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$5 million funding boost for Orion Health's software development
Orion Health has received a nearly $5 million Government funding boost for a software project it hopes will create New Zealand's first $100 million software company.
The $4.78 million from Technology New Zealand forms part of the health technology company's $9.6 million investment in developing a framework that brings together various patient records.
August 21, 2008
Teen quits school to become Guitar Hero
A US teenager has quit school to master the hugely popular Guitar Hero video game - and try to make a living out of it.
NME reports that 16-year-old Blake Peebles chucked in school to focus on becoming a Guitar Hero expert.
August 20, 2008
Convicts log on as US updates jail-mail system
MIAMI - When Melvin Garcia was sent to prison almost a decade ago for racketeering, he had never used a computer. Now he sends 50 emails a month from a federal prison in West Virginia, punctuating notes with emoticons.
Garcia, 38, is among thousands of prisoners at more than 20 federal facilities where inmates now have inboxes. By the spring of 2011, all 114 US prisons are expected to have email available for inmates.
August 20, 2008
'Rampant piracy' of Olympics footage must be stopped, says IOC
STOCKHOLM - The International Olympic Committee asked Sweden to help stop a file-sharing website from spreading illegal downloads of ceremonies at the Beijing Games, government officials said.
IOC Vice President Gunilla Lindberg urged Swedish Justice Minister Beatrice Ask to help prevent what she called "the rampant piracy of the opening ceremony," in a letter dated Aug. 18.
August 20, 2008
Unhappy hackers hit Brazilian Olympic site
BRAZIL - Disgruntled hackers targeted the Brazilian Olympic Committee's website to complain about the country's poor performance at the Beijing Games.
The hackers replaced regular content with criticisms of Brazilian athletes, the committee said.
August 20, 2008
Apple releases iPhone 3G connection fix
SEATTLE - Apple has released an iPhone software update it says improves communication between the smart phone and wireless networks.
The iPhone 3G, which went on sale July 11, connects to cellular providers' speedier third-generation networks and was meant to deliver snappier web surfing and online video viewing than the year-old original model.
August 20, 2008
Intel claims new chip trebles read/write speed
SAN FRANCISCO - Intel has cracked the lid on a new chip design that is at once a big challenge to smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices and an admission that AMD nailed a key design feature before it slipped into a severe financial slump.
Intel, the world's largest computer chip maker, showed off the new blueprint, known as a microarchitecture, for its chips at a developers conference in San Francisco.
August 20, 2008
Schoolgirl killed over her iPod
CALCUTTA - A 14-year-old school boy in eastern India has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a younger student who refused to give him her iPod, police said.
The boy allegedly pushed the 10-year-old girl off a 9-metre bridge then climbed down and strangled her unconscious body on Monday, said Swapan Banerjee, the officer in charge of the local police station in Seuri, a town in West Bengal state.
August 20, 2008
Apple says battery problem caused iPod overheating
SEATTLE - Apple said that batteries from a single supplier are to blame for the meltdown of some models of its tiny iPod Nano digital music player.
The company's written statement came in response to a Japanese government report that two iPod Nanos overheated in Tokyo, scorching nearby paper and a woven straw mat.
August 20, 2008
Spore - Will Wright's brave new universe
If it were up to you to build the universe from scratch, how would you do it?
Would it be the same as it is now, but perhaps ridding it of obvious mistakes like rollerblades, brussel sprouts and synchronised swimming? Or would it be a fantastic world full of wild, complex creatures with a bent for interplanetary travel?
August 19, 2008
Video games aid students...and surgeons
BOSTON - Parents, don't put away those video games just yet - today's gamer may be tomorrow's top surgeon.
Researchers who gathered in Boston for the American Psychological Association convention detailed a series of studies suggesting video games can be powerful learning tools - from increasing younger students' problem-solving potential to improving the suturing skills of laparoscopic surgeons.
August 19, 2008
Telstra 'has other options'
SYDNEY - Telstra chief executive Sol Trujillo says Australia's biggest telecommunications company has many options for growth, including offshore expansion, even if it doesn't build the national broadband network.
"We are interested in building the broadband network," Trujillo told Sky Business News. "I'm the guy who raised the idea in August 2005.
August 19, 2008
The site that allows students to mark their lecturers
As feedback goes it's a bit on the harsh side.
"She is very kind and can be helpful but, boy, is she insane. The insanity leads to volatility sometimes which leads to her being not very kind."
August 19, 2008
Expanded mobile market hits snags
Mobile phone users face delays for better deals as NZ Communications sets back plans for a third network and Telecom reviews its new 3G network.
The Minister of Communications, David Cunliffe, has called Vodafone and Telecom to account amid concerns the third mobile network would not be up and running at electiontime.
August 19, 2008
Richard McManus - the most influential Kiwi online
Professional blogging has an esoteric appeal many of us can only dream of. But few succeed in making a career out of it. So it's almost exasperating to hear Richard MacManus put his meteoric rise in the blogosphere down to the basics: hard work, long hours and passion for his subject.
There must be more to it than that, but MacManus is level-headed about the success of his weblog ReadWriteWeb, ranked the world's 11th most popular blog according to tracking website Technorati and the only New Zealand blog to be in its top 100.
August 18, 2008
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