http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Technology headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:00:02 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=5 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10633002&ref=rss SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube co-founder Steve Chen once warned a fellow co-founder to stop posting pirated videos on their website, according to court documents unsealed this week as part of a 3-year-old copyright lawsuit against the online... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:40:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632989&ref=rss NEW YORK - The suitors for Sex.com have been put off for now.An auction for the much-sought-after domain name was cancelled on Wednesday after three creditors filed a petition forcing the owner into bankruptcy.Mike Mann, an... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:30:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10633050&ref=rss From Grimm's fairy tales to Harry Potter , the cloak of invisibility has played a major role in fiction. Now scientists have taken a small but important new step toward making it reality.Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:20:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632950&ref=rss Hackers have flooded the internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users. The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632799&ref=rss Let's talks about sex.com. In a Manhattan auction room this morning what was once the internet's most valuable domain name goes under the hammer. Potential bidders won't be allowed in the room unless they have on them a certified... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:24:58 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632797&ref=rss ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A US appeals court has ruled that a northeastern Pennsylvania prosecutor may not pursue felony charges against a teenage girl who appeared in a racy cell-phone photo.In the first criminal "sexting" case to reach... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:42:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632763&ref=rss NEW YORK ? Viacom and YouTube likely will be forced to expose business secrets and other previously confidential information when reams of court documents are expected to be unsealed.The sensitive material is coming out in Viacom's... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:22:54 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632770&ref=rss Microsoft's Bing search engine gained market share in the US in February, according to research groups.Microsoft has worked for years to improve its search technology and narrow the gap with Google. After launching its redesigned... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:00:47 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632739&ref=rss BRUSSELS - Europeans downloaded €10 billion (NZ$19.2bn) worth of pirated music, film, television shows and software from the web in 2008, an entertainment industry study said.The International Chamber of Commerce said... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:44:05 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632646&ref=rss Apple has announced an April 3 release date for the iPad in the United States but there is no indication of when the tablet computer will be available in New Zealand.Richard Webb, chief executive of Renaissance Corporation, a... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632643&ref=rss SAN FRANCISCO - Google received demands from advertising agents in China to provide compensation plans for companies threatened to go out of business by a possible shutdown of the US company's website in the country.Google should... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:18 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632679&ref=rss Telecom may be forced to cut its dividend payments, according to a hard hitting broker report written in the wake of Tuesday's rural broadband announcement.Australian-based Deutsche Bank analyst Sameer Chopra cut his target price... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:16 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632687&ref=rss So why exactly do farmers need fast broadband?It's pretty simple, says Hamilton dairy farmer John Bluett - time and money.Bluett has two farms milking about 920 cows, with one using broadband and the other on dial up."As... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:14 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632644&ref=rss NEW YORK - Magazine publishers in the United States may have a new way to boost flagging circulation: the iPad.The Audit Bureau of Circulations said yesterday that it had changed its definition of a digital magazine to accommodate... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632591&ref=rss Laptops, netbooks, desktop replacements, ultra low voltage notebooks, whatever they're called, they're massively popular, outselling their old school desktop counterparts by a huge margin. Not only are they incredibly... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:56:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632588&ref=rss SPOKANE, Washington - Parents who fear that buying a video game system will hurt their kids' schoolwork might be right.Young boys who receive their first video game system don't progress as quickly in school as boys who don't... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:21:49 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632524&ref=rss WASHINGTON - Maxi Sopo was having so much fun "living in paradise" in Mexico that he posted about it on Facebook so all his friends could follow his adventures. Others were watching, too: A federal prosecutor in Seattle, where... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:35:31 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632587&ref=rss New Zealand's government isn't trying to undermine Telecom in measures such as bolstering rural broadband services, said Communications Minister Steven Joyce.Telecom stock sank 1.4 per cent to $2.14 on the NZX today, the second... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:52 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632514&ref=rss The Government's $300 million commitment to roll out fast broadband services to rural customers and schools will see Telecom effectively bearing most of the cost - and customers won't end up footing the bill.Communications Minister... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:20 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10632410&ref=rss When digital television was launched at Te Papa two years ago, a curious thing happened. Most of the radio microphones in the building stopped working.Welcome to the world of spectrum realignment, as frequencies freed up by the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +1200