Broadband modems struggle to cope with NBN's reliance on copper:ACMA

Broadband modems struggle to cope with NBN's reliance on copper:ACMA

Testing of 43 modem-routers found none could achieve 100/40Mbps speeds over the average length of copper in an NBN fibre-to-the-node connection.

  • byAdam Turner

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Connected cars to warn of hazards on Aussie roads

Connected cars to warn of hazards on Aussie roads

Test system studies traffic camera feeds to warn drivers when a car is about to run a red light,or a pedestrian is hampering a right-hand turn.

  • byAdam Turner
Homes,business without internet after cables damaged

Homes,business without internet after cables damaged

Dozens of businesses and homes in Melbourne's inner-north are facing 17 days without internet.

  • byRachel Eddie
The simple device that could supercharge the internet

The simple device that could supercharge the internet

Scientists have developed a device the size of a matchbox which could have huge ramifications for the amount of information which can be sent via the internet.

  • byStuart Layt
Telstra cable customers given free speed boost as NBN delays continue

Telstra cable customers given free speed boost as NBN delays continue

In a bid to manage the number of new NBN connections,Telstra will scrap its speed boost fee,delivering around 100Mbps to all its non-NBN cable customers.

  • byAdam Turner
Ransomware attacks still common in Australia,and half pay up

Ransomware attacks still common in Australia,and half pay up

Australian companies are increasingly paying off online hackers,who demand money to unlock computers,as the number of cyber attacks rises.

  • byTim Biggs
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US firm's plan for Australia-China internet cable leaves Huawei trailing

US firm's plan for Australia-China internet cable leaves Huawei trailing

SubCom said it would lay an internet link from Australia to Hong Kong through Papua New Guinea,deepening its involvement in a region where China's Huawei has sought to expand.

  • byTom Westbrook
How the internet spans oceans,in the time it takes you to read this

How the internet spans oceans,in the time it takes you to read this

"People think that data is in the cloud,but it's not ... it's in the ocean."

  • byAdam Satariano
Car lockout mystery solved:authority blames Chemist Warehouse pagers

Car lockout mystery solved:authority blames Chemist Warehouse pagers

The prescription pager system at a Joondalup chemist interfering with people's keyless entry car remotes has been turned off,resolving the isolated issue.

  • byLauren Pilat
$1.4 million budget blowout from student IT program'in crisis'

$1.4 million budget blowout from student IT program'in crisis'

TAFE Queensland's IT system is"in crisis",according to the LNP,after costs for its student management system were 32 per cent higher than budgeted.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Howard govt feared slow Y2K bug preparations,cabinet documents reveal

Howard govt feared slow Y2K bug preparations,cabinet documents reveal

Predictions of a tech collapse in 2000 reached an apocalyptic pitch. The Howard government in 1997 wanted its agencies to act faster and prevent the worst.

  • byDoug Dingwall