IPENZ marks International Year of Astronomy with lectures
Posted on 1-Oct-2009 12:15 News, Computing
Beyond the Frontier: William H Pickering Deep Space Pioneer, will be presented in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch by Douglas Mudgway, a colleague of Pickering’s at the JPL, internationally renowned space historian and former Wellingtonian.
Dell feeds gamers with five new Alienware gaming PCs
Posted on 24-Sep-2009 09:24 News, Computing
All-New Alienware gaming systems include the Aurora and Area-51 desktops, plus the M15x laptop featuring the new Intel Mobile Core i7 processor with dual 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4870 graphics.
Intel unveils new Intel Core i7 Mobile Processor for laptops
Posted on 24-Sep-2009 08:46 News, Computing
These processors and new Intel PM55 Express Chipset, provide best laptop experience for intense gaming, digital media, photos, music, business applications and other multi-threaded software that hungers for faster processing speed.
Kiwi PyCon Conference brings Python developers together
Posted on 23-Sep-2009 19:46 News, Computing
Python is used in New Zealand by companies such as Weta Digital, and is also used extensively by the New Zealand Government, by academic institutions throughout the country and many other commercial organisations.
EDS is now HP Enterprise Services
Posted on 23-Sep-2009 12:02 News, Computing
The brand update comes one year after HP announced the acquisition of EDS and is a critical milestone as the integration of EDS into HP nears completion.
SGI unveils Octane III Personal Supercomputer
Posted on 22-Sep-2009 10:34 News, Computing
Octane III supports Microsoft HPC Server 2008, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems. Linux configurations include SGI ProPack and ISLE cluster management software.
Dell to acquire Perot Systems for US$3.9 billion
Posted on 22-Sep-2009 09:49 News, Computing
Perot Systems is a leading provider to clients in health-care, government and other commercial segments, from SMEs to the largest global institutions. Perot Systems has a large and growing base of customers and service-delivery capabilities in North America; Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and Asia.
AT&T researchers take home Netflix prize
Posted on 22-Sep-2009 09:17 News, Computing
The Netflix Prize was launched in 2006 to reward the team that could achieve a 10 percent improvement over the accuracy of the Netflix movie recommendation system at that time. The largest such data set ever released – 100 million anonymous movie ratings ranging from one to five stars – was made available to contestants.
HP names Marc Andreessen to Board of Directors
Posted on 18-Sep-2009 19:05 News, Computing
Andreessen is best known as the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser. He is currently a member of the board of directors of eBay Inc. and Facebook Inc.
1000 New Zealand classics released as eBooks
Posted on 9-Sep-2009 18:42 News, Computing
New Zealanders can now freely download and store hundreds of our most well-known books, courtesy of Victoria University’s New Zealand Electronic Text Centre (NZETC).
Intel introduces new Core i7, Xeon 3400 and first Core i5 Processors
Posted on 8-Sep-2009 17:27 News, Computing
Formerly codenamed Lynnfield, these new chips are based on Intel’s Nehalem microarchitecture and are designed for consumers who need top-notch performance for digital media, productivity, gaming and other demanding applications.
NIWA selects IBM to provide new supercomputer
Posted on 31-Aug-2009 10:09 News, Computing
The National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and IBM have announced a multi-million dollar partnership where NIWA will purchase one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers for use in environmental forecasting.
Firefox gaining ground on New Zealand Internet
Posted on 27-Aug-2009 16:28 News, Computing
The Nielsen Company says more people are using Firefox as an alternative to Internet Explorer. Surprisingly AOL Netscape is still used by a large number of Internet users in the country.
New Zealand ICT industry bodies join forces
Posted on 10-Aug-2009 12:50 News, Computing
NZICT Group and Auckland ICT have joined forces to create a new “Community of Interest”, focussed on developing better industry collaboration.
