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ACCC questions Telstra's NBN deal; Crims bribe gaming employees to spread malware; USB drive risks
ACCC concerned over Telstra's billion-dollar NBN contract; how cybercriminals bribed a game company's employees to spread malware; and a study shows people lax with USB security. [ + ]
Q1 PC shipments shrink to lowest level since 2007
Worldwide PC shipments fell for the sixth consecutive quarter in the first calendar quarter of 2016, falling below 65 million for the first time since 2007. [ + ]
SA to legalise ridesharing from 1 July
The South Australian government has announced widespread reforms to taxi industry regulation to allow the entry of ridesharing providers such as UberX. [ + ]
BlackBerry will shift focus to mid-range smartphones
BlackBerry will focus back on mid-range smartphones because the launch of the high-end Android-based Priv failed to stimulate the needed sales growth during the last quarter. [ + ]
Device-based NFC payments to reach $124.3bn in 2018
The global transaction value of mobile and wearable contactless payments is expected to reach US$95bn in 2018, with smartwatches and bands contributing but the market remaining dominated by smartphones. [ + ]
Telstra signs $1.6bn HFC contract with nbn
Telstra has been awarded a new $1.6bn deal to connect its existing hybrid-fibre-coaxial (HFC) network to the NBN. [ + ]
Telcos still in the dark over data retention subsidies
Australian telecom operators are still waiting to learn how much of the multimillion-dollar costs of complying with mandatory data retention legislation will be subsidised. [ + ]
Design Thinking 2016 coming to Sydney
'Design thinking' is gaining popularity across a number of sectors and is now seen as an exciting new paradigm that allows companies to make themselves relevant in a world that is constantly changing. [ + ]
Time still left to enter 2016 iAwards
If you've got a technology innovation or solution to showcase, you still have 10 days to get your entry into the iAwards, a prestigious digital program for the ICT industry. [ + ]
FinTech sector could take $13bn from big four banks
Australia's big four banks stand to lose $13bn in aggregated revenues to the emerging FinTech sector between 2015 and 2020, and must adapt to stave off the impact of this disruption, Frost & Sullivan has warned. [ + ]
Ovum increasing its investment on TMT analysis
Analyst company Ovum is increasing its investment spending to be able to better help clients in the TMT sector grab a piece of the expected $6.3tr opportunity that will be enabled by the digital economy. [ + ]
Innovative fibre cables to be produced in NSW
Italy's Prysmian Group will manufacture a new line of optical cables at its facility on Sydney's Northern Beaches, bringing the potential to save significantly on installation costs. [ + ]
Blue Coat tops network forensics market
Blue Coat Systems has won a Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Award for having the highest share of the over $1bn network security forensics market. [ + ]
50m identities leaked; Pentagon's $198K bug bounty; Telstra's data day deluge
Hackers reported to have released data of 50m Turkish citizens, US military issues invitation to test its systems, and Telstra's Free Data Day breaks record. [ + ]
Thinxtra extends SIGFOX to ANZ as IoT booms
SIGFOX and affiliate Thinxtra will roll out a dedicated low-power IoT network in ANZ, while Verizon Enterprise Solutions has concluded that 2015 was the year that the IoT went mainstream. [ + ]
