Paul’s giving the lowdown on NIWA’s brand new super computer that will predict nasty weather events. Or not. In complete contrast we also mention the UK’s oldest computer which is about to have a wee makeover and YouTube look to be offering movie rentals in the near future. Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog and on Twitter.
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After a wee rant about Telecom, Paul informs us that the world we live in and thought we were sure about is not in fact ready to be understood. Also file shearers are under attack in the UK with another piece of draconian legislation and Microsoft are accused of erasing a black man from the boardroom. Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog and on Twitter.
We discuss today’s Venture Beat article that says airlines may jettison in-flight entertainment as personal gadgets proliferate. Also two awards ceremonies were held overnight. The Dyson Awards and the NZ Netguide Awards, no surprises there. Paul has the results. Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog and on Twitter.
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The great firewall of New Zealand, mobile phone data plans, the Moon Landings, Twitter was hacked last week and Battlefield 1943. It’s all covered in this quickfire technology round with Paul Brislen who loves technology – find him at his blog and on Twitter.
The internet giant has announced that the code for Chrome OS will be open sourced in late 2009 and that the software will be free to download and use. Paul speculates on what form the operating system will take and how much of a threat this will be to Microsoft. Also discussed is the WeetBix controversy over at ben.geek.nz. Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog
Xbox just announced it will be bringing movies on demand to New Zealand but one of the biggest obstacles for consumers to use these kinds of services is the low broadband data caps in New Zealand. Paul explains that these data caps exist because of the high cost of international data. Perhaps the solution will be to serve video locally or providers could create delivery agreements with ISPs.
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Tech correspondent Paul Brislen fires some tweet shots over the bow of mainstream media and some of the shallow reporting into twitter and it’s tweeters. Also TVNZ has confirmed it is bringing TIVO to New Zealand so how will this new (old) technology change the way New Zealanders watch the box? Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog
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Paul Brislen explains where negotiations are at between the parties responsible for getting a code of practice together that will interpret Section 92A of the Copyright Bill. Will a code be created in time before the law is implemented? And as always Paul gives his 2 cents on the madness that is the blackout. Paul Brislen loves technology – find him at his blog
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Paul reviews the technology employed during the American election campaign including, text, social networks, YouTube and Twitter. On election night the choices available to analyse the results were almost endless. How does all of this relate to the New Zealand election and are the parties here doing all they can?
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Paul has the deets on two regenerations in this issue of Suckling on the Teet of Tech. David Tennant is calling it a day on Doctor Who at the end of 2009 and Microsoft has dished out some details on the next generation of Windows – Windows 7. Also he tries to solve the issue of distortion on cellphone video and audio recordings.
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