Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Following its third outage in two months, Telstra customers want answers and other top stories.

  • Following its third outage in two months, Telstra customers want answers

    Following its third outage in two months, Telstra customers want answers
    Telstra has gone down for the third time in two months.WITH Telstra suffering its third network outage in two months, customers are calling for answers. While it may have been willing to accept ‘human error’ as the cause of the first incident, with two subsequent outages it appears there is a larger problem at play.Today’s problem, according to a Telstra statement, was caused by a “card failure in a media gateway in Victoria”. Telstra said the issue affected less than 3 per cent of mobile custom..
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  • NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN

    NBN trials faster FttDP but Malcolm Turnbull won't kill FttN
    COMMENT While the NBN is open to trialling new technologies like fibre-to-the-distribution-point, CEO BIll Morrow's hands are tied when it comes to phasing out fibre-to-the-node. Photo: Adam Hollingworth It boosts broadband speeds, cuts installation costs and reduces rollout times, but it's wishful thinking to hope that the NBN will fully embrace fibre-to-the-distribution-point (FttDP).A grilling from Labor senator Stephen Conroy at last week's fiery Senate h..
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  • Xbox One prices dropped, 'Spring Sale' hints prices as low as $299

    Xbox One prices dropped, 'Spring Sale' hints prices as low as $299
    Have you ever wondered how awesome would it be to own an Xbox One? Now is your chance! The yearly Xbox Spring Sale officially begins on March 20 and they are offering the Xbox One console at a price of $299 for a limited time only. That is $50 off its ...
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  • Oops, Apple made another 16GB iPhone

    Oops, Apple made another 16GB iPhone
    Apple just announced the 4-inch iPhone SE, and once again it's starting with a 16GB version — the same amount of storage space it has been offering since the iPhone 3GS in 2009. In those seven years, apps have gotten bigger, and Apple has given people reasons to fill that storage space up with huge 12-megapixel images and 4K video. We laid out the problem with offering a 16GB iPhone when Apple did it again last year, and in the interim nothing has changed to make it more palatable; at this poin..
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  • 'Fallout 4' Automatron DLC: Ada Companion Walk Through Introduces Robot Workbench

    'Fallout 4' Automatron DLC: Ada Companion Walk Through Introduces Robot Workbench
    The Fallout 4 Automatron DLC expansion is coming out soon and it appears Australia will be getting it sooner, according to Kotaku, as they have already been immersing themselves within the wasteland and some streaming game play footage is already available on YouTube. Meet Ada. Your first new (and customizable) robot companion in #Fallout4’s #Automatron pic.twitter.com/tbKFbsAcS3 — BethesdaGameStudios (@BethesdaStudios) March 18, 2016 The release schedule for the Fallout 4 DLC is as follows, co..
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  • Apple is gunning for PC users, but Microsoft has little to fear

    Apple is gunning for PC users, but Microsoft has little to fear
    When Apple introduced a smaller iPad Pro on Monday, vice president Phil Schiller didn’t mince words when he discussed which customers Apple is targeting with the product, along with its 12-inch sibling.“When [users of old PCs] see the features and performance and capabilities of a product like the iPad Pro, designed for the modern digital lifestyle, many of them will find it is the ultimate PC replacement,” Schiller said during a press conference on Apple’s campus.It’s unlikely that Microsoft e..
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  • 2016 Holden Colorado ute update previewed in Bangkok

    2016 Holden Colorado ute update previewed in Bangkok
    This Chevrolet concept from Bangkok Motor Show is next Holden Colorado.Australia, your new Holden Colorado ute is almost ready.This Chevrolet concept ute -- built by Holden in Australia for this week's Bangkok motor show -- is the clearest look yet at the face-lifted Colorado due in local showrooms in August.It can't come soon enough, with sales of the Colorado failing to meet expectations -- or leave a dent on the competition.To clear stock Holden has recently discounted the Colorado by up to ..
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  • The secretive new version of Google Glass has leaked on eBay and it's selling for $7000

    The secretive new version of Google Glass has leaked on eBay and it's selling for $7000
    What appears to be an unannounced new version of Google Glass has appeared on eBay — and bidding has reached more than $7,000 (£4,900). The device was first reported on by 9to5Google over the weekend, and the site’s unnamed sources claim that the device is authentic. Google declined to comment. The “Explorer” version of Google Glass, the Californian tech giant’s head-mounted computer, was discontinued in January 2015. It failed to make much of an impact, and its wearers were widely derided as “..
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  • Apple's new iPhone SE is made for people with small hands

    Apple's new iPhone SE is made for people with small hands
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Apple launches new smaller iPhone SE Apple reveals a new iPhone and iPad Pro plus a robot called 'Liam' to help recover precious materials from old iPhone 6 devices. PT1M8S 620 349  Have you ever had to strain your thumb muscle to reach the letters on the far side of an iPhone 6 series keyboard? Or had to wedge one of those phones into a tiny, tight pocket in your body-hugging jeans?Yes? Then you're going to love the dimensions of the old-is-ne..
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Western Australia Suffers As ACT, NSW And Victoria See Massive Job Growth .Another lion escapes from Kenyan park, injures man in the capital .
Dragon boat paddler remembered as a 'one in a million' woman .Crime scene in Qld yard over toddler .

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