec research: Bitdefender VP By Sam Varghese Most people in the infosec industry are adamant that attribution is the most difficult part of the process, but Romanian security firm Bitdefender's Daniel Clayton… Read more... Echoes of SCO case: Xinuos sues IBM, Red Hat in Virgin Islands By Sam Varghese The American software company Xinuos, created in 2011, has sued IBM and Red Hat over alleged anti-trust violations and copyright infringement, and claims that Big… Read more... FULL VIDEO: Australia expected to be predominantly cashless by 2024 as use of digital payments explodes By Alex Zaharov-Reutt Although it's said that cash is king, a new FIS report says "the sun is officially setting on the use of cash for retail payments… Read more... Time for some sober reporting on the Nine network attack By Sam Varghese Nine Entertainment is maintaining a no-official-comment policy on the breach of its Sydney network that came to light on 28 March, but the company appears… Read more... Huawei records profit in 2020 due to strong growth in China By Sam Varghese Chinese telecommunications equipment vendor Huawei technologies has again managed to record an annual profit despite the US sanctions it faces, with the company announcing a… Read more... Acronis launches Cyber Protect Cloud, making cyber protection for all workloads available at no-charge to MSP partners globally By Alex Zaharov-Reutt It’s no April Fool’s joke! The “new no-charge licensing” and the new, no-cost version of Cyber Protection Cloud enables MSPs “to offer cyber protection services… Read more... Hitachi to acquire US digital engineering services company GlobalLogic By Peter Dinham Japanese manufacturing giant Hitachi is set to acquire US-headquartered digital engineering services company GlobalLogic. Read more... Synology all-flash storage solutions: three key benefits By Synology COMPANY NEWS from Synology: Traditional HDD storage arrays are quickly giving way to all-flash arrays (AFA) as businesses need the low latency and high IOPS… Read more... Sisense named No.1 in Two G2 Reports, for Embedded BI & The Momentum Grid Report for Embedded BI By Sisense Company News: Sisense, the leading AI-driven platform for infusing analytics everywhere, has been recognised as the leader in embedded business intelligence by G2, the world’s leading business… Read more... giniPredict Turbocharges Planning and Forecasting for Australian and New Zealand Small Businesses By giniPredict Company News: Powerful data modelling technology for making better, faster, more informed decisions Read more... How low-code is lighting a fire under the digital transformation tech trend By Luke Thomas, Regional Vice President APAC at Appian Given the market disruption experienced by the corporate sector over the past 12 months, companies found themselves needing to make bold choices and implement operational… Read more... Upcoming Webinars Synology All Flash Array Webinar WEBINAR INVITE by Synology: Can your VM storage setups provide the I/O performance your virtual applications need? Read more... ConnectWise Announces 2021 IT Nation Conference Schedule Company unveils conference dates and locations for the year; In-person events to follow COVID-19 protocols COMPANY NEWS by ConnectWise: ConnectWise, the leading provider of intelligent… Read more... IT SUMMIT INVITE: The Future of IT 2021 starts March 16 at 2PM AEDT, register now IT SUMMIT INVITE: Join industry leaders and ServiceNow experts on March 16, 2021 at 2pm AEDT as they share insights into how improved agility and… Read more... Watch Now: Flexible IT Innovation: Taking A Data-Driven Approach To Scale And Complexity Watch Now: Hitachi Vantara and Innovatus Media would like to invite you to join the digital discussion on "Building the Right Channel Ecosystem" Read more... WEBINAR INVITE: Zebra's 'Retail Shopper Experience in a post-COVID world', 12PM AEDT March 17 2021 Zebra is also holding a free webinar with the topic of the Retail Shopper Experience in a post COVID world at 12pm AEDT March 17,… Read more... Reimagining Midrange Storage for Business Resilience and Success in the Digital-era WEBINAR WATCH NOW: IDC & Hitachi Vantara Reimagining Midrange Storage Read more... HPE and SUSE 25+ year alliance sees open source, open collaboration and mission-critical innovation WEBINAR INVITATION: Alliance partners for decades with finely tuned hardware and software, HPE and SUSE are discussing "Modernising Your Mission-Critical Workloads: Risk, Scale & Performance"… Read more... WATCH REPLAY: ASCCA's Living Your Best Online Life Conference 2020 ASCCA is the Australian Seniors Computer Clubs Association, and the replay of the 2020 Living Your Best Online Life conference can be seen here now! Read more... Synology® 2021 AND BEYOND, Coming Soon EVENT INVITE: The countdown has begun for Synology’s annual event, where Synology announces the latest development on our data management solutions and more. Last year,… Read more... CONFERENCE INVITE: Autodesk University 2020, Nov 18-20, reimagine what's possible Starting on the 17th for those in the Northern Hemisphere, and the 18th for us in the Southern Hemisphere, the online Autodesk University 2020 event… Read more... Vendor News ServiceNow Exposed. Compare to Jira Service Management. The market for service management solutions is crowded with choice and it can be difficult for organisations to assess and choose a solution that best… Read more... BDA’s Healthy Revenues Make It One Happy Cannabis Company Company News: Whilst some cannabis stocks can trade on hype and future earnings potential, Bod Australia (ASX: BDA) has much more than that going for… Read more... The ONE Way To Deliver Digital Healthcare Solutions Company News: The focus on digital health has become a global trend. The long-term benefits of technological adaptation in this space will most likely be… Read more... The ONE Way To Deliver Digital Healthcare Solutions The focus on digital health has become a global trend. The long-term benefits of technological adaptation in this space will most likely be a reduction… Barracuda Email Threat Scanner Detects Millions of Attacks Missed By Organisations’ existing protection Highlights: · In 2020, 4,550 organisations used Barracuda Email Threat Scanner to scan 2,600,531 unique mailboxes and found 2,029,413 unique attacks. · On average, 512… Read more... Boab AI announces first cohort of Australian AI Scale Ups and Launch of $100m Fund COMPANY NEWS: Artificial Intelligence scale up program, Boab AI, has announced the launch of its first cohort of companies and the commencement of its $100m… Read more... |
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