Boys Of Tech

Hundreds of thousands of Xbox Live accounts cancelled, security firm takes out botnet, Jetstar to trial SMS boarding passes, disappearing content on Apple TV, Frank McCabe talks about Google's Go name clash, hijacking Facebook groups, Blu-ray's DRM, printing more than just colour, YouTube tests skippable pre-roll ads, Microsoft's pseudo sudo patent, Taiwanese invention prevents Lithium ion batteries overheating, browsing iTunes catalogue without iTunes software, BNZ to introduce chip and PIN credit cards.

EMI's post-concert downloads, bugs in cameras, psychoacoustic simulations, a dangerous Mac game, skewing online polls.

The Internet is 40 years old this week, DNS goes beyond the Latin character set, country-specific DNS hierarchies, the Golden Joysticks awards, Geocities closes its doors for good, this year's New Zealand Computerworld Government ICT award.

Microsoft and Google strike deals with Twitter, another cloud storage failure, Monty Widenius says Oracle should let go of mySQL, Apple's new Magic Mouse, France adopts its three-strikes piracy law, live Twitter billboards in Auckland and Wellington, greater surveillance powers to Government departments in proposed law change.

Sidekick's massive data loss, Apple's data loss, DVD Jon's DoubleTwist project, Tim Berners-Lee apologises for superfluous slashes, ringtones and royalties, the 2010 Olympic medals, how Windows 7 compares with Snow Leopard.

Nobel Prize for Physics, Wii Balance Boards for airport security, Google Native Client, disclosing payments behind biased blog posts, when free upgrades aren't really free, Apple takes on Woolworths over its logo, Sony sued for bricking consoles, Bruce Simpson's take on why Google is pushing Chrome, why the FBI director no longer uses Internet banking.

ICANN to lose dependence from US government, ad-funded music download service, zero-touch wireless pedometer, IBM's entry into cloud-based email services, social network auctions.

What we pay for when we pay for news, Google is against the idea of paying for news, Microsoft ramps up its fight against piracy, Google's solution for Internet Explorer, why text-speak can be a good thing, a blogger is told to stop giving advice without a licence.

Addiction to technology, the Zune HD, performing rights groups demand more from iTunes, developing iPhone applications using C# and .Net, the book being published on Twitter is sold, new technology to power wireless heart pumps.

Concerns over Oracle killing mySQL, providing a micropayment service for online news, Google's sneaky ad technique, iPod Nano now comes with an FM tuner, Panasonic's new LED light bulbs, an Internet TV first for New Zealand, IRD considers open source, digital cop cars.

Google's outage, why Wikipedia will soon fail, Microsoft wants a global patent body, higher insurance premiums for users of social networking sites, AMD's new CPU, New Zealand Post expands its open source trial.

Wolfram Alpha's search deal, ganging up against Google, the future of libraries, Apple adds malware protection to Snow Leopard, the Loch Ness monster is found on Google Earth, the new Japanese nurse robot, unsigned singer gets a rare opportunity thanks to her MySpace page.

US helps avoid Chinese Internet filter, exploding iPods, the new slim PS3, video ads in print magazines, stress testing the clouds, the IP address shortage, Nat Torkington elected to InternetNZ council.

XML patent woes for Microsoft, Toshiba goes Blu-Ray, Google's new search engine, Internet-connected pacemakers, true-to-form Outlook for the Mac, Yahoo's solution to spam, censored story about termination rates for Vodafone and 2Degrees appears on Wikileaks, InternetNZ's suggestion for copyright, US lobby group puts pressure on New Zealand's copyright law, Telecom gives online retailing another go.

Twitter and Facebook DDoS, charging for news content, Apple's approach to settling over a broken iPod, Apple's new black box patent, low-end Adobe software only available as a service, Open Office gets the ribbon.

The search deal of the decade, Volomedia claim podcasting patent, the Palm Pre deal of the decade, Apple reject Google Voice app, adverse health effects from wireless hotspots non-existent, Stratford District Council considers free wireless Internet, disgruntled New Zealand Xbox gamers.

Musician asked to take down one of his own tracks, the future of Pirate Bay, Amazon acquires Zappos, Microsoft puts forward a proposal to the EU, the reason behind Microsoft's GPL code release, a look at Facebook Connect, Matt Stewart talks about publishing his book on Twitter, using technology as an energy saver for monitors, charging devices wirelessly, Apple asks Microsoft to change laptop hunter ad, Queensland police seek out insecure wireless networks, New Zealand Post ditches Microsoft products in favour of Google Apps.

Microsoft online applications, what Gazelle is all about, using Twitter as a publishing tool, Qantas refuses to run political ad, bringing snail mail into the 21st century, logging key strokes via the electricity wires, Telecom XT attracts a lot of customers, NBR to have a second go at subscription model, new Pacific Internet cable.

A new operating system from Google, a blunder from McAfee, ancient bible texts are now online, Telstra gives up on off shore call centre, the lying down game, a new real estate service for New Zealand, greater surveillance powers for government agencies, Vodafone's special deal for iPhone users.

Pirate Bay's new video streaming site, technology to replace parking warden's chalk, USB 3.0, vomit ad pulled, anti-malware software rankings, Open2View to introduce QR codes, a mini cellular network in your living room, no Windows 7 discounts down-under.