Networking

[ad_1] Microsoft’s plan to split Windows 10 from shell is happening Windows 10 preview shows signs of Windows OS separating from the shell in line with Microsoft’s modular plans. Microsoft’s latest preview of Windows 10 20H1 brings improvements to the Bluetooth-pairing prompts and fixes a host of glitches for users ...

[ad_1] Losing ground in emerging markets, Apple might launch a new low-cost iPhone Apple might attempt to fix its pricing problem with a new cheaper iPhone that uses components from the iPhone 11. TCL has unveiled two classic Alcatel flip phones that it boasts are the first in North America ...

[ad_1] 5G: Is all the hype deserved? We may have hit peak 5G hype before 5G is actually available. But is 5G really a game changer? The most important promise made by the proprietors of 5G wireless technology — the telecommunications service providers, the transmission equipment makers, the antenna manufacturers, ...

[ad_1] Our dream phone? It must have these features These are the nine things we would include in the perfect smartphone. Google has added a new plan on top of its one and only Fi Flexible plan. It’s called Unlimited but actually has limits.  The price of the new Unlimited ...

[ad_1] Wi-Fi turns 20: What’s next? Tonya Hall sits down with Kevin Robinson, vice president of marketing for Wi-Fi Alliance, to talk all things Wi-Fi, including why Wi-FI and 5G are a great match. Expect to see a surge in devices supporting the new faster Wi-Fi 6 standard. Wi-Fi Alliance ...

[ad_1] Optus takes wraps off customer concierge service to take NBN out of the equation Single point of contact for customers moving onto NBN until 30 days after installation. Optus has unveiled a service it has been using since May, which gives customers moving to the NBN a single interface ...

[ad_1] Image: SK Telecom SK Telecom and Ericsson have completed end-to-end testing of 5G standalone (SA) telecommunications, the companies announced. The two used purely 5G systems, from handsets, radio stations, to cores, for the test. Connection speeds doubled and data processing speeds tripled compared to the currently commercialised 5G non-standalone ...

[ad_1] Image: Chris Duckett/ZDNet With the National Broadband Network (NBN) set to reveal the outcome of its wholesale pricing consultation in the coming weeks, Vocus CEO Kevin Russell has said it would show whether NBN is prepared to put customers on low-incomes before its own finances. Speaking at the ACCAN ...

[ad_1] Image: Chris Duckett/ZDNet The Victorian government is set to trial lidar sensors at the intersection of Williamstown Road and Somerville Road in Yarraville. The system will be able to alert connected cars in real-time of potential hazards, the government said. “This is the first time lidar technology has been ...

[ad_1] (Image: APH) Seven months after its long-stalled examination of how 20 agencies across federal and state government in Australia handled stored communications and metadata over the 2016-17 financial year, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has released its 2017-18 edition [PDF]. Despite seeing fewer problems for 2017-18, the Ombudsman issued one recommendation ...