http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Connect headlines from nzherald.co.nz en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:00:12 +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/connect/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=1501833 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&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/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&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 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10632350&ref=rss Cabinet has approved a $300 million plan to roll out high-speed broadband services to rural New Zealanders while overhauling the way Telecom is compensated for supplying services that aren't commercially viable.Under the proposal... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:05:38 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10632340&ref=rss Proposals for the roll-out of high speed broadband in rural areas have been signed off by the Government and it is expected work will get underway on infrastructure from early next year.Communications and Information Technology... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:24:49 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10632319&ref=rss NAIROBI, Kenya - Porn websites can't park themselves at a ".xxx" address quite yet.A global internet oversight agency on deferred a decision until June on whether to create a ".xxx" internet suffix as an online red-light district.The... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:59:58 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10632320&ref=rss CANBERRA - Australian Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has hit back at a new report listing his country as a potential internet enemy.Press freedom advocacy group Reporters without Borders released their Enemies of the internet... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:52:26 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10632315&ref=rss MUMBAI, India - Social networking site Facebook is opening an operations office in India, its first in Asia, to help manage rapid growth in the number of users.The office, in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, will have advertising... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:23:21 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10632138&ref=rss A man who sexually abused schoolgirls he met through a social networking website has been sentenced to home detention and community work.Douglas Charles Segetin, 23, had met two 14-year-old girls through social networking website... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:45:34 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10632073&ref=rss Lady Gaga left New Zealand fans agog with her stunning visual symphony at the weekend - but it's her latest big-budget video which has left the United States wide-mouthed.A nine-minute clip for Lady Gaga's song Telephone , also... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631986&ref=rss NEW YORK - A newspaper website is reporting Google is "99.9 per cent" sure to close its search engine in China after negotiations over censorship stalled.The Financial Times cited an unnamed source familiar with the company's... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:30:40 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631975&ref=rss Monday will see the 25th anniversary of the registration of the domain name Symbolics.com. Granted, it's not particularly catchy, and to this day it's renowned for nothing other than being the first. But it unwittingly became the... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:16:46 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631938&ref=rss A controversial internet filter which blocks access to hundreds of websites on a secret Internal Affairs blacklist has gone live.The "child exploitation" system was introduced last month in a bid to stop online paedophile activity.But... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631816&ref=rss The cost of internet fraud doubled in 2009 to about $560 million, the FBI says. The most common type of frauds reported were scams from people falsely claiming to be from the FBI.Individual complaints of internet scams grew... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:56:40 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631753&ref=rss Investors would be keen to fund a proposed international telecommunications link, say industry and market commentators - as long as there are stable, long-term tenants on board.Market commentator Arthur Lim said getting the planned... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631569&ref=rss You won't catch Mike Goss gloating over the misfortunes of Telecom and its XT mobile network. Given that he works for rival cellular network operator 2degrees, that's somewhat surprising.With Telecom giving away 2degrees SIM cards... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:55:11 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631583&ref=rss Vodafone mobile users have reported trouble connecting in Wellington yesterday and Taupo today.Vodafone spokesman Paul Brislen said there had been no network outage, just a lot of pressure on the network from growing data usage."At... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:12:54 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631565&ref=rss NEW YORK - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a newly-released study.China, Iran and Tunisia, which are on the group's "Enemies of the internet"... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:42:17 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631570&ref=rss A USB stick inserted in a carpark booth computer at Waikato Hospital has been blamed for bringing down the district health board's computer network in December last year.About 3000 computers across the board's network were infected... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:23:41 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631522&ref=rss LONDON - Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.The High Court ruled on that record label EMI Group can't sell Pink Floyd... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:10:16 +1200 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10631517&ref=rss LONDON - British officials say they're pressuring Facebook to make a "panic button" available on its web pages following the death of a teenager at the hands of a man she met on the popular social networking site.British child... newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:42:34 +1200