New Zealand Geek - news page 36Geek - a peculiar or otherwise odd person, especially one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.
Yahoo's home page, other sections to get makeover
September 15, 2008
All the news that's fit to digitise
September 15, 2008
Diploma of 3D Computer (Level 6)
Qualification: Diploma of 3D Computer (Level 6).Where: Media Design School, Level 10, 242 Queen St, Auckland.Course dates: Forty-week course with intakes on February 9, April 6, June 8 and August 31 next year.Contact: Email bernadette@mediadesign.school.nz, phone (09) 303 0402, website mediadesign.school.nz.Course cost: $9590.Course numbers: Maximum 20 students.Prerequisites: Minimum age 17. Background in illustration, design, multimedia or art and an intermediate level of computing knowledge in graphic software (such as Photoshop). Experience with 3D software is advantageous. Entry is based on portfolio of relevant visual work and digital imagery, rather than NCEA passes.Courses: Monday to Friday, 8.30am-12.30am or 1.30pm-5.30pm.Starting salary: $30k-$40k entry level, but some graduates have been offered six-figure salaries, depending on skills and experience.Career prospects: Entertainment, film, TV, architecture, 3D visualisation, games industry, research and development.
New Zealand is respected for punching above its weight internationally in the 3D animation field.
September 15, 2008
Actronic measures up for Beachheads China scheme
September 15, 2008
Scanner spots weapons on sky terrorists
September 15, 2008
'Dirty politics' behind clueless Key slur
September 15, 2008
John Key's cyber setback
September 14, 2008
Nuclear bomb blueprint shared on internet - UN warns
September 13, 2008
Anthony Doesburg: Internet baddies much more than just a nuisance, says security analyst
September 13, 2008
Antarctic landing with night vision could change life on the ice
A US Air Force flight to Antarctica today could have big implications for life on the Ice.
After months of practice, a C-17 Globemaster left Christchurch last night with the aim of making the first-ever landing on the continent with the pilot using night-vision goggles.
September 12, 2008
Tower activists urge MPs to change law
Urgent law change is required to stop cellphone companies forcing towers upon communities wherever and whenever they want, MPs were told yesterday.
Sue Grey, of Ban the Towers, told the select committee considering the group's 3100-signature petition of eight neighbourhoods with unwanted celltowers that often "only find out about them when workmen are climbing on the roof".
September 12, 2008
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09
PS3, (G)
Pros: It gets more complicated every year, but EA's market-leading golf game still delivers the goods. Improvements with this season's offering include new on-screen indicators to help get your swing right, which are far easier than the touchy controls in the previous version. Online play is lifted with a new system that makes finding potential competitors faster, plus gameplay flows better with simultaneous shots - meaning you don't have to wait and watch other players. New courses include Sheshan in China and the South African Gary Player Country Club. Graphically, as always, the game is stunning.
September 11, 2008
Chris Barton: Chorus strikes sour note on broadband
Chorus, the newly separated part of Telecom that owns the network, is touting for business: "Chorus is interested in working with councils and local community groups to extend broadband infrastructure out into zone 4."
Zone 4 - it sounds like some kind of hell. According to Telecom's 2008 Operational Separation Undertakings, it's where some 16 per cent of our population reside - in the towns that pass in a blink when travelling State Highway 1. The hinterland, backblocks, remote, rural New Zealand.
September 11, 2008
Fingers on marketing pulse
Ads inviting viewers to text for more information are common, but the developers of a new web-based service are hoping to encourage more businesses to use mobile phones as a marketing tool.
Start-up company TXT2GET, founded by entrepreneurs Marty Verry and Peter Barrett, has had four developers working for more than a year to create an online service which allows advertisers to set up their own text-in campaigns.
September 11, 2008
Particle collider passes first major test
The world's largest particle collider successfully completed its first major test by firing a beam of protons all the way around a 27km tunnel yesterday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe.
After a series of trial runs, two white dots flashed on a computer screen indicating the protons had travelled the full length of the US$3.8 billion ($5.74 billion) Large Hadron Collider.
September 11, 2008
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 |
