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Stories by Staff - Page 250

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Slingshot catapults to broadband lead
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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Company's investment in their network is paying off according to the latest measurements from broadcast monitoring firm Truenet.
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Xero debuts Android accounting app
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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smartphones
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fintech
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financial systems
Xero launches Android app for on-the-move accounting, targeting 50% of SMEs keen on mobile financial management.
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Innovations in Payroll
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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datacom
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payroll systems
Kevin Murphy examines innovation in payroll processing and how the payroll industry has kept pace with changes in IT while continuing to add value to clients.
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Microsoft tipped for Rdio acquisition
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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Website rumours suggesting the U.S. based digital music service is a target of technology giant as it increases its efforts on the music front.
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List Sell Stop Trading
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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microsoft
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trade me
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wheedle
Second Trade Me rival postpones its launch this week as List Sell Trade goes down less than 24 hours since going live.
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Guiding customers in DR planning
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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virtualisation
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dr
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cloud services
Charles Clarke urges resellers to help businesses navigate cloud disaster recovery planning, stressing the need for virtual environment expertise.
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Waikato science student scoops scholarship to Cambridge Uni
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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awards
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genius go
Waikato University computer science student receives prestigious Woolf Fisher Scholarship to study for a PhD at Cambridge University in the UK.
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Kiwis enjoy cut-price consoles
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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microsoft
Microsoft New Zealand has significantly cut recommended retail prices across a wide range of Xbox 360 consoles, games and accessories.
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Have you got the Tech Factor?
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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personal computing devices
Simon Cowell and Will.i.am discuss the launch of an X Factor style show aimed at aspiring technology entrepreneurs.
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Facebook tops a billion users
Fri, 5th Oct 2012
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facebook
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social networking
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creative technologies
Facebook reaches one billion active users, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrating the milestone and releasing a brand video to mark this historic achievement.
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Facebook debuts 'pay to promote posts' after NZ trials
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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facebook
Following tests in New Zealand, social networking site rolls out service charging users who promote their wall posts across the U.S.
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Wheedle makes password promise after privacy breach
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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wheedle
Wheedle reassures users their passwords are safe post-privacy breach but faces criticism over security handling.
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Samsung seeks Apple retrial after jury bias
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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personal computing devices
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apple
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samsung
New legal filing from the South Korean company demands retrial after US$1bn patent loss, citing jury bias for the verdict.
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Mobile addicts across the ditch
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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smartphones
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personal computing devices
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apple
Our neighbours across the Tasman work extra hours via their mobile as the country becomes a nation of mobile addicts.
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Android App of the Week - IMDb
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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personal computing devices
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apple
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imdb
Discover film magic on the go with IMDb's app, your encyclopaedia for movies, TV shows, trailers, and celeb trivia, crowning our Android App of the Week.
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Digiweb continues cloud growth through Laurus acquisition
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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iaas
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digiweb
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laurus technology
Kiwi web hosting firm continues cloud based growth through acquisition and renaming of Laurus Technology, formerly Utopia.
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Key's credibility crushed after Dotcom denial
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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government
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labour
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megaupload
Labour party condemns the under-fire Primer Minister after revelations he knew about illegal spying in the Kim Dotcom case.
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2degrees top-up worker after lost salary
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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telco
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vodafone
2degrees may owe co-founder Simon Tex Edwards $1m after wrongly slashing his salary in 2008, rules Employment Relations Authority.
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HP's woe after nine year low
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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hp
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wall street
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r&d
Hewlett-Packard's stock plummeted to a nine-year low as CEO Meg Whitman stated 2013 will be a fix and rebuild year for the struggling tech giant.
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Wheedle looks for cheap Indian web developers for fix
Thu, 4th Oct 2012
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software development
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wheedle
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candidates
Despite being forced to close online operations two days after its official launch, Trade Me rival posts web developer advert in India.