The date’s been set so brace yourself for the impending onslaught of excited politicians looking to shake your hand, kiss your baby and secure your vote. Interestingly, September 17 probably isn’t too far away from the date the 2005 NZ…
Category: In the news
Plucked from the headlines, online and in print
You sexy thang you …
If you’re wondering how newspapers in the US handled the Saddam-in-his-undies saga, here’s the answer. There’s not much I can say on the subject except he’s a hairy wee monkey, isn’t he?
Telecom offers up prizes
Telecom has slashed residential calling rates to 55 countries this weekend and one customer will have the chance to win a $5000 travel voucher. Okay, so it’s not as good as grabbing $8.5 million in Lotto but $5000 is not…
Election of successor steeped in history
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The death of Pope John Paul 2 has had a global impact for both Catholics and non-Catholics alike. His 26-year reign makes him the third longest-serving pope in history and…
Playing safe
The word on the net is that updates in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 7 will focus on improved security. No surprise there. It also looks likely to ship separately from the new Longhorn operating system.
Flights of fancy
For anyone planning on booking a holiday online, Freedom Air has introduced a new live help system that means customers can get questions answered while they are onsite instead of having to phone for help. Even better, when you book…
Here phishy, phishy …
Phishing scams seem to be all the rage at the moment and it always pays to be wary. The most common are the e-mails purporting to be from various banks, PayPal or eBay. Usually they claim that because of upgrades…
Terminator v Fornicator
I’m still not feeling particularly excited about the coming United States presidential election. I find American politics baffling at the best of times and the battle of the man with the endless chin versus the man with terminal foot-in-mouth disease…
One giant leap for space travel
The whole space tourism scenario has taken another step forward with the privately sponsored SpaceShipOne scudded off into space for the second time in a week to easily beat the previous flight-altitude record for an air-launched craft and grab a…
Clean Bill of health
Mr Microsoft himself, Bill Gates, has stunned the computer world by announcing that he’s never had a computer virus. That makes two of us, Bill. The comment was made during a speech at the Computer History Museum in California, when…