http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Internet headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:12 +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/internet/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=137 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10633131&ref=rss MELBOURNE: - Telstra says there is a significant gap between it and NBN Co on the financial outcome of the proposed national broadband network (NBN).It said yesterday that recent media articles had speculated on the status of... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10633115&ref=rss Over the next few months some New Zealanders are likely to get a nasty shock while browsing the internet - a web page that pops up on their computer saying "STOP!".Some will genuinely be surprised, having accidentally stumbled... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10633109&ref=rss Telecom is becoming "a worst-case scenario worldwide for the effect of government regulation on an incumbent telco", says an Australian analyst.Laurent Horrut of global bank and brokers J.P. Morgan queried this week when the regulatory... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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 08:29:16 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10632900&ref=rss Ten years ago IT entrepreneur Rod Drury was in San Jose airport when he heard some bad news about IBM."And we watched their share price tank and then suddenly the dominoes started to fall," Drury says.Over the course of a... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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 14:25:07 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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 10:50:52 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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 10:23:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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 08:44:10 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10632689&ref=rss Photographs on Facebook of two high school teachers in Australia dressed in fishnet stockings, stilettos and schoolgirl uniforms have created a furore in the Queensland town of Warwick. Education Queensland is investigating the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:10:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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 14:16:26 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10632532&ref=rss BEIJING - China without Google - a prospect that looks increasingly likely - could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling web... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:10:47 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&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 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10632469&ref=rss A computer company headed by Auckland City councillor and Auckland Rugby Board chairman Ken Baguley has gone under, owing Inland Revenue hundreds of thousands of dollars.Mr Baguley said Online Business Management, an information... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10632468&ref=rss Telecom's stock price hit an all-time low yesterday after it told the market that its share of the Government's new rural broadband initiative would cost it $168 million over three years.The shares closed down 4c at $2.17, a drop... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10632370&ref=rss HAVANA - Cuba says a US ruling that makes it easier for companies to provide internet communications services on the island is meant to destabilise the country, not loosen Washington's 48-year economic embargo.Josefina Vidal Ferreiro,... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:42:26 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/internet/news/article.cfm?c_id=137&objectid=10632356&ref=rss Telecom said the New Zealand government's plans to roll out high-speed broadband services to rural areas while overhauling how the phone company is compensated for uneconomic lines will slash earnings over the next three years.The... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:46:29 +1200