Dell Australia has today revealed their Streak device is now capable of running the latest version of Google’s Android operating system, dubbed ‘Froyo’. The update – which can be downloaded through Dell Australia’s website or through an Over-The-Air (OTA) update to be pushed out in the coming days by Optus – brings a number of welcome features to the Streak which originally shipped with Android 1.6, including faster performance, support for Adobe Flash 10.1, the ability to [...]

Seeking to capitalise on the hype surrounding Wikileaks at the moment, Ruslan Kogan, co-founder of Australian electronics store Kogan, has just announced a new site called TradeLeaks aimed at making business operations more transparent. The site, which is now live, encourages people to “leak” information about dodgy tradesmen, retail stores or businesses.  Users fill in form containing information about what they know, after which their “leak” will go live on the TradeLeaks website. “We get [...]

Australian startup mHITS hopes to revolutionise the way micro-payments are made, allowing customers to make payments by simply sending a text message. The company – whose name stands for “Mobile Handset Initiated Transactions” – originally launched in 2004, but re-launched in 2006 with the new idea of allowing anyone to pay for transactions by simply sending a text message. The company has been self-funded, has won a number of accolades and was featured on the [...]