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Steve Wozniak: Lessons for NZ from Apple co-founder
Posted on 15 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Steve Wozniak, or Woz, teamed up with Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne to found Apple Computer in 1976.Wozniak is bringing his Woz Live tour to New Zealand, hosting an event in Auckland on
Telecom trials 4G mobile tech ahead of spectrum auction
Posted on 13 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Telecom, which shed a heavy regulatory burden when it carved out its network unit Chorus last year, will trial new mobile technology to cash in on the government's plan to sell high-frequency spectrum when it switches off the analogue...
The joy of txt: 20 years of SMS
Posted on 11 May 2012 by NZ Herald
The humble SMS is 20 years old ... and a far more important invention than the flashier inventions that have followed it, writes John Naughton Here's a question: what's bigger and far more important than Facebook? Hint: it's very...
Government acts on cyber-bullying
Posted on 11 May 2012 by NZ Herald
The Government says it will fast-track a Law Commission report looking at ways of reducing the harm caused by cyber-bullying.Justice Minister Judith Collins said she had asked the commission to make the report a priority.It would...
Struggling RIM announces new executive hires
Posted on 08 May 2012 by NZ Herald
BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said today that it has hired two new senior executives, including a marketing chief, as the company looks to regain market share lost to Apple's iPhone.RIM said Frank Boulben will be the...
Govt rings $12m mobile phone bill savings in three-way deal
Posted on 08 May 2012 by wbutler@nbr.co.nz
The government has cut $12 million a year from its mobile phone bill after signing the three major players in a public sector-wide deal.
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Samsung reveals new flagship Galaxy smartphone
Posted on 04 May 2012 by NZ Herald
The latest phone in Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy line, which has emerged as the biggest competitor to Apple's iPhone, will go on sale in Europe on May 29 and in the US this summer, the company said Thursday.The Korean company...
Outgoing Nokia chairman concedes mistakes
Posted on 03 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Nokia's outgoing board chairman said today the company made mistakes during his tenure at the helm of the cell phone maker that held the No. 1 spot for 14 years.Jorma Ollila told angry shareholders at the Finnish firm's annual general...
RIM assures fans the keyboard will stay on BlackBerry
Posted on 03 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Research in Motion said yesterday it will continue to offer physical keyboards on future BlackBerry models.Reports suggested RIM would ditch the physical keys that are favoured by its users, but chief executive Thorsten Heins said...
Luxury watch scammer to repay victims
Posted on 02 May 2012 by NZ Herald
A man who made almost $30,000 from two Canadians on the pretence of selling them luxury watches will likely spend the next nine or so years paying them back.Shane Arnold Goodgame, 26, of Wanganui, pleaded guilty to two charges of...
Reparation ordered after man kills driver
Posted on 02 May 2012 by NZ Herald
A Te Puke man whose car crashed into that of another motorist who had pulled over to take a cellphone call, killing him, has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars to the man's family.Alexander Neil Christensen, 47, appeared for...
BlackBerry accepts its touchscreen future
Posted on 02 May 2012 by NZ Herald
When Research In Motion chief executive Thorsten Heins unveiled a prototype of the new BlackBerry 10 phone this week, it lacked a feature that has kept legions of users loyal to the platform: a physical keyboard.At the BlackBerry...
Gang was ‘armed and ready’
Posted on 01 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Mob members were armed and on "red alert" for retaliatory action at their HQ when a man with links to Black Power was shot and hit by 40 shotgun pellets, a court has been told.The 17-year-old man who was injured later lost a kidney.Six...
Review: HTC One X – the SuperDroid
Posted on 30 April 2012 by NZ Herald
I know it's 2012, but I'm still reeling at holding a phone that contains a 1.5GHz processor with four cores and 1GB RAM. That's the smarts of the new HTC One X which also has a 4.7-inch high-resolution touch screen with 720 by 1,280...
Cellphone payment for public transport to be trialled
Posted on 30 April 2012 by NZ Herald
Paying for public transport could be as easy as tapping your cellphone as a trial gets underway next month in Auckland.The trial will see 30 staff from six organisations - Telecom, Auckland Transport, Westpac, Gemalto, Thales and...
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