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Internet glitch puts students' details on view
An internet glitch yesterday left university students' confidential grades and lecture notes open to access by strangers.
Slingshot customers trying to use their own accounts were directed into random email, Trade Me, Facebook and Bebo pages.
August 15, 2008
Xbox updates - what's coming this Christmas
The pre-Christmas run-up is about to begin for gaming fans, with a series of big titles being released to the New Zealand market. But there's more than just software on the agenda for Xbox, according to Tom Hunt, the head of Xbox in New Zealand.
The 360 consoles are in for a rev-up, with a move to a 60GB hard drive for the pro console, which ties in with a makeover of Xbox LIVE to make it more user-friendly. New features will include avatars, and for some games, the ability to hard load part of a game, improving the high definition experience.
August 14, 2008
Swedish report: iPhone 3G woes due to hardware
STOCKHOLM - A Swedish media report says poor wireless broadband connectivity for some of Apple's new iPhones is most likely due to a hardware problem introduced during mass production.
Technical magazine Ny Teknik cites unnamed sources as saying that tests show the handset's sensitivity to third-generation network signals is well below the level specified in the 3G standard.
August 14, 2008
TouchSmart welcome addition to family life
The HP TouchSmart PC IQ500 has just one cable.
ComputeFast food just got a bit fasterCourt blocks Defcon presentation on subway hackIn our house the kitchen bench is the hub of the home. It serves as a combination of dining table, children's art desk and document dumping ground.
August 14, 2008
Chris Barton: Price of getting NZ up to speed
National nationalises the network. Crazy as it sounds, this could be the outcome of the party's proposed $1.5 billion, six-year investment in a new fibre-to-the-home network for New Zealand.
Details of the plan remain sketchy, but we do know it will involve some form of public/private partnership to make up the shortfall of the $3 billion-plus needed to realise this bold vision for 75 per cent of New Zealand homes.
August 14, 2008
Fast food just got a bit faster
Thanks to new technology, Burger King is serving up its meals three to five seconds faster than last year.
Customers may not have noticed this tiny improvement in average order delivery speed, but for the fast food chain it equates to a whopper revenue growth opportunity.
August 14, 2008
Two Marks say they remain independent
ConnectChris Barton: Price of getting NZ up to speedTelstraClear turns to profitTwo new candidates for Telecom's board of directors say their bid has become blurred by calls for structural separation from their sponsor - US based hedge fund Elliott International.
August 14, 2008
Beauty and the beast: gadgets face off
The Blackberry is telling me: "Turn left." The Navman says: "Turn right."
I consult my road atlas and drive straight ahead.
August 13, 2008
Adam Gifford: Free.nz is the domain name of the game
Internet New Zealand held its annual meeting recently. You probably didn't hear about it. Just a bunch of people from across the political spectrum sitting in a room talking about stuff most of us now take for granted.
You might have heard about the Netsafe conference in Queenstown in the days leading up to it. That was a forum to discuss what could be done to stop the extraordinary openness of the internet being used against the young and the vulnerable.
August 13, 2008
Court blocks Defcon presentation on subway hack
LAS VEGAS - A federal judge ordered three college students to cancel a presentation at a computer hackers' conference where they planned to show security flaws in the automated fare system used by Boston's subway.
The temporary restraining order, issued by a US district judge in Massachusetts, prevented the Massachusetts Institute of Technology students from demonstrating at the Defcon conference in Las Vegas how to use the vulnerabilities to get free rides.
August 11, 2008
Intel's new chip to be called Core i7
SANTA CLARA - Intel plans to sell its new generation of chips for desktop computers under the established "Core" brand, with the first chips of the new line to be called Core i7.
The microprocessors are based on a design the company has code-named Nehalem and are expected to be in production the last three months of this year. Intel says the new design will deliver both high performance and energy efficiency.
August 11, 2008
Online directory to detail firms' green claims
A new online directory will let consumers know which companies are and are not clean and environmentally friendly.
Ministers Lianne Dalziel and Trevor Mallard today launched www.med.govt.nz/ecolabels .
August 11, 2008
Anthony Doesburg: Clear viewing, free - clear air... priceless
Another chapter in the history of New Zealand television is being written over the next 16 days as the Beijing Olympics are brought to us for the first time in high definition - free.
TVNZ's Games coverage will be viewable via Freeview's terrestrial - as opposed to satellite - service in high definition. With a suitable TV and Freeview receiver, the action should be clearer than ever.
August 11, 2008
Kiwis lead the world online
New Zealanders may complain about high rates and slow connections but recent studies show we are world leaders in internet use.
Fresh data from AUT University, compiled for the World Internet Project places New Zealand as the country with the highest internet penetration of any of the countries surveyed.
August 10, 2008
Yahoo lets users knock back ads
NEW YORK - Yahoo will let its web visitors decline ads targeted to their browsing habits, becoming the latest internet company to break from a common industry practice as Congress steps up scrutiny of customised advertising and consumer privacy.
Yahoo has been offering that opt-out choice only to ads the company runs on outside, partner sites. Yesterday Yahoo said it now would extend that option to ads displayed on its own sites, to boost users' trust - and in doing so, perhaps draw visitors from its rivals.
August 09, 2008
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