Blackberry Playbook

, posted: 18-Aug-2011 22:35

RIM's Asia-Pacific people lent me the Blackberry Playbook for about a month, together with a BB Torch 9800 (necessary for 3G data, see below); I quite like it, with some reservations.



Now, the Playbook has had mixed reviews. Wi (read the entire post)...



Fritz!Box in the house

, posted: 13-Aug-2011 13:32

I've heard a great deal about AVM's products and was very pleased when the good people at Snap Internet sent over a Fritz!Box WLAN 7340 router.This was to go with my VDSL2 connection which has been fed into a Thomson Technicolor TG789vn router that I (read the entire post)...



NZCS Newsline: Innovation without skills, tech riots, Greens on ICT, and law update

, posted: 12-Aug-2011 13:34

Subscribe to Newsline | NZCS Website NZCS Newsline12 August 2011 Your weekly dose of ICT news and views This week: Paul Matthews: Can we have Innovation without Skills? (Part 1 of 3) Juha Saarinen: Shoot the messenger Gareth Hughes: ICT and Polit (read the entire post)...



Hacks <3 hacking

, posted: 28-Jul-2011 15:19

Newsrooms everywhere love the word "hacking". My hot tip to budding star journos is to use it as often as possible, in any context. The front page will be yours, and that's guaranteed. Don't worry too much about the facts because nobody will understa (read the entire post)...



NZCS Newsline: IT governance, cables, VMWare and mental models

, posted: 15-Jul-2011 15:31

Subscribe to Newsline | NZCS Website NZCS Newsline15 July 2011 Your weekly dose of ICT news and views Newsline edited by Juha Saarinen This Week at NZCS IT Governance (and World CIO Forum)by Paul Matthews, NZCS CEO A couple of weeks ago I wrote a (read the entire post)...



What would the world be like if Rupert Murdoch hadn't been born?

, posted: 11-Jul-2011 14:06

Wonderful skit by Fry and Laurie, with the latter providing some rather impressive swearing.



Stephen Fry with an American accent?

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NZCS Newsline: Remix, Google+, Privacy admissions and Connections

, posted: 8-Jul-2011 14:38

Subscribe to Newsline | NZCS Website 8 July 2011 Your weekly dose of ICT news and views This week: Paul Matthews: Everything is a Remix Juha Saarinen: GooglePlussed Craig Pattison: Connections and culture Marie Shroff: Privacy Update: You scre (read the entire post)...



NZCS Newsline: NetHui, law and disorder, Telco update and TPPA in Vietnam

, posted: 1-Jul-2011 18:38

Subscribe to Newsline | NZCS Website NZCS Newsline1 July 2011 Your weekly dose of ICT news and views This week: Paul Matthews: #NZCIO, #NetHui and #nzcsITS: Innovation on the Agenda Steve Davis: Passing of NZCS Fellow Warren Marett Juha Saarine (read the entire post)...



Planking: what can you do?

, posted: 1-Jul-2011 13:56

Planking from 5-Second Films on Vimeo. "Realizing your friends have a problem is the easy part. Getting them to go into Meme Rehab, and resisting the urge to detonate their nuts with a swift kick, is where it gets tough." (read the entire post)...



"Three strikes" copyright enforcement fiasco in Ireland

, posted: 18-Jun-2011 14:08

While New Zealand waits for its "three-strikes" act to kick in, the Irish are finding their version troublesome. It was set up in an agreement with the biggest ISP there, Eircom, and the music industry in 2009.

Will the Irish experience be (read the entire post)...





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