(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) With news of the latest Trade Me auction scam breaking this week, it might be a good time to take a fresh look at online safety. On Monday, our Queenstown-based…
Month: February 2006
Music to our ears
Microsoft and Motorola have joined forces to make a music handset to compete against a similar phone, also made by Motorola, that supports Apple’s iTunes music platform. The phone will support Microsoft’s copyright protection software, as well as its Windows…
Still in the slow lane but a good start
The news that Telecom is about to launch new broadband deals has had a mixed response online, with many net users taking issue with the fact that Kiwis are still in the slow lane when it comes to online speed.…
Halo 2 release for Vista machines
Microsoft has announced plans to release the Halo 2 video game for personal computers running its new Vista version of Windows. Halo 2 will run only on Vista machines and not on older versions of the Windows operating system. Microsoft…
Is this the end of spam?
The news that Yahoo and AOL plan to charge a fee for guaranteed delivery of e-mails could be the answer to my prayers. I am pretty sure I’m not alone when I say that my inbox is at present being…