In the Saturday edition of The Nelson Mail (27 Oct), there was an interesting feature article about 3 local people who are making their mark on the world wide web, gaining new business from around the world.
On Saturday, Telecom announced that they are going to further invest in New Zealand’s internet resources by spending $1.4 billion getting ADSL2+ technology to every city and town with at least 500 lines.
Ever wondered what the latest search engine market share is amongst the majors? We all know google.com of course is the No. one player by far, but what about the others – How do they compare?
From tests we have had conducted after complaints of clients not receive email to their xtra addresses when sent from some other NZ ISP’s, it appears it is the "bubbles fault.
YouTube now has its own New Zealand site. If you use your favourites to go to www.youtube.com, you will now find that you are being directed to nz.youtube.com – even if you go to www.youtube.co.nz you will be redirected to nz.youtube.com Dont expect however, that your download will be any faster. The site is still [...]
Another malicious software program pretending to be an Skype installer file is doing the rounds, say security analysts. The trojan sends Skype login details, as well as other logins and passwords stored in Internet Explorer to another server. Details here
In a website, the more bells and whistles that are added that require plugins so your website visitors can view content, the more likely that your visitors are going to shy away and not come back. What really is the minimum requirement to view your site? Obviously an internet connection and a web browser is [...]
A little over 25 years ago – well exactly at 11:44am on September 19th 1982 actually, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University – Scott E. Fahlman, says he was the first to use a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis as a smiley face in a computer message posted on an online e-bulletin [...]
Congratulations to our regions new and returned local body decision makers and commiserations to those did not make it. There is no point in reinventing the wheel – please view Nelson City election results here and Tasman District Council election results here
Friday 12th October is the nationwide Pink Ribbon Street Appeal organised by The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. Please give generously. You can also donate by going to their website
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