New Zealand (NZ) stories - Page 238

Summer school students at Waikato University are the first to trial a new information service designed for smartphones.

Google's contender to Apple's overwhelmingly popular iPhone – the Nexus One – has finally been unveiled at a recent presentation in Mountain View in California.

A popular Kiwi blogger has been charged after publishing information about two high profile New Zealand court cases.

Iggy Pop collaborates with nine New Zealand musicians from his Miami studio using Skype, demonstrating the power of Orcon's broadband.

Hundreds of open source software aficionados will congregate in Wellington this January for the Linux.conf.au conference (LCA2010).

Microsoft rewarded top partners with USD $12,000 during its Windows 7 competition, fostering early adoption and excitement before the official launch.

After six months working as Lenovo's New Zealand Distribution Manager, Pip Heath will be leaving both Lenovo and the country in the new year.

Cisco channel partners can now benefit from the availability of added resources to help them push the ever-expanding Cisco brand.

YouTube has announced its first official Most Watched lists which shows which videos New Zealanders have been searching for most in 2009.

XT customers will get free calling to Telecom landlines and Telecom mobiles this weekend in compensation for Monday's outage.

The IT job market will continue to improve as it has in the past six months, according to recruitment specialist Randstad.

IBM to invest USD $80 million in a state-of-the-art data centre in Auckland, a pivotal step towards enhancing New Zealand's digital infrastructure.

Microbe NZ rapidly expands its reseller network, aiming to double to 600 within a year, as its eScan security product garners robust market interest.

Infosys Technologies has opened its first office in Wellington, New Zealand, to be closer to major clients like Telecom.

Making sure the industry has got the facts on cloud computing clear is the goal of a new virtual conference launched by Hitachi Data Systems Corporation.

Networking vendor D-Link has witnessed a 20% increase in its SMB market, and it believes the result is driven by direct marketing to the end-user.

Viaduct, New Zealand's leading EFTPOS dealer, acquires Nelson-based Networkz, marking its entry into the point of sale market and expanding Casio distribution.

Cisco country manager Geoff Lawrie has criticized recent reports questioning the need for ultra fast broadband access in New Zealand.

Plantronics has agreed to sell Altec Lansing to Prophet Equity LP, a Texas-based private equity firm, for US$18 million in cash.

New Zealand schools are invited to participate in the Planet 2010 conference to be held by the Telecommunications Industry Group (TIG) in March next year.