On the 28th of February, anyone who is accused (not proven) of repeatedly downloading copyrighted material can have their internet access terminated. It is part of a revision of the Copyright Act Section 92a. In protest, the Creative Freedom Foundation is organising a virtual protest and is asking people to change their avatars and other […]
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Here is a great video that goes over some basic questions about SEO. Matt Cutts on You Tube – How to get better visibility on Google Once of the key things that Matt talks about is the 3 main meta tags. He goes to great lengths to talk about the benefits of the Title and
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I talked yesterday about the announcement from Telecom that they will be offering a service using VDSL2 technology to allow customers huge increases in broadband speed from around 5mbps to 50 mbps for downloads and from around 0.7 mbps to 20mbps upload. I also talked about whether these speeds will be theoretical maximums or reality.
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Telecom have announced their next generation broadband network will allow download speeds of up to 50mbps and upload of 20mbps. Now if this is true, it is going to make my life and many people who rely on the internet as a medium for large amounts of data. It also addresses one of my beliefs
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Link to story on Stuff is here So it has finally happened. I had heard stories about the amount of money that was thrown at Ferrit by Telecom and how it was not really working. These stories go back right to the start. I applaud them for sticking at it for so long if things
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There are hints out there that paper based forms of information are starting to feel the pinch. No, this wont mean paperback novels become a thing of the past (I love to read), but the more informational based things like newspapers, trade magazines, Yellow Pages, directories and the like. I talk to a number of
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A local judge has suppressed the names of two offenders in court, but only to websites due the possibility that the internet may be used to gather information about the accused. The judge, who is known to be quite internet savvy and has his own internet law website has allowed the names to be published
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An article in Stuff today saw another good report of NZers doing well internationally in IT, this time in the lesiure department, player style. New Zealand\’s computer gaming team has been named the best in Asia. The team took a gold and silver medal at the World Cyber Games Asian Championship in Singapore earning them
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Speed Racer has been released, another big time release for Sidhe Interactive, based in Wellington NZ. After their success with Jackass:The Game Sidhe have gone to another adaptation of another genre with this game for the DS and Wii. Speed Racer was a big time hit on Nickelodeon and is now in Theatres directed by
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New Zealand is the second most hacked country per head of population across US, UK, Russia and the Asia Pacific countries, a new report says. The TippingPoint Cyberhack report said there have been 5849 successful hacks in 2008 so far against websites with .nz addresses, or one for every 730 people. This puts the country
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