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Nokia’s first Windows Phones are getting ready to land on shelves in Australia and New Zealand, and some more info on the price tags they would sport there has just emerged online.
For those out of the loop, we should note that both Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 are expected to hit the market in New Zealand,... |
2 February 2012
04:21 GMT |
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Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia is gearing up for the release of its first Windows Phone-based smartphone in more markets around the world, and New Zealand is one of the countries to receive it soon.
The handset vendor announced via its New Zealand Twitter account that the two phones would hit shelves in the coun... |
1 February 2012
09:01 GMT |
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A green trend is marking all nations, regardless of their stage of development, struggling to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions, while improving air quality and safeguarding people from major health risks. While some countries invest in the renewable sector, New Zealand could witness beneficial changes ... |
19 January 2012
07:57 GMT |
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The series Hackers around the world continues with another hacker from the Southern Hemisphere. This time, I've had the opportunity to speak to a hacker from New Zealand, an actor from the hacking scene you may remember for his many attempts to convince the University of Melbourne to patch up their security. S... |
14 January 2012
13:31 GMT |
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Thousands of dead birds killed during the devastating Rena oil spill, immortalized in a video, deliver a powerful message.
350 tonnes of oil that leaked into the Bay of Plenty terminated almost 20,000 birds. Their tragic ending is under the spotlight once again to make sure that deep-sea drilling projects would be p... |
12 December 2011
08:39 GMT |
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Facebook takes its time when rolling out new features. With 800 million users, who complain loudly about any change, perhaps that's to be expected.
At this year's f8 conference, Facebook debuted the latest evolution of its profile page, the Facebook Timeline. It was quite a big upgrade and the concept behi... |
7 December 2011
05:11 GMT |
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Eight hundred large carnivorous snails died in a fridge from the Department of Conservation, proving that what doesn't kill you, sometimes also fails to make you stronger. After they were rescued from their initial habitat, threatened by mining activities, the endangered large snails (Powelliphanta augusta) we... |
16 November 2011
06:38 GMT |
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The invention of disposable diapers was a major breakthrough which has improved the lives of millions of people in developed countries. It is, perhaps, one of the most praised dirty findings, taking into account the fact that it triggers an enormous amount of waste.
According to the most recent numbers provided by E... |
10 November 2011
04:34 GMT |
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The Wellington Opera House is preparing to host one of the year's most important regional security conferences. This weekend, more than 600 security experts from all around the world will participate in all sorts of interesting events.
Operation Lights Out, Te Kuiti Warrior and Oops We Did It Again: The Kiwicon... |
4 November 2011
09:33 GMT |
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The New Zealand Government's Copyright Amendment Act, also known as the Skynet law, which came into effect on September 1, starts showing its powers, recently a large number of ISPs being requested to provide the identities of account holders that hide behind certain IP addresses.
According to The Register, 75 ... |
2 November 2011
09:11 GMT |
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A source ‘within’ Apple is said to have leaked the official launch date of the iPhone 5 in New Zealand. According to the reporting site, the date is October 9 which falls inconveniently on a Sunday.
If TechDay.co.nz has invented a rumor out of thin air based on speculation that Apple’s next iPhon... |
31 August 2011
03:52 GMT |
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Last year Google revealed that it had, unknowingly and unwillingly the company says, that it had collected personal data with its WiFi-equipped Street View cars. It's still paying for the mistake today, it has now revealed the conclusion of the affair in New Zealand and the findings of a Privacy Impact Assessmen... |
12 August 2011
04:40 GMT |
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Anonymous has declared war against the New Zealand government after a controversial anti-piracy law was passed in the country.Anonymous posters distributed online recently have called onto users to join distributed denial-of-service attacks against New Zealand Parliament's website.www.parliament.nz was hit on Sa... |
5 May 2011
07:22 GMT |
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A controversial anti-piracy bill according to which repeat copyright infringers will be disconnected from the Internet is being rushed by the New Zealand government.Dubbed the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill, the proposed legislation is scheduled to undergo its second reading in Parliament today.Th... |
13 April 2011
08:57 GMT |
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HB Studios and 505 Games have been officially announced as being the recipients of the IRB license to develop and launch Rugby World Cup 2011, the official video game of the upcoming tournament that will take place in the fall in New Zealand.The two companies are saying that they will be launching Rugby World Cup 201... |
6 April 2011
02:56 GMT |
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In accordance with Apple’s recent confirmation that the iPad International launch was on track to commence on March 25th, Apple’s New Zealand and Australian online stores have begun listing availability of the tablet computer.
