David Williams's news stories

Smartphones are all about compromise these days. Fitting a hi-res screen, camera and huge battery into increasingly lighter handsets isn’t easy, and usually, something has to give.

Build, craft and explore a world with the freedom to do whatever you want. Dig down into the unknown depths or build incredible structures, from humble homes to grand cityscapes.

"We're very excited at the prospect of Kiwi students unleashing their creativity on PlayStation platforms..."

"This move further builds our capacity and capability in international markets, particularly in a region that is seeing substantial growth in recurring payments and related solutions."

For any small business thinking of growing and taking on more employees, the complexities of contracts and keeping up to date with ever changing human resource practices can often be daunting.

"IT departments must press the restart button to find new ways to innovate around existing infrastructure while positioning themselves to dive into a future of third platform computing."

During 2013 cyber criminals unleashed the most damaging series of cyber attacks in history, with 552 million identities exposed during the calendar year...

"The approaching Windows XP end-of-life brings a tremendous opportunity for organisations of all types to rethink their approach to computing and transition to Chromebooks..."

Unlike competitors who have done "plenty of talking" about passing on cost savings subject to the review of Chorus’ copper prices, Woosh claims to be "actively offering savings."

The first Bitcoin ATM machines available to New Zealanders were unveiled this week, at an event in Auckland's CBD.

We all may have seen the reintroduction of the start button after the update to Windows 8.1, but now Microsoft has hinted at a return of a classic style start menu.

The new expansion pack for Killzone: Shadow Fall contains new features for multiplayer including a new Character Class, 3 new abilities, 3 new weapons and 2 new game modes.

Pivotal is looking to change the economics of Big Data forever with their new "Pivotal Big Data Suite" offering.

For the first ever Whittaker’s Big Egg Hunt – a giant urban Easter egg hunt to raise money for the Starship Foundation – Whittaker’s has launched a new mobile app, which is a key tool for hunters and a new way for Whittaker’s to engage with chocolate lovers.

It has been revealed that the email addresses of LinkedIn users can easily be exposed via a web browser add-on tool.

The company at the centre of LinkedIn's fury has today issued a response in the wake of news that the business networking website is seeking legal advice regarding the exposure of user email addresses.

Based on yearly salary, it seems that Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg earned a solitary dollar in 2013, according to a regulatory filing released this week.

Yesterday saw the annual April fools jokes doing the rounds, but occasionally a joke goes to far.

It seems like every time you go online you are greeted with the news of the latest legal wranglings between tech giants Samsung and Apple.

New Zealand business solutions provider MYOB, has today announced new updates to their AccountEdge product suite.

Support for Windows XP will end on 8 April, but it seems that a significant number of people have chosen to stay with the rapidly aging operating system even after Microsoft ceases to support it.

Sony today announced that it is offering fans the opportunity to win one of 25 pairs of tickets to the 2014 FIFA World Cup including the final in Brazil on 13th July.

Brocade discusses the current state of play in the world of virtualisation.

Starting today there are two more great titles available via the Games with Gold1 program on Xbox 360.