Stories by: Nick Broughall

Recently, the highest court in Australia unanimously dismissed AFACT’s appeal that ISP iiNet was accountable for the bittorrent file-sharing occurring on its network. It was the final skirmish in the entertainment industry’s three-year fight to try and change the role of the ISP in its fight against piracy.

It’s the biggest thing in mobile networks at the moment, but 4G is proving to be a confusing mess of mixed messages, unfulfilled promises and a marketing disaster.

The video games industry is big business. According to the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA) earlier this month it was worth more than $1.5 billion in Australia alone in 2011. And that figure doesn’t even include digital downloads, apps or in-game transactions.

The Mayans thought the world would end this year. For some technology companies that could well be the case, with the battle for success moving from the marketplace to the courtroom.

Telstra and Google have seemingly raised the bar for Australian experiential retailing

JB Hi-Fi has kickstarted the next retail evolution

Android is stepping up its game across the board

In the days since Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ death last week, the internet has been flooded with so many tributes and eulogies it seems that even his old competitors are building arks to help them survive the storm.

Last week, Nikon casually kicked a small, DSLR-shaped pebble off a cliff when it announced its Nikon 1 camera. In doing so, one of the major names in consumer cameras has started an avalanche that could potentially wipe the consumer-grade DSLR from the market.

HP, Pioneer, ultrabooks, tablets ... everybody is jumping on the Apple wave ...