“iPad 2 will be available at Apple retail stores and select Apple Auth... |
24 March 2011
11:07 GMT |
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South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics is reportedly gearing up for the launch of some new devices on the market in New Zealand, including the Galaxy S II and Nexus S, which should hit the shelves in the country sometime in April.These are some of the latest smartphones that the company announced for th... |
7 March 2011
04:16 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of disaster relief scams popping up following the series of recent earthquakes in New Zealand and advise people to contribute only to well known organizations.On September 4, 2010, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. Several aftershocks ha... |
28 February 2011
09:54 GMT |
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After spending only a brief period of time refueling and loading supplies, the flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS), the Steve Irwin, is now back on the road, heading towards the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to track down the Japanese whaling fleet. Captain Paul Watson, the leader of the SSCS an... |
9 February 2011
05:05 GMT |
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New Zealand Police announced the arrest of a Chinese national suspected of serving as an international supplier of counterfeit pharmaceuticals.The 32-year-old man was arrested following a three-year long investigation into the international trade of counterfeit drugs.The suspect was taken into custody in Wellington o... |
26 January 2011
13:38 GMT |
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It's been more than half a year since Google revealed that it had, it says inadvertently, collected payload WiFi data with its Street View cars. While some investigations are still undergoing, several have ended the latest being in New Zealand. The authorities found that Google should have been more forthcoming ... |
14 December 2010
04:55 GMT |
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A new, appealing service was made available this week for the Android phone owners, in Australia or New Zealand, namely Google Maps Navigation. Through the new service, users get free voice-guided turn by turn directions in real time, all straight on their mobile phones. According to Google, the solution should prov... |
18 November 2010
04:31 GMT |
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The United States, and other developed countries affected by active fault lines, would do well to learn a few lessons on how to defend against the effects of earthquakes from New Zealand, a new analysis shows.The document, put together by experts at the Arizona State University (ASU), shows that the country was a lot... |
7 October 2010
04:47 GMT |
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New Zealand's largest online auction site, Trade Me, has served malware to visitors for over 24 hours last week, after a malicious ad got into the system.According to Alexa, trademe.co.nz has a traffic rank of 1,470 globally and 4 in New Zealand. The site has over 2.3 million registered users and as much as 70,0... |
4 October 2010
03:07 GMT |
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In a groundbreaking new success, researchers managed to observe for the first time the vertical evolution of a major mountain range. The research was conducted on the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It only took a decade of accurate GPS measurements for researchers to become able to figure out this mystery. The high-pr... |
15 September 2010
02:28 GMT |
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Earlier this week, global designer of smartphones HTC Corporation announced the signing of a new distribution agreement, this time around with one of the largest distribution companies in New Zealand, namely Synnex.According to the mobile phone maker, the addition of Synnex to its list of global distribution partner... |
21 August 2010
09:01 GMT |
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A new collaboration between astronomical institutions in New Zealand and Australia sees the creation of one of the largest interferometry-based radio telescopes in the world. No less than six facilities across the two countries signed a cooperation agreement, which essentially links these individual stations into a s... |
27 May 2010
10:08 GMT |
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The New Zealand Government has approved plans to sponsor and build a national rural broadband network to supply 5 Mbps connections to people and institutions in rural areas. The plan is to be carried out by Telecom New Zealand, and will be aimed at providing high-quality Internet access for schools, students and home... |
16 March 2010
10:46 GMT |
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New Zealand and Australia announce that they will begin their own whaling programs, which will use non-lethal means to study cetaceans. The move is aimed directly against Japan, a country that seems unable to take a hint. The Asian nation poorly “disguises” its whale cull under a research program, and cla... |
5 January 2010
05:02 GMT |
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Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion announced recently the launch of its BlackBerry App World in two more markets, namely in Australia and New Zealand. According to the company, the new launch is set to offer BlackBerry smartphone users in those markets the possibility to access a wide variety of free mob... |
15 December 2009
05:32 GMT |
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People living on an island of New Zealand were puzzled to discover one morning a large number of icebergs floating off their coasts. The ice blocks, more than a hundred of them, came all the way from Antarctica, according to a group of researchers, and it may be that they were set adrift more than 9 years ago. During... |
24 November 2009
03:20 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study, conducted by researchers at the University of Utah, and published in the August 6th issue of the respected scientific journal Nature, the new and young New Zealand tectonic plate is slowly reaching maturity, benefiting from an unexpected source of help – water deposits locat... |
6 August 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced recently the launch of its new Windows Mobile handset HTC Snap on the market in New Zealand. The new device comes towards users with a variety of capabilities, while being developed so as to fulfill customers' every need without overwhelming them with unwant... |
3 July 2009
