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. Even Prime Minister Helen Clark has had a dig at the price of broadband access […]
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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 did not release a delivery date for the new game. An earlier version of Halo
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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 swamped by an increasingly bizarre array of spam. I’ve been getting offers for herbal Viagra,
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It should come as no surprise to anyone that the No 1 search on online auction site Trade Me last month was U2, knocking Apple’s iPod into the No 2 spot. The other big news from Trade Me is that dragon_games has become the site’s first trader to reach the 10,000 individual feedback mark. That’s
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Google it bumped Apple out of the No 1 spot in the 2005 global poll of the world’s most influential brands put together by online branding magazine Brand Channel. The survey often gives controversial results, such as when Arabic TV station al Jazeera was ranked 5th in 2004 (25th this year). In the latest poll,
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(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Are you an ego surfer? An ego surfer, also known as a vanity surfer, is someone who, according to Wikipedia, searches the internet for their own name to see what, if any, articles appear about them. There’s even a site dedicated to the pastime, although
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Now that the Golden Globes have been handed out, the movie buffs can sit back and wait for the big event themselves — the Oscars. Our own Peter Jackson missed out on getting one of the Golden Globes to take home and add to his collection for King Kong. Narnia also missed out but, on
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(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Usually it’s about now, with three sleeps to go, that I’d begin to think about making a start on my Christmas shopping. However, this year I’ve excelled myself. It’s all done. Days ago. In the end, I didn’t get the Trailer Trash Talkin’ Turleen doll
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