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What will be Alibaba’s next tech channel play in A/NZ?

ARN explores 10 technologies Alibaba has in the works that could become part of its burgeoning tech channel play in the local market.

What will be Alibaba’s next tech channel play in A/NZ?
In pictures: The 20 greatest milestones of Android's first five years

Android, this is your life.

In pictures: The 20 greatest milestones of Android's first five years
In pictures: What’s in the cards for Android 5.0?

While we likely won’t see Android 5.0 (Key Lime Pie) for some time, new apps suggest that the future look and feel of Google’s mobile OS could be built upon "cards".

In pictures: What’s in the cards for Android 5.0?
In Pictures: 8 things you might not know about Android

Some lesser-known facts about Google's mobile OS

In Pictures: 8 things you might not know about Android
In pictures: Android 4 'Ice Cream Sandwich'

Google's mobile OS gets a major upgrade this week if the tipsters are right, but there's no need to wait to see some of the new capabilities in action.

In pictures: Android 4 'Ice Cream Sandwich'

Huawei files to trademark mobile OS around the world after U.S. ban

Trademarks Hongmeng OS in at least nine countries
What will be Alibaba’s next tech channel play in A/NZ?

Chinese e-commerce leviathan, Alibaba, added Australia to its growing global cloud business in November last year, with the opening its data centre in Sydney. The ...
Dell's OS10 aims to open up networks, then whole datacentres

The Linux-based networking OS could be extended to servers and storage, too
Apple just pushed out feature-packed public betas of iOS 9.3 and OS X 10.11.4

iOS 9.3 public beta with Night Shift and OS X 10.11.4 public beta with Live Photos support are now available to public testers.
Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac launches with Windows 10 Integration and OS X El Capitan readiness

New Pro edition aims to give developers, designers and power users more tools and resources to be productive on a Mac
Microsoft waives Windows 10 'branches' for now

Microsoft will not begin using Windows 10's multiple update tracks, or "branches," until later this year, analysts said, and in the interim will continue to ...

The future of networking is a NOS on your choice of bare metal, says Cumulus Networks

If Cumulus Networks has its way, companies will use its Cumulus Linux to decouple the network operating system from the hardware

It's alive! Patch Tuesday survives for Windows 10

Contrary to expectations earlier this year, Patch Tuesday survived the rollout of Windows 10.
5 must-know Windows 10 tips and tricks

Dive right into some of Windows 10's coolest new features with these tips for the Start menu, Cortana, virtual desktops and more.
How to install Windows 10 on your PC

We'll walk you what you'll need to do to upgrade to Windows 10.
Windows 10 review: Hold off if you use Windows 7

Windows 10 is what Windows 8 should have been, but it has too many rough edges to attract Windows 7 users. Continuous upgrades could change ...
10 things Windows 10 does better than Windows 8 (+8 photos)

Fixing the Start menu is just the beginning. Windows 10 brings many other good changes, and we show you the best ones here.
Deep-dive review: Windows 10 - worth the wait

Windows 10 is finally out in the wild, and it is a truly integrated and feature-filled operating system. We take a close look at the ...