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.
QuickPlay Media powers Telecom New Zealand Mobile TV service
Posted on 22-Sep-2009 09:55 News, Entertainment
The service includes a wide variety of exclusive content from TVNZ and MediaWorks (TV3, C4) in addition to other programs. These shows include “Two and a Half Men” and “Outrageous Fortune,” and new series such as “Fringe” and “The Mentalist.”
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.
Symantec launches Norton 2010 products
Posted on 17-Sep-2009 09:26 News, Security
Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 leverage a new model of security, codenamed Quorum, to attain unmatched detection of new malware and advance far beyond traditional signature and behaviour-based detection.
Wellington claims to lead Software Freedom Day celebrations in New Zealand
Posted on 17-Sep-2009 09:16 News, Open Source
The capital will host New Zealand’s biggest event, on September 20 at the Wellington Convention Centre to mark the day, an annual worldwide celebration of the use and development of free and open source software (FOSS), open standards and open data.
Preparing schools for ultra-fast broadband
Posted on 15-Sep-2009 11:39 News, Broadband
Fourteen New Zealand schools are set to receive major upgrades to their ICT infrastructure, in the first stage of the government’s $34 million boost for broadband in schools.
Yellow to release updated iPhone App with White Pages search
Posted on 12-Sep-2009 11:17 News, Apple
The Yellow iPhone app provides location awareness via the iPhone’s built in GPS, mapping and directions functionality courtesy of Google Maps and the ability to save businesses to your contacts and email search results to others.
