Vevo to offer music video streaming on Ouya Android console
Music video streaming platform Vevo will offer its service on the open-source Ouya console when it launches in May next year.
Stories by Rohan Pearce
What's your idea worth? Building a social knowledge market with Barter
Social media and social networking for internal collaboration and knowledge sharing can raise the productivity of some employees by up to 25 per cent according to a McKinsey report released last month.
ICANN backflips on batching for new TLDs
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has ditched its proposal for evaluating applications for new ‘dot word’ style top-level domains (TLDs) such as ‘.bank’ in batches of 500. A statement issued yesterday said that ICANN instead would work “based on a tentative project plan that foresees the processing of applications in a single batch, and simultaneous release of results”.
‘Physical’ outsourcing start-up Airtasker mulls overseas expansion
In its first six months since opening its doors to the public, Australian start-up Airtasker has managed to build a solid user base and expanded from Sydney to offering its locally based form of outsourcing for mundane tasks in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane.
Tas government taps MyNetFone for VoIP
Voice over IP provider MyNetFone has won a contract worth up to $20 million dollars to provide VoIP services to the Tasmanian government. The contract has an initial term of three years but may have extensions of up to 10 years, and may be worth up to $20 million. MyNetFone has a ready for service date of 1 January 2013 for the agreement.
DrupalCon coming to Australia in 2013
In the wake of the locally organised 2011 and 2012 Drupal Downunder conferences, the Drupal Association has announced that next year Australia will host an official DrupalCon in February.
Qantas ditches BlackBerry for iPhone - will more businesses follow suit?
In another blow to Research in Motion, Qantas will reportedly ditch its fleet of 1300 BlackBerrry smartphones for iPhones.
Aptira pushes Piston for OpenStack
Managed hosting and Cloud provider Aptira has partnered with US company Piston Cloud Computing to deliver private clouds for Australian enterprises based on the open source OpenStack cloud computing project.
Infographic: Study highlights iOS app privacy pitfalls
Analysis by researchers with security vendor BitDefender has highlighted the large number of iOS apps for the iPhone and iPad that make seemingly unnecessary access to users’ personal information.
How Australia's resources companies can mine NBN's potential
The proposed Resource Super Profit Tax may have strained the relationship between Labor and the resources sector, but mining companies may stand to benefit from the bandwidth delivered by the roll out of the government's National Broadband Network (NBN).
Nexus 7 Android tablet to cost $319 in Australia
The first tablet to run version 4.1 of Google's Android mobile platform -- Jelly Bean -- will launch later this month in Australia, retailing for $319 in stores including Harvey Norman, JB Hi Fi, Dick Smith, Bing Lee, The Good Guys, Officeworks and EB Games.
Infographic: ICANN's brave new world of 'dot word' TLDs
The internet is set for something of a shakeup, with the introduction of new 'dot word'-style domains, like .bank and .app.
TPG slapped with $2 million fine over broadband ads
TPG will have to fork up $2 million after losing a case brought against it by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) in the Federal Court. The court found that advertising for the ISP's $29.99 Unlimited ADSL2+ plan was misleading because the offer had to be bundled with phone line rental from TPG.
Why 'Nigerian scammers' say they're from Nigeria
Almost every inbox has been plagued by them: Emails offering a chance at a share of millions of dollars (or pounds or euros). Someone works at a Department of Finance or Department of Oil or is terminally ill or for some other reason needs to shift a large chunk of money out of their country. And they need your help.
A data centre built with LEGO
Geeks love LEGO. If you need proof, just check out this Lego model built with 5772 bricks, 28 LEGO figures, one LEGO light brick and a metre of fibre optic cable. Yes, it's a data centre.