06:26 GMT |
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Apple has posted new iPhone OS 3.0 launch dates on corporate websites like Apple Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand because of earlier-than-US time zones. Although Apple is falling late in delivering the software, iPhone OS 3.0 should become available any minute now, worldwide. Territories such as Australia, Japa... |
17 June 2009
08:36 GMT |
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The second mobile phone in the world to run under Google's Android operating system, the HTC Magic, will become available for purchase in New Zealand starting with June this year, exclusively through Vodafone’s retail stores, as well as online on the company's website. According to Vodafone's GM ... |
18 May 2009
05:14 GMT |
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Wildlife experts in New Zealand were thrilled to discover a hatchling baby tuatara in the New Zealand forests this week, officials announced on Thursday. The reptiles are highly endangered and extremely rare, and individuals haven't observed them in the wild for more than 200 years. Needless to say, everyone at ... |
21 March 2009
06:31 GMT |
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On Wednesday, a New Zealand resident handed over an incriminating mp3 player to American authorities, thus concluding a tense period for him and for the Americans. The man purchased the device from a regular store a while back, only to find various documents on it that were most likely left behind as a result of the ... |
29 January 2009
09:34 GMT |
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A New Zealand man was shocked to discover classified U.S. military files on a USB device he acquired from an Oklahoma hospice shop. The device, which should have functioned as an MP3 player, contained personal information about soldiers and equipment deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq.Chris Ogle from Whangerei, NZ, pai... |
29 January 2009
03:39 GMT |
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The hard-line anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd announced on Wednesday that it was ready to renounce its violent actions in the freezing waters of Antarctica this season, if the governments of Australia or New Zealand filed a case against Japan for illegal whaling, and asked for the termination of the country's ye... |
21 January 2009
03:18 GMT |
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The Bulgarian Interior Ministry and the Health Ministry in New Zealand are being confronted with virus outbreaks on their computer networks. The infections have hindered the normal operations in several departments. Bulgaria's Minister of Interior, Mihail Mikov, announced that an unnamed computer virus had sprea... |
12 January 2009
02:52 GMT |
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New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced last week that some areas of the country would most likely suffer the effects of a long-lasting drought, making this the second year in a row when people in the eastern part of the country are deprived of regular amounts of rainf... |
28 November 2008
10:23 GMT |
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While analyzing the extremely rare Yellow-eyed penguin populations in New Zealand, scientists stumbled upon bones that showed different DNA than they were expecting to find. The discovery led them to conclude that the spread of the new penguins, which are now also endangered, was favored by the fact that the Polynesi... |
20 November 2008
03:09 GMT |
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Australian & New Zealand residents and iTunes users can now rent or download movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, MGM, Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate, according to Apple. More information, including pr... |
15 August 2008
05:38 GMT |
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A hacker known online as AKILL - his real name is Owen Thor Walker - has recently been brought to justice in New Zealand. The 18 year old admitted to six charges of e-crime as well as to being the mastermind behind a botnet that led to damages of over $20 million and caused a Pennsylvania University server to crash. ... |
15 July 2008
03:05 GMT |
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Mobile users from New Zealand will be the first ones to buy Apple's new iPhone 3G on July 11. That's not only because the Southern Hemisphere country is where, according to the UTC time, July 11 arrives first, but also because Vodafone decided to start selling the handset come 00:01 AM on that day. Thus, ... |
7 July 2008
09:20 GMT |
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Religion has always had the weirdest influence on people, who went to war over it on repeated occasions (and still are), despite the predominantly peaceful doctrines the churches praise in sermon every week. But hey, if it'll stop a true believer that happened to talk the talk but failed to walk the walk, religi... |
11 March 2008
06:16 GMT |
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Owen Thor Walker, 18, a computer programmer from Hamilton, New Zealand, is facing up to ten years of jail time for allegedly being the head of an international cyber crime network. Additional charges brought against him are: accessing a computer for dishonest purposes on two counts, damaging or interfering with a com... |
29 February 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Oh boy, this is a funny one indeed. I always had a feeling that Bjork had more of a kinky side than most people imagined, but it wasn't until this weekend that we had confirmation. No, the singer didn't show up at a concert dressed in dominatrix gear and waving around a whip (perhaps that would have been a ... |
14 January 2008
05:29 GMT |
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A long time ago, it was only the main YouTube. Then, there was a YouTube for 10 other countries. A few days ago, YouTube evolved in two new nations. Today, the Google video sharing technology steps into New Zealand. Just like the other flavors of the product, YouTube New Zealand is supposed to promote the local conte... |
25 October 2007
09:48 GMT |
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New Zealand has joined the list of countries that had their government computers attacked and hacked into by malicious users. This is becoming almost a trend nowadays. I guess hacker schedule is something like: Sleep, hack a bank, eat, hack a government, go to work, take down a site, eat, hack a government, go to bed... |
11 September 2007
06:05 GMT |
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