European Parliament throws spanner in secret ACTA works
politics, posted: 14-MAR-2010 09:07
This will make the Wellington ACTA negotiations more exciting - the European Parliament has asked to have full access to ACTA documents, and wants this to be granted to the public too. Furthermore, the ACTA talks should be limited to counterfeiting,
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Pacific Fibre cable a bold initiative that the government should support
Internet, posted: 11-MAR-2010 15:31
Will the NZ$900 million Pacific Fibre cable mooted by messieurs Drury, Morgan, Tindall, Rushworth, Humphrey and Wiggs succeed? Certainly, the list of founders is impressive with everyone on it not only having an understanding of why Big Fat Pipes w
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ComCom: Don’t forget mobile roaming rates
mobile devices, posted: 25-FEB-2010 11:24
Mobile phone termination rates are under intense scrutiny by the New Zealand telco regulator, the Commerce Commission, which has pressured Vodafone and Telecom into a binding undertaking to lower the amounts charged for landing calls on their network
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Hands on with Google Nexus One – briefly
mobile devices, posted: 16-FEB-2010 12:15
I should be talking about Windows Phone 7 Series, but there's plenty of comment on that unreleased mobile OS so here's a brief hands-on report about the Google Nexus One. I had the opportunity to check out the SuperGooglePhone for a few moments recen
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Trade Me, the behemoth on NZ's Internet
Internet, posted: 2-FEB-2010 11:07
How busy is Trade Me these days? According to Trade Me developer Jay, very busy:
Yesterday being Monday February 1, 2010, Trade Me served up almost 2.4 million pages an hour, or just under 40,000 a minute.
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Yesterday being Monday February 1, 2010, Trade Me served up almost 2.4 million pages an hour, or just under 40,000 a minute.
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Losers in the Apple iPad launch
mobile devices, posted: 28-JAN-2010 09:20
There it is then, another culture-changing device from Apple, as Mike Elgan puts it. The iPad may not be everything to everyone, but Apple has launched the device with its usual thoroughness, and it's backed up by apps, media and 3G right from (read the entire post)...
Twitter.com DNS hijacked?
Internet, posted: 18-DEC-2009 18:50
Twitter.com seems to be hijacked at the moment:
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;twitter.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
twitter.com. 1901 IN A 74.217.128.160
;;; QUESTION SECTION:
;160.128.217.74.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR
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;; QUESTION SECTION:
;twitter.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
twitter.com. 1901 IN A 74.217.128.160
;;; QUESTION SECTION:
;160.128.217.74.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR
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Microsoft being a Onecare
Internet, posted: 13-NOV-2009 15:25
All right, I know it's good to that Microsoft provides a free malware scanning utility and that I'm being a bit of a duck to have a go at them, but nevertheless, the Windows Live OneCare Safety Scanner is a bad idea that should be taken down fast. Fo
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First test on Vodafone NZ HSPA+
mobile devices, posted: 12-NOV-2009 08:30
At Vodafone HQ with Scott Bartley from PC World and Chris Keall from NBR, trying out HSPA+. On my Dell Studio 17 laptop and a Huawei K4505 USB stick, the results are...
Pingtest:
And the hoary old Speedtest:
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Pingtest:
And the hoary old Speedtest:
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Geek garden update
news, posted: 5-NOV-2009 12:46
Wet and warm keeps the green stuff happy. The garden is growing like anything, something that most New Zealanders are undoubtedly accustomed to, but for me is a Being There experience that still amazes. Have had lovely, sweet strawberries for the las
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