Launtel has launched a new gigabit nbn service in Hobart five months after introducing the service in Launceston, and aims to transform Tasmania into the nation's first gigabit state. [ + ]

While 83% of firstline manufacturing workers responding to a Microsoft survey agree that technology is key to improving efficiencies, only 4% describe their enterprise as pioneering in their adoption of technology. [ + ]

Market research company IDTechEx estimates that the wearable sensor market is seeing its first billion-dollar year in 2017 despite ongoing commoditisation dragging down revenues. [ + ]

nbn co will cap the maximum spend for wholesale business-grade nbn services as part of a new pricing model developed to help retail service providers better provide for medium to large businesses. [ + ]

Red Hat's new Open Innovation Labs in Singapore will provide customers with hands-on experience and support in developing open source and DevOps based solutions to business problems. [ + ]

More than 560 primary and secondary school students have competed in the RoboCup Junior Australian Open Championships, involving designing robots to play soccer, dance and perform rescues. [ + ]

An average of nearly 1.4 million new phishing sites are created worldwide each month, or 46,000 per day, research from Webroot indicates. [ + ]

Amazon has been asked to ensure that it complies with Australia's unfair contract terms legislation. [ + ]

Canberra has launched a consultation on ways to best achieve the benefits of digital innovation, which is projected to have the potential to boost the Australian economy by up to $250bn. [ + ]

nbn is urging businesses to act now to plan for the migration of their special networking services to the nbn before the first forced connection of these services. [ + ]

Retailers will soon be able to offer up to 50% more data at peak times and double data at off-peak times to its users in rural and remote areas. [ + ]

A global cybersecurity facility in North Sydney that will see the creation of more than 170 jobs over the next five years has been secured by the NSW Government. [ + ]

A new data plan focused on harnessing big data for national infrastructure has been released by the federal government for public comment. [ + ]

Kaspersky Lab has refuted the reasoning behind the recent order from the US Department of Homeland Security for agencies to stop using the company's antivirus products. [ + ]

A 12-month mentoring program for start-ups has commenced, as part of the La Trobe Accelerator Program. [ + ]