Commerce Commission clears Vodafone’s purchase of TelstraClear
Posted on 30-Oct-2012 09:04 News, Broadband
In assessing the clearance application, the Commission looked at the potential impact of the purchase in a number of markets. These include the provision of fixed line calling and broadband services to residential, as well as business customers, with a particular focus on small businesses, long distance backhaul services, mobile phone services and spectrum management rights for mobile phone services.
Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8
Posted on 30-Oct-2012 08:24 News, Windows Phone
Windows Phone 8 comes with a range of new features, including Live Apps, bringing information right to the Start screen, such as flight information and news headlines. With Windows Phone 8, Live Apps such as Facebook can even deliver real-time information right to your lock screen with updated wallpaper.
LG and Google announce Nexus 4
Posted on 30-Oct-2012 08:00 News, Android
Designed by LG and Google, Nexus 4, the newest smartphone in the Nexus line-up from Google, was announced today for availability starting next month in select markets.
Windows 8 launches, retail first in New Zealand
Posted on 26-Oct-2012 09:04 News, Windows
Microsoft's latest Windows operating system launched around the world, startting in New Zealand at midnight local time with new apps and range of hardware options.
Major Ongoing New Zealand ICT Research Project Announced
Posted on 25-Oct-2012 12:21 News, Computing
The Institute of IT Professionals New Zealand (IITP) and AUT University’s Centre for Research on Information Systems Management (CRISM) have announced a major research project exploring the key factors that drive IT Professionals.
Cloudera announces real-time query on Hadoop
Posted on 25-Oct-2012 11:33 News, Computing
This new approach of creating a single, centralized Big Data platform dramatically improves the economics and performance of large scale data management in the enterprise. Organizations can process data at petabyte scale and, on the same system, interact with that data in real time to deliver "speed-of-thought" insights.
IObit Advanced SystemCare 6 release
Posted on 25-Oct-2012 10:42 News, Computing
The software has gone through thousands of hours of beta testing to ensure that the official release is the most stable, powerful, and intuitively designed PC optimization software.
Polycom RealPresence platform to power Telecom Video-as-a-Service offerings in New Zealand
Posted on 18-Oct-2012 11:43 News, VoIP
The Polycom RealPresence Platform will power both Gen-i (Telecom’s ICT services division) and Telecom hosted video offerings, benefiting from its open-standards approach, which ensures interoperability with hundreds of unified communications, business and social network applications.
Citrix and NetApp collaborate to simplify cloud storage
Posted on 18-Oct-2012 08:45 News, SaaS
Together, Citrix and NetApp will provide a fully integrated cloud orchestration and storage solution that will address storage automation, resource allocation, and virtual machine backup and recovery.
Facebook partners with AVG to help keep social networkers safe
Posted on 17-Oct-2012 11:33 News, Social media
AVG Technologies announces its partnership with Facebook to help protect the world’s largest global online community from the latest security threats by providing data from AVG LinkScanner to help users avoid malicious web links posted by users on Facebook.
Microsoft’s new all-in-one music service: Xbox Music
Posted on 15-Oct-2012 20:58 News, DVB and HD
Xbox Music is Microsoft’s brand new all-in-one music service that enables users to listen to music how, when, where and on what device they want. It is included in a rolling update to Xbox LIVE that starts Tuesday and will be expanded when Windows 8 launches.
