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Getting the best from your HD televisionFactory television settings might look the business in the shop - but require a different approach to look good at home. Wired Google phone disappears, nothing to see here, says Vodafone Walkman turns 30 as Sony struggles against MP3 rivals Related links: The art of buying a flash HD telly You've splurged on a spiffing new 50" flat panel TV and after hastily unpacking and getting it set up, you power it up only to discover its on-screen performance isn't a patch on the stunning HD footage you saw back at the store.
July 03, 2009
Anthony Doesburg: Broadband means more than faster surfingTelecommunications analyst Paul Budde hit on a great irony of the global recession at a conference in Auckland last week. Economies might be shrinking, dole queues lengthening and the car industry on the brink of extinction, but never has so much public money been promised for infrastructure investment, including high-speed broadband.
July 03, 2009
Judge overturns conviction in MySpace hoax caseLOS ANGELES - A federal judge provisionally threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbour girl who ended up committing suicide.
July 03, 2009
Is Twitter the news outlet for the 21st century?NEW YORK - Cassy Hayes and Jasmine Coleman were among the first fans to arrive outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles where Michael Jackson was brought and later pronounced dead.
July 03, 2009
Noelle McCarthy: Digital declarations come back to biteConnect Struggling Joost quits consumer video business Facebook cleans up its privacy mess When I was 19 I spent a summer in California under the auspices of my American aunt. It was an enlightening time in my development.
July 03, 2009
Cellphones at supermarketsSupermarket shopping trolleys could see mobile phones tucked in alongside the milk and bread under a retail deal by mobile operator 2degrees.
July 03, 2009
The risks of online communicationThe shift to digital communication mediums allows us to connect to each other across great distances at a blistering pace.
July 02, 2009
Google phone disappears, nothing to see here, says VodafoneVodafone's HTC Magic has disappeared into thin air. Google Phone Wired Walkman turns 30 as Sony struggles against MP3 rivals Kiwi tech company takes golf to the world's gyms Vodafone has pulled the HTC Magic 'Google phone' from sale in New Zealand, but is cagey on details about why.
July 02, 2009
Walkman turns 30 as Sony struggles against MP3 rivalsTOKYO - When the Sony Walkman went on sale 30 years ago, it was shown off by a skateboarder to illustrate how the portable cassette-tape player delivered music on-the-go - a totally innovative idea back in 1979.
July 02, 2009
Oops... infamous email exchangesThe Employment Relations Authority has ordered a sacked worker be reinstated after finding the emails that led to his dismissal were part of a wider workplace culture of banter.
July 02, 2009
Struggling Joost quits consumer video businessNEW YORK - Struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare in 2007 by the same people behind Skype and Kazaa, is restructuring its business after discovering that it can't survive on advertising to fund its operations.
July 02, 2009
Facebook cleans up its privacy messNEW YORK - Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls over the next several weeks in an attempt to simplify its users' ability to control who sees the information they share on the site.
July 02, 2009
Simon Hendery: S is for speed - New Apple iPhones arriveThe new version of Apple's much revered iPhone, the 3GS model, officially lands in the New Zealand market next Friday.
July 02, 2009
Fate of new telco hinges on mobile ratesPhoto / Connect Internet offer caps speed, not data Simon Hendery: S is for speed - New Apple iPhones arrive Soon-to-launch mobile phone company 2degrees will struggle to make money unless the call fees charged by its competitors are forced down by the Government, the Commerce Commission says.
July 02, 2009
Internet offer caps speed, not dataTelecom is to offer an uncapped broadband internet deal but customers will have to trade off connection speed.
July 02, 2009
Grubby emailer wins his job backA worker sacked for sending dozens of grubby emails has got his job back after successfully arguing that the correspondence was part of a wider work culture.
July 02, 2009
Kiwi tech company takes golf to the world's gymsAn Auckland company that has developed a golf practice and fitness facility is now taking the concept to the world, via China.
July 01, 2009
What's Pirate Bay without the pirates?Having announced that torrent site The Pirate Bay has been sold to Sweden's Global Gaming Factory and are to list on the Swedish stock market, Peter Sunde (one of the mega-popular site's co-founders) has also announced sweeping changes that could see the iconic web service embracing a new business model.
July 01, 2009
Telecom and Navman renew GPS contractNavman Wireless and Telecom have signed a new open-ended contract for Navman Wireless to provide the technology for Telecom's Locate+ vehicle management and fleet tracking system.
July 01, 2009
Moonwalker pans NASA's plansThe second man to walk on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, has come out swinging at NASA's manned space programme.
July 01, 2009
The tweet that could mean five years jailGUATEMALA CITY - Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter.
July 01, 2009
Google bites back at 'internet vampire' claimsGoogle has vowed to heal the rift with newspaper publishers facing up to the digital age, rejecting claims that it is an "internet vampire".
July 01, 2009
NASA manager pitches moonshot on a budgetWASHINGTON - Like a car salesman pushing a luxury vehicle that the customer no longer can afford, NASA has pulled out of its back pocket a deal for a cheaper ride to the moon.
July 01, 2009
China buckles on porn-blocking softwareChina postponed a plan to require personal computer makers to supply internet-filtering software, retreating in the face of protests by Washington and Chinese web surfers just hours before it was due to take effect.
July 01, 2009
Torrent link site Pirate Bay sold, will go legitSTOCKHOLM - A Swedish software firm has bought the popular Pirate Bay filesharing website and said it plans to overhaul the site's operations to make the sharing of copyright-protected material legal, company officials said.
July 01, 2009
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