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Its a Wonderful (and big) Life

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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The convenors of YouTube's 'Life in a Day' project now have a mammoth task on their hands: editing more than 4500 hours of footage.
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Google Waves Goodbye

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Google is discontinuing its real-time communication app, Google Wave, due to low user adoption despite initial enthusiasm from developers.
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YOU'VE BEEN REPORTED TO THE CYBER-POLICE

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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NetSafe launches The ORB, a new online reporting tool for New Zealanders to report cyber offences such as spam, fraud, and child exploitation easily.
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Google releases 'Priority' mail for Gmail

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Google's Gmail launches 'Priority Inbox', a new feature that auto-sorts emails into three categories, aiming to tackle the issue of email overload.
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Review: Logitech Professional Presenter R800

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Chances are that you've seen at least a few PowerPoint presentations that haven't quite gone to plan, be it hardware error or human.
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Review: Dell Inspiron 15R

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Dell's Inspiron 15R receives a stylish redesign and performance boost with an Intel Core i5 chip and 4GB RAM, but suffers from poor battery life.
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Earth to enterprise

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Business continuity plans derived from the business are always more accurate than assumptions made by the CIOs.
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Precious papers preserved

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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NZ businesses embrace tech to protect critical paper documents, ensuring legality and easy access amidst disasters.
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Councilman launches Bluetooth billboard

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Auckland Council candidate Rob Thomas unveils a Bluetooth billboard on Ponsonby Road, aiming to engage voters with interactive campaign messages.
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Out of sight, out of mind

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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If you outsource your operations to an area that is subsequently affected by any of these, you need to have a continuity plan.
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Is business continuity becoming cloudier?

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Cloud solutions offer flexibility and cost savings for business continuity, but aren't a one-size-fits-all fix. CIOs still juggle risk and budget.
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How to… Implement a workable back–up plan

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Cloud services are transforming disaster recovery. To build a robust back-up plan, consider network bandwidth and seeding backups, plus offsite storage.
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Telecom has worst corporate reputation in New Zealand

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Telecom New Zealand has been ranked last in the nation's Corporate Reputation Index, with repeated XT network failures cited for the dismal result.
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Behind closed doors

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Behavioural Targeting (BT) revolutionises online marketing by enabling advertisers to precisely reach target audiences, but raises significant privacy concerns.
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Success built on trust

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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Reputation is vital to the ongoing success of any business because consumers choose brands based on trust and familiarity.
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Roll with the punches

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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From the global economic crisis to natural disasters and pandemics, it's time to take a serious look at your business continuity plan.
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UK-based CentraStage signs first NZ reseller

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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UK-based CentraStage expands to New Zealand, partnering with GoWorld to resell its IT device management services, aiming for significant regional growth.
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Kaseya unveils NZ MSP groups

Tue, 31st Aug 2010
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Kaseya launches its first New Zealand user group in Auckland to foster collaboration and expertise among MSPs, with an inaugural meeting on September 10th.
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Cisco makes a bid for Skype

Tue, 31st Aug 2010
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Cisco has reportedly made a pre-IPO bid for Skype, aiming to bolster its market position against Google's new Google Talk service.
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ATI loses identity war to AMD

Tue, 31st Aug 2010
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AMD is retiring the ATI brand, with all ATI products set to be rebranded under AMD. The shift aims to unify and strengthen AMD's market presence.