Computerworld

Latest News

• New copyright rules needed for AI era argue Google, Microsoft

  Australia’s copyright regime may act as a fetter on local research into artificial intelligence, Google and Microsoft argue.

• NSW government strikes deals with Microsoft, Salesforce

  New South Wales has struck whole-of-government deals with Salesforce and Microsoft that it says will deliver cost savings when agencies buy from the software vendors.

• Tech companies join call for govt to back away from encryption crackdown

  A group of digital rights organisations, privacy activists and tech companies has called for the government to refrain from legislation that could potentially weaken access to encrypted communications services.

• Entertainment companies join forces in major push to block pirate sites

  Village Roadshow Films and a group of film studios have been joined by Hong Kong company Television Broadcasts Limited (and subsidiary TVBO Production Limited) as well as Australian entertainment distributor Madman Entertainment Pty Limited in a push to significantly expand the range of piracy-linked sites blocked by major Australian ISPs.

• Delaware to test blockchain-based business filing system

  More than half of all U.S. publicly-traded companies – and two-thirds of Fortune 500 firms – are incorporated in Delaware because of its business-friendly laws and well-established corporate legal precedence.

• Enterprise PC-buying spree spurs first shipment climb in six years

  A 3% year-over-year increase in PC shipments is being pegged to renewed demand in the business market. And the rise of device-as-a-service models could spur continued buying in the years ahead.

• On the (smart) road: How infrastructure can benefit from IoT

  Our devices are getting smarter every day. Our homes are more connected, and our digital assistants can order us a pizza, get our groceries delivered, check the weather and even answer the door. Our cars are smart enough to drive — or at least reverse park — themselves.

• Extreme facing challenges, girds for future networking battles

  Extreme is still grappling with how to best integrate, use and effectively sell the technologies it has acquired from Avaya and Brocade in the past year as well as incorporate and develop its own products to do battle in the cloud, mobile and edge computing environments of the future. Remember too that Extreme bought wireless player Zebra Technologies in 2016 for $55 million.

• Ericsson, Telstra and Intel clock another 5G first

  ​Ericsson, Telstra and Intel have made the first end to end 5G non-standalone 3GPP data call over a commercial mobile network.

• Cisco shares dive after reports of AWS networking kit move

  ​Shares of Cisco Systems and other network equipment makers fell on Friday after a report that Amazon's cloud services business was considering selling its own network switches to business customers at much lower prices.

• People trying to opt-out of My Health Record find they already have one

  ​A number of Australians attempting to opt-out of having a My Health Record automatically created for them are reporting that a record already exists in their name without them knowing.

• Samsung and Uniting launch VR pilot for residents with dementia

  Samsung Electronics Australia and Uniting – which operates a number of residential care homes across NSW and the ACT – are partnering to provide dementia patients with virtual reality and 360 degree video experiences.

• Google flips switch on Chrome's newest defensive technology

  With 'Site Isolation' in use, the browser should be better protected from Spectra-like attacks designed to steal info such as log-on credentials

• Facebook, Twitter, Alphabet to testify at U.S. House hearing

  ​The US House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Tuesday to take testimony from Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc's YouTube unit and Twitter Inc on whether social media companies are filtering content for political reasons, the committee chairman said.

• My Health Record opt-out window opens

  ​Australians will have a My Health Record created for them by the end of the year, unless they opt-out during a three month window which starts today.