“computing

This week US scientists announced they have developed an algorithm, or a computerised tool, to identify skin cancers through analysis of photographs. Rather than relying on human eyes, the new method scans a photo of a patch of skin to look for common and dangerous forms of skin cancer. The authors report their approach performs … Continue reading Algorithm allows computer to identify skin cancer →

WatchGuard Technologies has announced Threat Detection and Response (TDR), a new cloud-based service that gives businesses the ability to detect advanced threats on endpoints, correlate this with data collected from the network and empower them to centrally respond. TDR pairs detection and response capabilities on the endpoint with a comprehensive set of industry-leading Unified Threat … Continue reading Cloud-based online threat detection for SMBs →

Online and data security specialist Trend Micro has announced the availability of the company’s latest TippingPoint NX Series Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention Systems (NGIPS). The new system includes a standalone NGIPS solution that delivers up to 100GB inspection throughput with low latency. It is designed for data centres and enterprise networks with high performance requirements, and … Continue reading Standalone security solution for data centres →

Five of the biggest torrent sites will no longer be able to offer illegal download files in Australia due to a decision in the Federal Court yesterday. Torrentz, TorrentHound, IsoHunt, The Pirate Bay and streaming service SolarMovie are to have their IP addresses blocked by internet providers under new laws designed to stamp out illegal … Continue reading Film studios take on pirates and win →

According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, mobile operator revenues from the Internet of Things reached AUD$15.5 billion in 2016. During the year, some of the leading global telecom groups have reported IoT revenues on a regular basis. In Q3-2016, Vodafone and Verizon generated around AUD$283 million each in direct … Continue reading Mobile revenue from IoT worth $15.5 billion in 2016 →

VPN service provider, NordVPN, has aggregated some of the more interesting laws around the world that have passed in 2016 with regard to the internet. It seems that in 2016 Internet privacy has experienced a string of shocks and abuses around the world – starting with Polish law that loosened spying restrictions for police, and … Continue reading Is Big Brother finally here? →

Bitmovin, the provider of streaming video infrastructure technologies, today released a new video infrastructure API that bundles Bitmovin’s video encoding and video player services with a new video performance analytics product, as well as integrations into various storage and content delivery network (CDN) providers. The result is an end-to-end video infrastructure API that is said to … Continue reading End-to-end video infrastructure API for developers →

3D printed guns are back in the news after Queensland Police reported last week that they had discovered a 3D printer in a raid on what appeared to be a “large-scale” weapons production facility as a part of Operation Oscar Quantum. According to police, the raid uncovered homemade weapons and ammunition in a workshop manufacturing … Continue reading A licence to print: how real is the risk posed by 3D printed guns? →

HP has released a mini workstation designed for users in CAD and other computer-intensive industries. The HP Z2 Mini Workstation is 2.3-inch high and is claimed to be 90 per cent smaller than a traditional business-class tower. The HP Z2 Mini Workstation is said to be twice as powerful as any commercial mini PC on … Continue reading Mini workstation packs powerful punch →

Conversational Commerce company, Flamingo Customer Experience, has released research into 84 Australian based businesses as well as 528 Australian consumers and their views on and experiences with Chatbots. A Chatbot is defined as a computer program, based on rules or Artificial Intelligence, that simulates conversation with human users over the internet. Results show that 77 … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence on the Rise →

Portability is a key component to a modern working environment and one that Microsoft if keen to expand upon with its latest offering in the laptop/tablet market. Its next iteration of its Surface Book device – the somewhat clunky-named Surface Book with Performance Base (what we’ll call SBPB for brevity’s sake) – won’t be out … Continue reading Microsoft Surface Book: conversion key to success →

Oracle Australia is building a digital sales hub in Sydney to house a new team of over 200 digital sales professionals aimed at helping more midsize organisations transition to the cloud quickly and seamlessly. The Oracle Digital team says it will deliver a simple, personalised and effective support to customers using the latest tools, techniques … Continue reading Oracle opens Sydney digital hub – says 200 jobs will be created →

The 18th China Hi-Tech Fair, themed “Innovation-Driven, Quality-Oriented,” wrapped up on November 21 at Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Center, highlighting VR/AR technologies and products. Over 3,000 exhibitors from 37 countries displayed more than 10,000 items to visitors and industry professionals. During the exhibition, the Top 10 products were unveiled in respective exhibition halls. These products, recommended … Continue reading Top 10 products from Chinese Hi-Tech Fair →

The Internet of Things will soon be rolled out across farmers’ fields in an Australian state. South Australia is set to become the first fully interconnected state in the Southern Hemisphere through a regional Internet of Things network. What began as an initiative to connect each of Australia’s big cities to an IoT network has … Continue reading State-wide network will help farmers live off the LAN →

Ten Aussie innovators will head to Boston in February after winning the inaugural Australian section of one of the world’s biggest start-up accelerators. Four of the Bridge to MassChallenge winners were from South Australia, all of whom successfully pitched their ideas at the competition finals in Sydney on Tuesday night. They included Ben Flink from … Continue reading Top Aussie start-ups head to Boston for MassChallenge →

At SC16, ExaScaler and PEZY Computing have unveiled ZettaScaler-1.8, the first super computer with a performance density of 1.5 PetaFLOPS/m3 (Rpeak). The ZettaScaler-1.8 is an advanced prototype of the ZettaScaler-2.0 due to be released in 2017 with a performance density three times higher than the ZettaScaler-1.8. The ZettaScaler-1.8 Super Computer is cooled by ExaScaler immersion … Continue reading Super computer with improved performance density →

Ericsson and Cisco have announced a global business and technology partnership to create the networks of the future. The multi-faceted relationship will offer customers expertise on routing, data center, networking, cloud, mobility, management and control, and global services capabilities. The companies intend to: Offer service provider customers an end-to-end product and services portfolio, and joint … Continue reading Ericsson and Cisco partnership for IoT, 5G and cloud innovations →

Two South Australian companies are proving the strength that comes with combining forces, teaming up to win a contract that will see them help develop the future of Australia’s land defence force. Rugged hardware developer APC Technology and mission software designer Acacia Research have won a contract to develop systems for the national LAND 400 … Continue reading Companies join forces to develop new defence system →

My home PC has bitten the dust. It is kaput. Stuffed. Broken. The LCD is done and dusted. The screen is black and pixelated. If I move the cursor up and down, the screen becomes normal…for a while, then it goes black again. Time for a new one. However, finances are a bit tight at … Continue reading Need a new laptop? Don’t go interest-free →

  Panasonic Toughbook has unveiled its 20-inch 4K tablet, designed for CAD applications, technical services, healthcare, photography, pro video productions and high-end retail. The FZ-Y1 Toughpad is said to make it easy to create, edit and transport drawings, images and videos on a tablet PC in stunning Ultra HD 4K resolution. “We’re seeing businesses across … Continue reading 4K tablet with CAD applications →