Prior to the start of Computex 2016, Acer has launched its new product range, including a number of IoT devices, laptops, notebooks, monitors, and a new cheap phone with a massive battery.

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The note-taking app attracts 10 million users in the country and surpasses China and Europe

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Tech and economics are aligning so that machine intelligence can take off in a big way: here's why.

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Advertisers should bear the costs of data-heavy advertising, according to Three UK, which will trial ad blocking across its network next month.

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The Australian chapter of ride-booking service Uber has launched a campaign to 'fine' the Queensland premier after drivers accumulated almost AU$800,000 worth of infringements in the state.

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Code similarities between two pieces of malware has led to security vendor Symantec saying the group responsible for the $81 million Bangladesh Bank heist hit a bank in the Philippines beforehand.

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SAP believes the Asia-Pacific region, in particular the Australian and New Zealand markets, will be key drivers for the company's cloud portfolio.

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Free modems are being sent to the 'single-digit thousands' of customers still affected by the NBN and ADSL outage caused by a DNS software failure, Telstra has said.

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Xiaomi's two low-priced drones are expected to bring in serious competition to the market, but their debut was less than perfect due to a crash during a live demonstration.

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Enterprise is a bright spot and hybrids are a focus going forward, but efforts to integrate Motorola's mobile portfolio "did not meet expectations", the company said in its fourth-quarter and full-year results.

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The Chrome 51 browser has security fixes for numerous bugs and also introduces a new feature to streamline the login process for regularly used sites.

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Is Google finally making a move on Brillo, its Android-based operating system for IoT devices?

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Don't believe what you see in the movies -- AI isn't going to replace humans, but it will mean some big changes in the workplace.

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Google has rolled out a free version of its Data Studio 360, the data visualization toolset for building reports and charts from multiple data sources.

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London's Science Museum wants to rebuild the robot showman who captivated crowds in the 1920s.

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The ComCom has attributed rises in data usage and falls in online piracy to the launch of video-streaming services during 2015.

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Woolworths partnered with SAP SuccessFactors to replace its 20-year-old payroll system with a new end-to-end human capital management system.

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According to SAS, there is a misconception when it comes to the Internet of Things that the more data an organisation has the better, which often results in a surplus of unusable information.

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PayPal has announced that it will no longer update its application on BlackBerry, Amazon Fire, and Windows Phone devices as of June 30, 2016.

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More than two dozen firms set up smartphone assembling units as part of the 'Make in India' program.

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Telstra will construct and run the new cervical and bowel cancer-screening database, with records to be available online for patients and doctors.

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Three-quarters of the government's IT budget goes to supporting legacy systems, some of which date back to the 1970s.

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A leading expert on big data explains how the technology will transform work.

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LinkedIn's latest list of leaked credentials is helping Microsoft refine its list of banned passwords as it also issues new best-practice guidelines.

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Who uses an iPhone? Alphabet boss Eric Schmidt and just about every other person at the tech startup conference in Amsterdam where he was speaking.

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The Chinese consortium has secured enough support for its Opera offer to proceed with its $1.2bn takeover of the Norwegian browser maker.

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Telstra's attempts to sell its shares in Autohome have hit a snag, with the telco now planning to contest a petition filed by minority shareholders.

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An audit by the Western Australian auditor general has shown that the state's agencies lag behind other Australian jurisdictions in delivering common services online.

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A new strategic partnership with a hybrid cloud security company is 'fundamental' to Telstra's overarching cloud plans.

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French investigators raided the Google Paris headquarters as part of tax evasion investigations that started in June last year.

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MasterCard customers in Singapore will be able to use Apple Pay to make contactless payments in stores equipped with contactless readers using the latest Apple Watch or iPhone.

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Changes to small business tax breaks could lead to a new wave of investment in mobile technology, but not before the federal election is done and dusted.

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Likely Labor voters both support and oppose the project in the higher numbers, while proportionally, Liberal voters give the NBN the highest level of support.

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This will be Jon Callas' third stint at the technology giant.

