(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The AA’s new online travel and mapping service has proved so popular that the site has been knocked over in the rush. According to AA brand manager Mark Williams, AA SmartMap was designed to handle hundreds of inquiries at once but the site has been […]
Maps and (big) monkeys Read Post »
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Hands up all the habitual whistlers out there … hmmm, come on, surely there must be someone apart from me. I whistle. Constantly. And loudly. It’s a habit I picked up from my mother and expanded upon. It annoys a handful of people but I’ve
You remember how to www.histle, don’t you? Read Post »
Sometimes I wonder just where the ideas come from for the rich array of websites that make up the weird wide web. Did the genius behind Cats in Sinks simply look at his or her cat, think: “ah, I’ve got a cat. And a sink. Perhaps I should have a website.” I have a cat.
Weird, weird world of WWW Read Post »
I’m back and yes, the holiday was splendiferous. Thanks for asking. To the reader who became concerned by my conspicuous absence from these pages during the past month and e-mailed asking if I’d been eaten by a crocodile while on holiday: er, no. And it’s nice to know you missed me. Isn’t that lovely —
Back to fans and 24: Conspiracy Read Post »
Symantec’s eighth volume of the Internet Security Threat Report, one of the most comprehensive sources of internet threat data in the world, was released this month. The semi-annual report, which covers the six-month period to the end of June, says malicious code that exposed confidential information represented 74 percent of the top 50 malicious code
Symantec details six months of nasties Read Post »
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I’ve stopped counting sleeps, it’s finally here. I’m on holiday. Right about now, I’m probably sorting out last-minute bits and pieces and packing my SPF-gazillion-plus sunscreen before I head off for a family holiday on the sunny Gold Coast. I think I’ve driven my colleagues
Last-minute packing Read Post »
Telecom and Vodafone customers are now able to send photo and video messages and sound to each other over their mobiles between networks. Vodafone PXTT or Telecom Photo Messaging lets customers create, send and receive messages containing colour video messages, or photos with sounds and voice recordings from mobile to mobile. Vodafone expects PXT volumes
Microsoft says its next-generation Xbox 360 console will go on sale in the United States on November 22, in time for the Christmas shopping season. Its European and Japanese debuts will take place a few weeks later. The software giant hopes to take the lead in the $35.72 billion video game market from Sony. The
Xbox for Xmas but PS3 will come later Read Post »
