NZ government could create new last-mile monopoly with UFB
politics, posted: 23-Aug-2010 17:48
Orcon CEO Scott Bartlett warned recently that the consequences stemming from changes to the government's Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) project could end up "cementing the [Local Fibre Companies] as 'one big, nasty monopoly per region'" and he may well e
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Windows Live Essentials betas seem good, but oh so flaky
Windows, posted: 19-Aug-2010 09:31
Microsoft's Windows Live Essentials comprise a set of utilities that are definitely worth downloading - I use Windows Live Writer to blog here on Geekzone for instance, and Movie Maker and Live Photo Gallery are really useful little apps. There's a r
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DMCA used to remove search engine results
Internet, posted: 17-Aug-2010 15:51
Here's something at least I haven't come across before, namely Google removing results due to DMCA complaints. This seems to be a fairly new method to go after alleged intellectual property and copyright infringers.
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Got an iPhone? Watch out for roaming charges... even with roaming turned off.
mobile devices, posted: 13-Aug-2010 12:44
My good friend Nic "Fastchicken" Wise has been travelling with his iPhone 4 (flash git, and he won't give me one either) racking up big data charges despite having roaming turned off. Being a good geek, Nic filed a community bug report on this "featu
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Hands-on with two Android phones - Nexus One and Motorola Milestone
mobile devices, posted: 8-Aug-2010 18:11
The Android market is on fire currently, and Google CEO Eric Schmidt reckons something like 200,000 units are activated each day.
I'm guilty of contributing to that number recently, with two devices. First to arrive was the ex-Google Nexus (read the entire post)...
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The Tech-Ed 2010 bag review
Humour, posted: 3-Aug-2010 16:30
Amazingly enough, it's been another year since the last Microsoft Tech-Ed which, errm, was held in 2009. This year's SuperMegaGeekFest starts on August 30 and ends on September 1 and delegates attending get a bag.
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Is PC gaming dead then?
technology, posted: 16-Jul-2010 14:05
Alienware and its PR people have put together some video clips featuring messieurs Ampzz McDonald and Prawny Beaumont talking about the pros and cons of PCs versus gaming consoles, which may or may not interest you (read the entire post)...
Seagate photo and video competition for journos, snappers and bloggers
media, posted: 15-Jul-2010 13:38
If you have some pictures and videos that you're proud of, you might want to enter them into the Seagate Precious Memories competition that's on at the moment. Prizes in the photo category include a 1TB FreeAgent GoFlex Desk drive, and 500GB and 320
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Orcon launched iPhones in NZ well before anyone else
Internet, posted: 14-Jul-2010 11:30
Yes, that's the truth: Seeby Woodhouse's merry band at Orcon were first in New Zealand with iPhones by a country mile. In fact, Orcon may have had iPhones in New Zealand as early as 1997; I've asked Seeby to give me the history behind the devices and
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What Thunderbird thinks of Symantec's July State of Spam and State of Phishing Reports
Humour, posted: 9-Jul-2010 15:29
Harsh… Technorati Tags: Symantec,phishing,security,spam
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