Research: Australians lax on online security

[1 A new research has shown that while about three quarters of Australians use public networks, two thirds of them care little about the security of these networks. [2] The Stay Smart Online study sho...

Heatwave knocks iiNet’s internet

[1] The hot weather in Perth has been blamed for yesterday’s internet outage that put thousands of iiNet customers across Australia offline. [2] The high temperatures of about 45 degrees knocked off...

TPG suspends fibre-to-the-basement product

[1] Australian telecommunications and IT company TPG Telecom has put on hold its fibre-to-the-basement (FTTB) service in the wave of the new government regulatory framework. [2] The new rules prevente...

Xero doubles Australian customers

[1] Xero’s Australian customers have doubled from 79,100 in September 2013 to 158,000 at 30 September 2014. [2] On the other hand, MYOB has also announced that they reached 100,000 online subsc...

Perth Mod student wins Beazley Medal

[1] Sixteen year old Perth Modern School graduate Jamin Wu earned a Beazley Medal for his exemplary performance in 5 courses. [2] Aside from Wu, Applecross Senior High School’s Robert Rubery was a...

Robots learn how to cook via Youtube videos

[1] Experts from NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence, and University of Maryland have devised a new method for teaching robots how to cook ...