Acer who is a major player in the global PC market, is set to establish a new subsidary that develops car batteries and electric vehicle power systems, the Taiwanese Company also plans to combine its Build Your Own Cloud (BYOC) products around their new automotive products.
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ACCC Nobbles Horse Betting Group
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has nobbled a horse betting operation who was using software that they believed was likely to mislead or decieve consumers after they claimed punters could earn between $50,000 to $70,000 working from home.
BREAKING NEWS: LG Sues Dyson Over Suck Up Claims
UPDATED:LG Electronics has sued Dyson over claims in Australia that its vacuum cleaners perform better than those made by the South Korean maker.
Despite the legal action being taken in Australia LG
Australia did not issued any press releases despite the Company being known for
issuing press releases for the most frivolous of promotions.
Instead it was left to LG Korean to confirm that British
Company is being sued in Australia.
LG said that that had resorted to legal action and issued a
lawsuit against British manufacturer Dyson over an advertisement in Australia
claiming that its vacuum cleaners perform better than those made by the South
Korean maker.
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In the advertisement Dyson said its V6 cleaner is “the most
powerful cordless vacuum” and boasts “twice the suction power of all cordless
vacuums.”
LG claimed that such
remarks can mislead consumers and decided to ask Australia’s federal court to
ban the advertisement.
The South Korean firm said the Cord Zero Cyking’s suction
power is twice as strong as Dyson’s V6 product.
The LG’s flagship cordless cleaner reached the Australian
market in September.
Samsung Electronics LG’s larger rival, also engaged in a
legal battle with the British player last year.
In February 2014, Samsung filed a lawsuit seeking 10 billion
won (US$8.84 million) in compensation from the British manufacturer in a patent
row over a vacuum cleaner mechanism.
Samsung’s suit was a counteraction against Dyson, which
earlier had accused the South Korean company of violating its patents on the
mechanism used in its vacuum cleaners.
The action was filed in the Federal Court on the 12th of October 2015, two affidavit’s were filed on the 13th of October and the 23rd of October.
This is not the first time that LG and Dyson have ended up in the Federal Court, back in 2001 it was Dyson taking action against LG.
After this story was posted An LG spokesman said:
“LG Australia has initiated proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Dyson to restrain Dyson from making certain claims in relation to its V6 Cordless Vacuum.
“LG Australia alleges that Dyson’s advertisements claiming that the Dyson V6 cordless vacuums are the “the most powerful cordless vacuums” and that those cleaners have “twice the suction power of any cordless vacuum” are misleading on the basis that the LG CordZero cordless canister vacuum is in fact more powerful and has more suction power than the Dyson V6 cordless vacuum.
“The matter is currently being considered by the Court, and as such, LG is not in a position to make further comment.”
Dyson responded claiming:
“Dyson is updating our advertising message to reflect the fact that the Dyson V6 is the most powerful cordless stick vacuum. We continue to invest on behalf of retailers and consumers who back Australia’s number one selling vacuum cleaner”.
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EMC Dumps PR Group
Storage Company EMC has dumped Recognition PR after only 3 months in favour of Professional Public Relations.
Storage Company EMC has dumped Recognition PR after only 3 months in favour of Professional Public Relations. Insiders say that one of the problems was the lack of account management experience by the new Recognition team. Prior to Recognition the account was managed by Spectrum Communications.
At PPR the account will be headed by Duncan Craig who quit Upstream PR before Xmas to join the Launch Management Group to work on the Wireless Technology provider Unwired. He quit this Company two weeks ago to join PPR. PPR also manages PR for Dell who has a strategic relationship with EMC in the storage market. In the last quarter the two combined were the #1 providers of storage in the Australian market.
Confirming the split from Recognition EMC Marketing Director Jordan Reizes said “Unfortunately the relationship with Recognition PR did not work out so we went back to one of the PR Companies that had originally pitched the business. We think PPR are a good fit as they also have Dell with whom we have a strong relationship”.No one from Recognition was available to comment.
UPDATE: Westpac Online Closed Down After Attack
Westpac appear to have closed down their online banking operations after customers started receiving scam emails asking them to authenticate their log in details. Hundreds of thousands of customers who traditionally pay staff on a Thursday are set to be affected.
“As part of our efforts to meet the requirements of the Australian Financial Services Authority (FSA), we now ask all Westpac users to verify their account information. It’s a smart and simple way to add an additional level of protection to your account.
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| Samples of three scam emails currently being syndicated |
Here’s how it works :
- Click here to securely log on.
- Complete our quick and simple form.
- Continue with your account session.”
Since writing this story, a Westpac executive has contacted to say that the bank is not responsible for sending the emails and that “Yes” the website has been difficult to access for some customers due to problems with “mainframe access”.
“The site is available to 75% of customers, however, some customers will experience problems while this problem is being fixed”.
How To Turn an Excellent $777 55″ Aldi 4K UHD TV Into a Top End Streaming TV For $59
There are two types of Ultra High Definition TV’s, there are those that cost an arm and a leg and are priced up to $1,900 for a 55″ inch plus model, or there are those like the Aldi model which is a seriously good 4K UHD TV for sub $800.
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Tech Companies To Benefit From Company Tax Cut
A Tony Abbott led Government will reduce the rate of company tax to 28.5 per cent from July 1, 2013 the Liberal Party have announced today.
Abbott claims that the $2.55 billion costing will be funded from savings already announced by the Coalition. The current company tax rate is 30 per cent.
“If there are lower taxes on companies we will have more successful companies, we will have a more prosperous economy, and that is good for every single Australian,” Abbott said.
During the past few days Treasurer Wayne Swann has accused Abbott of introducing a Woolworths/Coles Tax to fund his parental leave initiatives. Swan said that the cost of the program funded by an increase in Company Tax would hurt Australians due to a big new Liberal party Company tax.
Mr Abbott said today that this is not correct and that the Coalition would always be the low-tax party.
Questions Raised Over PR Company’s Tech Client Claims
UPDATED: Sydney based Spectrum Communications have been left with egg on their face after falsely claiming on their web site that they still act for several IT clients who dumped them months ago.
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HTC One X Users To Get Jelly Bean Update
Australian owners of the highly popular HTC One X will today begin receiving an upgrade to version 4.1 of Google’s Android operating system.
Updates to the HTC smartphone will happen during the next week.
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The update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean brings a number of user interface improvements, including Project Butter, which boosts the operating system’s performance to 60fps. It also contains multiple stability improvements and gives access to Google Now, Google’s fledgling voice controlled digital search assistant.
HTC has not yet published a timeline on when certain regions will receive the update, but SmartHouse has been told that Australia is one of the first Countries to get the upgrade.
Despite HTC making the upgrade locally available, the carrier you’re with could influence if you receive it today or at a later date.
Big Retailers Moving To Magento eCommerce Platform
Australian retailers are adopting a new generation of online platform technology faster than Countries like Germany, the UK and the USA according to the executives at Magento a subsidiary eBay Company.






