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Fake customers ramp up iPhone demand
POLAND - A Polish mobile operator says it hired actors to stand in line to buy Apple's iPhone as the ubiquitous device went on sale for the first time in the eastern European country.
The company, Orange, said it hired the fake iPhone customers as a way to stimulate interest in the mobile device, which has generated huge and genuine demand in the United States, Japan, Germany and elsewhere.
August 25, 2008
Business tools: Open source moves into the mainstream
Companies that turn their backs on open-source software are missing out on a technological revolution, says Don Christie. Photo / Mark Mitchell
ComputeVista users turning back to XPEllison gets even richer with $118m pay packageIf your business hasn't yet dipped its toe into the open-source software waters, it's as behind the times as a company five years ago that was not yet on the internet.
August 25, 2008
Business tools: Theft risk ever-present in world of Web 2.0
The move to remote computing is a chief information officer's nightmare, says Eric Krieger. Photo / Bruce Jarvis
Web 2.0A host of golden daffodilsAnthony Doesburg: Weighty history of the internet, from N to ZTo Pass the time in airport lounges, Paul Lancaster sometimes goes ferreting for interesting electronic trash.
August 25, 2008
Anthony Doesburg: Weighty history of the internet, from N to Z
The first time I heard the word "hyperlink" was in an enthusiastic rave by IT journalist Keith Newman in the early 1990s, describing some computer network he seemed convinced would change the world.
As a subeditor on IT newsweekly Computerworld, I was used to Newman raving about one revolutionary IT development or another, so didn't think too much of his latest preoccupation. The subeditor was there to exercise a little scepticism, eliminate about half the words and try to ensure the published story made sense.
August 25, 2008
Skip school, be tracked by GPS
Court authorities in Texas will be able to track students with a history of skipping school under a new programme requiring them to wear ankle bracelets using satellite technology.
But one group is worried the ankle bracelets, with global positioning system monitoring, will infringe on students' privacy.
August 25, 2008
Business tools: Japan's goal: A wallet in your cellphone
Japan hopes to capture overseas mobile users. Photo / AP
ConnectNo sex please, we're KiwisTradeMe shines in flat Fairfax NZ resultThe "wallet phone" is one of the innovations Japan hopes will help it succeed with an aggressive push to market its mobile technology overseas.
August 24, 2008
Ellison gets even richer with $118m pay package
SAN FRANCISCO - Billionaire Larry Ellison raked in a fiscal 2008 pay package valued at $84.6 million (NZ$118 million) for his work as Oracle's chief executive and topped it off with a nearly $544 million windfall from cashing in stock options that he has accumulated during his 31-year reign at the business software maker.
Oracle's payments and other awards to Ellison, spelled out in documents filed yesterday, represented a 38 per cent raise from the $61.2 million package that the Redwood Shores-based company doled out to its flamboyant leader in the previous year.
August 21, 2008
Sony unveils wireless keypad for PS3
For PlayStation 3 fans who want to do more than mash buttons when playing games on the console, Sony is introducing a wireless keypad that can be attached to the system's controller for typing and web browsing.
The Bluetooth-enabled keypad, available in November, is intended to make it easier to chat during multiplayer games. Currently players talk to each other over headsets with microphones. Gamers tired of hearing inane banter from their peers may welcome the ability to put down their earpieces and communicate through typing instead.
August 21, 2008
Vodafone offers 'cheaper' iPhone options
After the savage consumer reaction to iPhone 3G pricing, Vodafone will release two cheaper plans.
At release on July 11, the iPhone 3G cost up to $250 per month on a two-year contract with a purchase price of $199 for the device, which combines the functionality of mobile internet, a 3G phone and an iPod touch.
August 21, 2008
Sky TV chief shrugs off Freeview threat
Sky Television has played down slowing subscription growth and increased churn rate, saying stay-at-home consumers will help Sky ride out the recession.
August 21, 2008
Web scammers keep fleecing Aussies
SYDNEY - Australians lose at least A$36 million ($44.6 million) a year to so-called Nigerian scammers via the internet.
About A$3m a month is sent from Australia to Nigeria - at least 80 per cent of which was related to fraud.
August 21, 2008
Mobile horror-scopes leave users with massive bills
CANBERRA - Having your horoscope texted to your mobile phone each day may sound like a good idea, but many consumers are being hit with massive and unexpected bills for the privilege, the consumer watchdog warns.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says mobile users are increasingly being stung by companies which push premium extras such as horoscopes, ring tones, wallpapers and competitions without adequately disclosing the costs.
August 21, 2008
US launches in-flight internet
NEW YORK - One of the few remaining internet-free havens vanished yesterday as American Airlines launched airborne email, web and other online services on some of its longer, nonstop flights.
The move could create a new stream of revenue for an aviation industry facing high fuel prices and other challenges. But it also could create new headaches as passengers retrieve sensitive emails and websites in confined quarters.
August 21, 2008
Too Human
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August 21, 2008
Blueprint for an innovative New Zealand
It is widely agreed that New Zealand's future economic prosperity rests on our ability to carve out larger global markets for innovative and technology-driven products and services.
How we achieve this goal has been the subject of numerous talk-fests and reports over the past few years.
August 21, 2008
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