Archive for the ‘General’ Category

With the recent listings showing up on TradeMe for the iPad which has yet to be released in New Zealand, and a question on one of the auctions regarding the warranty. Q: How does the warranty work on these since they were purchased in the states? Can you buy apple care for them? A: Hi, I was told it has a ... Full story

With the recent talk and media coverage of the new Pacific Fibre initiative, which will apparently bring high speed and uncapped broadband to New Zealand at a cost of $900m. I began to wonder whether this is going to be truly benificial to the general public or to the minority of businesses and individuals who can afford ... Full story

Today has been a busy day. In order to try and keep the home page looking a little fresher, While trying not to detract from the content you’re looking for. I have done a complete revamp on the website. Including putting a new theme up. I still have a little ... Full story

Google Buzz that is! Having spent the past few hours just playing around with Google Buzz, my personal impression is not great. Google Buzz could be useful if all of your friends use Gmail, although I don’t like the idea ... Full story

The New Zealand National Library are planning the 2010 web harvest for April 2010. The web harvest is the libraries way of attempting to preserve a historic copy of the .nz domain space. The last harvest was in 2008 where ... Full story

I read an article over on Associated Press entitled AP Exclusive: Network error causes scary web error The run down of the article is, Three people trying to access their Facebook profiles via their Nokia mobile phone ended ... Full story

As some of you may be aware, I’m keen to see the PogoPlug in New Zealand. From the point of view I’d like to get one as I feel it would be a great addition to my network. In fact I  think it’d make a great addition to any network. Especially for business users who use cloud storage services but would prefer to have local ... Full story

Well, CES 2010 from Las Vegas is a wrap. Unfortunately I was unable to be there, Maybe next year :) but I thought I’d give you my take on some of the things discovered throughout the event. Yeah, there is the ... Full story

I’ve just been looking around at various mobile providers to see what they’re up to. I stumbled across this post on twitter from @2degreesmobile. ... Full story

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