Civil Defence Minister Gerry Brownlee says the implementation of a new nationwide channel for sending alerts about emergencies to mobile phones is on track to be up and running by the end of the year. […]
Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams says 4G mobile technology is a step closer following the Commerce Commerce’s decision to grant Telecom clearance to acquire 2×20 MHz in the 700 MHz band. “Network operators […]
SCIENCE: Apr 05, AU Edition RELATIVITY, SCHMELATIVITY Sure, Einstein hit it big in 1905. But let’s not forget the really important inventions of a century ago – like the windscreen wiper, says Pat Sheil The […]
How do you take a radical idea and turn it into a market leader? JAMES MORROW talks to Ross Cameron, Managing Director of Dyson Appliances’ South-East Asian operations about how he took a vacuum cleaner […]
Ericsson is launching a cellular radio that is small enough to fit a person’s hand, but provides enough indoor network coverage for a crowd. The disk-shaped, break-through solution, called Ericsson Radio Dot System, addresses a […]
Berlin (dpa) – A new lawn-mowing robot designed to handle yards of up to 3,000 square metres is going on sale soon thanks to Israeli company Friendly Robotics. The Robomow RS 630 has a 56-centimetre […]
Mobile security Investigate Nov 2011 Finally found the ultimate smartphone. This magazine was an early adopter of smartphones. Picking up a Palm Treo 650 back in 2004 running on Vodafone’s GSM network, our eyes were […]
REDMOND, Wash. – Whether they were on the go or at home, whether they played in 2D on the TV or in glasses-free 3D in their hands, gamers of all ages celebrated the holidays with […]
A significant Government investment in Immigration New Zealand’s IT system is a further step in increasing immigration’s contribution to the economy, says Immigration Minister Jonathan Coleman. Dr Coleman today announced the Government is contributing $75 […]
Prime Minister and National Party Leader John Key today met with the Chorus management and technicians who are about to start the roll-out of ultra-fast broadband (UFB) to Napier and Hastings. Under National’s UFB initiative, […]
Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley pioneer Steve Jobs dies at 56 By Bruce Newman San Jose Mercury News (MCT) Steve Jobs, who sparked a revolution in the technology industry and then presided over it as […]
The roll out of ultra fast broadband-enabling fibre to schools is progressing well and will see nearly 100,000 students at 221 schools around the country connected by July of next year, says Education Minister Anne […]
FACEBOOK 4EVA IS SOCIAL NETWORKING THE ULTIMATE BIG BROTHER TOOL? When Desperate Housewife Eva Longoria used Facebook to spring her cheating husband of three years, Tony Parker, just before Christmas, she was using social networking […]
By Troy Wolverton San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif. – Google’s Android software continued its rocket-like ascent over the summer, ending the third quarter with the dominant market share in the United States among […]
By Dan Gallagher MarketWatch (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO – Research In Motion Ltd. lifted the wraps Monday on a new touch-screen tablet device called the BlackBerry PlayBook, making it the latest wireless device maker to break […]
By Sharon Chan The Seattle Times (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO – At a Microsoft event to showcase Internet Explorer 9, the company showed a future Web that airs like a movie and unfolds like a piece […]
By Takumi Mizutani TOKYO _ Manual labor is becoming more and more difficult for Japan’s aging farmers, prompting a Tokyo professor to devise a high-tech solution: mechanize the bodies of the farmers themselves. […]
By Mark Magnier Los Angeles Times NEW DELHI – India’s BlackBerry users breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday as word spread that their beloved smart-phone devices would keep beeping after Aug. 31, the deadline New […]
Berlin (dpa) – Because your eyes move faster than your arms, an optical device may one day steer your car around sudden, sharp curves the instant you see the danger ahead, according to a team […]
Jeff Black, Helen Maguire Berlin (dpa) – The impending online availability of Google’s novel Street View mapping technology for 20 of Germany’s largest cities has unleashed a wave of unease – in a country long […]
By Frank Michael Russell San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif. – BlackBerry maker Research In Motion – aiming to stay ahead of manufacturers of rival devices such as Apple’s iPhone – on Tuesday unveiled […]
By David Sarno Los Angeles Times Google-powered Android phones are outselling Apple’s iPhone, according to a report released Monday by Nielsen Co. Among consumers who purchased a smart phone in the first half of 2010, […]
bc-us-onlineprivacy-petition UPI NewsTrack Mountain View, CA, United States MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 19 (UPI) — U.S. Internet search giant Google says more than 4.5 million people signed its petition against the anti-piracy laws being considered […]
TO HELL AND BACK Was life on early Earth as bad as all that? And what does that mean for life on other planets? Robert S. Boyd reports A scientific quest called “Mission to Really […]
By John Boudreau San Jose Mercury News (MCT) SAN JOSE, Calif. – Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope that tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a […]
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