Domain name scheme resurfaces
Internet, posted: 29-Oct-2003 22:01
Australian Chesley Rafferty and his company, trading here as Domain Names NZ, are once again trying to get New Zealand domain name holders to part with $237.
The fee is supposedly for registering the .net.nz variant of a name holder's (read the entire post)...
The fee is supposedly for registering the .net.nz variant of a name holder's (read the entire post)...
Xtra feels heat over pricing
broadband telecommunications voip, posted: 23-Sep-2003 21:59
Internet providers have criticised Telecom Xtra's revised residential broadband plans as anti-competitive because the price cut further reduces their already small margins for reselling the service.
On Friday, Xtra lowered prices by $1 (read the entire post)...
On Friday, Xtra lowered prices by $1 (read the entire post)...
Hacker put details on web in spite
Internet, posted: 17-Sep-2003 21:58
A 14-year-old hacker put 895 customer records of Hamilton internet provider Net4U on the web in an act of spite. The information included the names, addresses and telephone numbers, as well as email addresses, passwords and customers' credit card
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2day.com offline after admin error
Internet, posted: 17-Sep-2003 21:56
An administrative error by 2day.com's United States registrar meant the local web hoster was effectively taken off the internet earlier today. The US registrar had wrongly caused the 2day.com zone to be removed from the .com hierarchy.
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Vigilantes wage war on spam
Humour, posted: 22-Aug-2003 21:54
Shane Atkinson, the prolific penis pill spammer outed by the Herald last Friday, wasn't discovered thanks to an official agency in New Zealand or elsewhere in the world.
Instead, because we do not have any laws outlawing spam, it was t (read the entire post)...
Instead, because we do not have any laws outlawing spam, it was t (read the entire post)...
Spammer ducks for cover as details published on web
Internet, posted: 19-Aug-2003 21:52
A New Zealander who sent millions of junk emails out every day has shut his business after his personal details were posted on the web.
Shane Atkinson - whose business is known as spamming - said the barrage of abuse made him worry about t (read the entire post)...
Shane Atkinson - whose business is known as spamming - said the barrage of abuse made him worry about t (read the entire post)...
'Formula' contains herbal ingredients
Internet, posted: 15-Aug-2003 21:49
Atkinson sent the Herald a sample bottle of the US-made VP-RX pills he sells, which unlike the spam does not make any claims about penis enlargement. They are labelled as a "male formula" and contain herbal ingredients (see below).
Most of (read the entire post)...
Most of (read the entire post)...
Spammers hit below men's belts
Internet, posted: 15-Aug-2003 21:47
Competing fiercely with solicitation from the relatives of dead African dictators and US mortgage sales pitches, spammers are targeting men with big ambitions.
The emails arrive daily: "How to boost your penis size & self-esteem" and (read the entire post)...
The emails arrive daily: "How to boost your penis size & self-esteem" and (read the entire post)...
Flat panels take some beating
technology, posted: 18-Jul-2003 21:42
When I measured how much power my computer set-up drew, the 19in monitor guzzled 110 to 135 watts. It was suggested to me that I should consider a flat-panel display instead.
Panels draw much less power: the 15in ones typically consume 20- (read the entire post)...
Panels draw much less power: the 15in ones typically consume 20- (read the entire post)...
Liquidator chases e-subscribers
Internet, posted: 8-Jul-2003 21:40
A multilevel marketing plan, described last year by the Commerce Commission as in breach of the Fair Trading Act and possibly an illegal pyramid scheme, is in liquidation - and its liquidator is chasing subscribers for money.
About 12,900 (read the entire post)...
About 12,900 (read the entire post)...
