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

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 Commentscomments

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 Commentscomments

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 Commentscomments

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 Commentscomments

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 Commentscomments

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 Commentscomments

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 Commentscomments

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 Commentscomments

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 Commentscomments

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

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Flip MinoHD review
Posted on 6-NOV-2009 09:29 Commentscomments

We go hands on with the most popular solid state HD camcorder, just launched in New Zealand....

Two mouse devices you can use on glass: Logitech M950 and Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
Posted on 22-OCT-2009 14:43 Commentscomments

Both Microsoft and Logitech always come up with very good quality input hardware. So I tested two of their latest mouse devices to see which one would come out better....

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stuzzo
For some years now I have been discussing with a friend the desire for a tablet like computer device which would allow simple armchair access to the internet, the reading of electronic books and access to newspapers. The logic is compelling that this would allow for the winding down of resource inte...
Linkification v61
Posted by RedJungle on 20-NOV-2009 09:58 Comments0 comments
RedJungle
News / Web Happenings: The new 2010 Office.com online portal enters beta First Glimpse at Google Chrome OS Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 available November 24th includes enhancements for Windows 7-based computers Silverlight 4 Beta Announced Fring Puts Free VoIP Calling on Android Camino 2.0 Ad...
JamesHip
Geek Post Volume 1 Issue 6 Friday 20 November 2009 Hippolite Musings Tena Koutou Katoa, I learned two new things this week. I'm the developer responsible for maintaining the internal Email Signature Builder at Telecom. I received some logo updates this week. They were PNG files. I duti...
MrWestie
In my case M2M (machine to machine), rather than WiFi meshing. ZigBee is one of the options. Hyped up, a solution looking for a problem. Learn about it here http://www.meshnetics.com/learning/index.php?show=24 Alternatives http://zigbee.nectareen.com/?p=35 I had some modules lying around from a ...
MyFreeviewHDReview
It's been a couple of weeks now and really I am loving the Magic TV unit. I find it simple to use and fantastic to just be able to record what I want and watch TV when it's convenient for me, not TVNZ or whoever. I have always found Friday night fantastic TV night and previously this has dictated m...
Telecom and Big Time survey
Posted by manhinli on 19-NOV-2009 15:40 Comments5 comments
manhinli
Some of you might know that we've decided to go Big Time in the next two months or so. Some might say "noooo, it's the worst decision you'll ever make", others may say "why they hell aren't ya on Big Time already?" Well - for the purposes of collecting that detail, I've decided to make a survey. ...
paulspain
Microsoft have today made available the first public beta of Silverlight 4. Targeted specifically at developers this release brings with it dozens of new features and improvements that are likely to accelerate the uptake of Silverlight by the software and web development community. As well as impr...
Some must have Mac apps
Posted by lotech on 18-NOV-2009 17:32 Comments2 comments
lotech
I've been using a Mac for the last 4 years and I've over time built a little list of apps that must be installed. I thought I should share them here. They are all free to download or open source so go give them a try. Feel free to share some more in the comments. App Update - A simple application...
VoIP, NGN and FUD
Posted by sbiddle on 18-NOV-2009 09:06 Comments1 comment
sbiddle
If you were to ask some random people on the street what VoIP meant to them odds are you'll get a single word answer from the vast majority of people - Skype. While Skype has done a fantastic job of introducing people to VoIP the reality is that it's only a single product in the VoIP marketplace tha...
Thanks Hometune!
Posted by nate on 18-NOV-2009 09:00 Comments2 comments
nate
I have to admit, my knowledge of cars is pretty pathetic - I know that my car has a steering wheel, the accelerator pedal makes it go, and it takes 91 petrol. My eyes glaze over when people talk about their cars. I was never into cars as a kid, and I have trusted a variety of different mechanics o...

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