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Imation ships Wireless USB external hard drive
Posted on 20-NOV-2009 09:17

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News, Computing
Pro WX hard drive offers secure, continuous backup and data protection with 1.5TB of capacity and up to 15MB/second data transfer speed.

DriveSafe.ly app stops potential texting while driving and distracted driving incidents
Posted on 20-NOV-2009 09:00

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News, Mobile
DriveSafe.ly, a free mobile application aiming to stop distracted driving, has now been used by over one million people. The application is reading millions of text messages (SMS) aloud to drivers around the world - keeping their eyes on the road.

Change to Telecom New Zealand operation separation undertakings
Posted on 20-NOV-2009 08:59

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News, Broadband
New Zealand's Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce has approved a variation to Telecom's operational separation undertakings, which came into force in March 2008.

Kaspersky Lab Commonwealth Antarctic Team has set off for the South Pole
Posted on 19-NOV-2009 11:45

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News, Computing
For the next 40 days, the team will ski six to 10 hours a day unguided and unsupported pulling 80kg sledges loaded with food, fuel and equipment. The team will face blinding blizzards, winds reaching speeds in excess of 80mph, hidden crevasses and temperatures that plummet to -40C.

Flickr from Yahoo! selects Snapfish by HP for global photo printing
Posted on 19-NOV-2009 11:30

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News, Web media
For Flickr’s New Zealand members, this announcement means that they can now use Snapfish to print their photos and have those sent to them or collect from pharmacies or KMart stores nationwide.

Opera Mobile 10 now available for Windows Phones
Posted on 19-NOV-2009 08:23

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News, Windows Mobile
The Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile looks and feels similar to the Opera 10 desktop browser and Opera Mini 5 beta. Opera is creating more cohesion between its products by introducing a unified look across many of its platforms. Opera maintains its arsenal of features in this beta, including Speed Dial, tabbed browsing, a password manager and its super, server-side compressor, Opera Turbo.

Diskeeper 2010 prevents disk fragmentation before it happens
Posted on 19-NOV-2009 08:00

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News, Computing
Utilizing a new technology called IntelliWrite, Diskeeper 2010 intelligently writes files to the disk to prevent up to 85 percent of fragmentation from occurring.

Sybase 365 and Telecom New Zealand International launch joint IPX voice service
Posted on 18-NOV-2009 15:31

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News, Mobile
An IPX enables mobile operators to offer high-value 3G (and 4G) services such as voice, video streaming, and video sharing.

Microsoft announces details for Windows Azure Platform launch
Posted on 18-NOV-2009 14:24

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News, SaaS
Company details strategy and roadmap for developers to move, enhance, and transform applications for the cloud.

A&T unveils network-based on demand computing service
Posted on 18-NOV-2009 14:11

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News, SaaS
“AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service” enables businesses to address their dynamic needs.

World Wide Web Foundation launches global operations
Posted on 17-NOV-2009 19:06

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News, Web media
Speaking at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a Web Foundation board member, unveiled the organization’s new partnerships with VU University Amsterdam (VU) in the Netherlands and CDI (Center for Digital Inclusion) based in Brazil.

Most powerful supercomputer in the world powered by six-core AMD Opteron processor
Posted on 17-NOV-2009 18:15

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News, Computing
This mission-critical Cray XT5 system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was recently upgraded from quad- to six-Core AMD Opteron processors and delivers 2.3 petaflop/s theoretical peak performance and 1.75 petaflop/s performance on the Linpack benchmark.

InternetNZ announces formation of New Zealand IPv6 Task Force
Posted on 16-NOV-2009 15:12

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News, Broadband
New Zealand is poised to accelerate implementation of the next generation Internet protocol, IPv6, with the formation of the New Zealand IPv6 Task Force, aligned with the global IPv6 Forum. The work of the Task Force will be driven by impending exhaustion of existing IPv4 addressing and the associated risk and additional cost that this is expected to impose.

Social networking and movies come alive on Xbox 360
Posted on 16-NOV-2009 14:51

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News, Gaming
Facebook, Twitter and Xbox Movies on Demand on Xbox LIVE set to launch on 17th November. The new Movies on Demandon Xbox LIVE offers a continually evolving catalogue of movies that can be purchased with Microsoft Points.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 available worldwide now
Posted on 16-NOV-2009 09:08

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News, Computing
At the Microsoft TechEd Europe 2009 conference in Germany it was announced that the Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is now available worldwide. The Exchange Server 2010 is part of a generation of solutions designed for increased business productivity and cost savings in a challenging economic environment.

Dell confirms entrance into smartphone segment with Dell Mini 3
Posted on 14-NOV-2009 07:37

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News, Android
Company will launch smartphones based on Android operating system with China Mobile and Claro named first to sell Dell Mini 3 smart phones. China Mobile serves more than 500 million subscribers and Claro is part of the largest mobile phone network in the Americas, America Movil.

2degrees laying complaint with Advertising Standards Authority over Telecom ads
Posted on 13-NOV-2009 10:26

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News, Mobile
2degrees Mobile has written to Telecom requiring it to withdraw from circulation its newly issued Telecom Discover Brochure Nov/Dec 2009 and Telecom Discover Prepaid Brochure Nov/Dec 2009. The company considers certain claims made in the Brochures to be misleading and deceptive, and in breach of both the Fair Trading Act 1986 and Codes published by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Dell introduces small desktop with HD-capable graphics
Posted on 13-NOV-2009 07:56

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News, Computing
Starting at US$229, the Inspiron Zino HD includes standard HD-capable integrated graphics, HDMI output and built-in networking that make it smart for typical home and student computing activities such as word processing, e-mail, organizing photos and music, and surfing the Internet.

Telecom New Zealand announces plans to wholesale XT network
Posted on 12-NOV-2009 09:42

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News, 3G
Telecom will begin wholesaling its new 3G, WCDMA 850 mobile network by mid-2010.

HP to acquire 3Com for US$2.7 Billion
Posted on 12-NOV-2009 09:27

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News, Computing
This combination will support HP’s next-generation data center strategy built on the convergence of servers, storage, networking, management, facilities and services.

AVG Internet Security Download and discount code
Posted on 11-NOV-2009 16:05

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News, Security
AVG Internet Security offers anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-spam, anti-rootkit and firewall technologies in a single software package designed to protect your PC against malware and other malicious activities on the Internet.

Logitech to acquire LifeSize Communications
Posted on 11-NOV-2009 15:27

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News, Consumer Electronics
LifeSize’s HD video conferencing solutions provide superior quality of experience and are flexible, easy to use, install and manage.

Google to offer free Wi-Fi in 47 airports around the U.S. during holidays
Posted on 11-NOV-2009 09:47

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News, Wi-Fi
In total, the gift will include airports that together handle over 500 million passengers each year, or about 35% of the total number of annual passengers in the U.S.

Amazon free Kindle for PC application now available
Posted on 11-NOV-2009 09:09

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News, Consumer Electronics
The free application for reading Kindle books is available on the PC for readers around the World with access to a bookstore with more than 360,000 Kindle books.

Auckland District Health Board, Gen-i and Alcatel-Lucent running mobile telehealth trial
Posted on 10-NOV-2009 09:10

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News, Mobile
Twenty heart failure patients in Auckland are to trial a New Zealand first – using mobile technology to transmit their daily health readings without having to step foot into a hospital.

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