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The Chinese firm is urging Samsung to obtain licensing agreements and "work together with Huawei to jointly drive the industry forward."

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The Urika-GX aims to fuse supercomputer power with an open, enterprise format.

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The FBI said it would retain the data to "aid in establishing patterns of activity" to help discover new criminals when they arise.

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Google's 'Project Abacus' wants to replace passwords and pins with biometric logins -- and banks will do the initial testing soon.

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International police and cybersecurity agencies tackle the row over strong encryption -- but their answer is likely to cause almost as many headaches as goverment-ordered backdoors.

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Pizza Hut Asia will pilot a commerce-based application of Softbank's Pepper that will see the robot take customer's orders and process MasterCard payments.

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The subsea cable bringing high-speed communications and energy to Tasmanians will not be repaired until late June thanks to poor weather conditions.

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The government has not considered and does not intend to propose shortening the length of copyright protection as recommended by the Productivity Commission.

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The Northern Territory government has handed down its 2016-17 budget, and set to spend AU$185.9 million on IT modernisation of its healthcare sector.

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A month after burying its AU$1.2 billion payroll bungle with IBM, the Queensland government is now looking into another debacle concerning payment errors for nursing staff at Queensland health.

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SWIFT says it plans to launch a new security program as it fights to rebuild its reputation in the wake of the $81 million Bangladesh Bank cyber heist.

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Promoters are aware that speed may thrill, but it may also kill their ventures.

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Chinese tech giant Tencent is in talks with Japanese counterpart SoftBank to buy the latter's majority stake in Supercell, known for making global hit game Clash of Clans, according to a report.

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Some customers are being told to reset their modems in order to access NBN and ADSL services after Telstra's Friday outage.

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Former bitcoin miner Digital X has signed a deal with telco giant Telefonica to market its cross-currency cash remittance platform in Latin America.

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The mobile blackspot program will have a third round under a Coalition government, with AU$60m being provided to address another 900 blackspots.

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Korean dominant telco, SK Telecom, will launch a 500Mbps LTE-A service next month thanks to the use of five band carrier aggregation.

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As part of its continuing focus on the SMB segment, Optus has picked former BlackBerry Australia MD Matt Ball as its head.

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Australian-listed TechnologyOne has reported a 17 percent year-on-year drop in profit to AU$7.4 million, with cloud service fees and annual licence fees keeping the company in positive territory.

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Hacker controlled botnets take their time to test which stolen credentials can give them access to multiple accounts to steal financial and personal data.

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All 300 million Windows 10 users can now use Microsoft's Feedback Hub app to help shape the future of Windows.

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Graeme Hackland, IT director at Williams Martini Racing and Williams Advanced Engineering, tells ZDNet how the organisation works to avoid the nightmare scenario of getting hacked.

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Microsoft's new app lets you send jobs via Raspberry Pi to your 3D printer over Wi-Fi, even if the printer doesn't support wireless.

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Tech chiefs are happier and more ambitious -- and spending less time managing tech.

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Google's new Science Journal app enables you to measure light, motion, and sound, as well as data collected on external devices.

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After it was revealed that an NBN staffer had taken dozens of pictures of seized documents during the raid, NBN has confirmed that two employees have been suspended.

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Sydney's Data Republic has scooped up AU$10.5 million in funding from three large Australian organisations, hoping to use the funds to bolster its presence in the United States.

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For a company that accepts criticism with all the grace of a steel hammer hit right between the eyes, the NBN has found itself, and by extension Malcolm Turnbull, in the spotlight thanks to its own decisions.

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With the copious amounts of data produced every day as its motivator, database-focused startup Instaclustr is positioning itself to take on the $3 billion big data market.

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Telstra has added to its network woes with a brace of outages on Friday and Sunday, with the first due to a device fault between network and modems and the second to faulty hardware.

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Technology companies in China have leapt forward in Usain Bolt-like strides in recent years, as they've evolved from remarkable copiers to legitimate innovators.

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