The Telsyte Australian VR and AR Market Study 2017 predicts that 115,000 VR headset units will be sold in the second half of 2016, with sales rapidly growing to over 500,000 units in 2017. [ + ]

A US court has ordered third-party support provider Rimini Street to pay a further US$27.7m to Oracle and issued a permanent injunction in a copyright violation case, but Rimini Street plans to appeal the injunction and most of the damages. [ + ]

Spark NZ and Samsung will give customers a $100 gift card, following the return of their Note7 device to a Spark store. [ + ]

The University of New South Wales plans to hire up to 1000 new researchers and PhD scholars in fields including AI, telecommunications and data security. [ + ]

Australia is the third most targeted market for the Odinaff malware, a Trojan designed to infect and compromise the networks of banks and other large financial industry companies. [ + ]

Findings from the Telsyte Australian Enterprise Mobility Market Study 2017 predict that by 2020, the enterprise mobility market will consist of $1.9bn worth of devices (smartphones and tablets), $1.2bn worth of management tools (including MDM) and $2.3bn of integration and support services. [ + ]

Research by Intel Security has demonstrated that two-thirds of Australians do not have any security software installed to protect their mobile phones, despite viewing them as 'priceless'. [ + ]

A new study indicates that seven out of 10 Australians would like access to self-driving cars. [ + ]

Nuix and KPMG Australia will form a partnership designed to improve cybersecurity defences for their clients. [ + ]

The .au administrator .auDA is calling for the deletion of 1025 .au domain names that use Australian company details without authorisation. [ + ]

Juniper Networks has partnered with BigTec as its newest value-added distributor (VAD) for Australia, targeting the data centre market. [ + ]

Vodafone has upgraded 84 cell sites across Canberra to increase the capacity of its 4G network fourfold and boost speeds by up to six times. [ + ]

The government plans to conduct an auction of valued 700 MHz mobile broadband spectrum, rather than granting Vodafone's request to be directly allocated 700 MHz airwaves. [ + ]

The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties is holding a public hearing into matters including further liberalising international trade in IT products, which the committee said could reduce prices for local consumers. [ + ]

At the 37th Governor of Victoria Export Awards (GOVEA), a fast-growing social media start-up won the top award for business services. [ + ]