Saturday | 10 January, 2009

Stories by: Stephen Bell

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    New Zealand gov't looks to boost confidence in e-voting 06/06/2008 09:18:47

    Early voting and the option of a repeat vote may become a feature of electronic voting in New Zealand, according to the country's Chief Electoral Office.
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    'Net engineer argues firewalls are a security distraction 30/05/2008 09:25:25

    Early and extensive deployment of firewalls gave internet users "a false sense of security" and compromised the ideal end-to-end transparency of the internet, says former Internet Engineering Task Force head Brian Carpenter.
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    New Zealand gov't ID plan lacks 'terrorism bug' infection 07/05/2008 10:02:11

    International experts in Wellington for a conference on identity last week expressed admiration for the New Zealand government's igovt identity information management scheme and the policy behind it.
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    'Reputation' weapons help spurn Web 2.0 malware 04/04/2008 08:25:37

    Reputation-measurement is one of the newer ways of blocking malware in a world where threats have grown more elaborate and cunning, and Web 2.0 has grown the audience for rich media.
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    Student exposes NZ govt Web site shortcomings 31/10/2007 05:55:38

    The winner of the New Zealand Computer Society's (NZCS) annual Wellington-based honors student research contest has claimed his award by uncovering shortcomings in accessibility of government Web sites for disabled and other disadvantaged users.
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    Web 2.0 needs 'Govt 2.0' for citizen engagement 25/05/2007 11:31:48

    Government needs to reflect the changes in communications that have resulted from Web 2.0 technology and help facilitate two-way communication between citizens.
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    Spamming not to be a criminal offense in New Zealand 12/09/2006 13:46:11

    Internet service providers have been relieved of the burden of being the first port of call for spam complaints, under proposed legislation that has been reviewed by a select committee.
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    Aussie anti-spam law working, NZ to follow suit 12/07/2006 12:19:31

    Spam volumes in Australia continue to be high, but the proportion of worldwide spam coming from Australia has dropped since the passing of the Spam Act in 2003, says the Australian government's Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA).
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    New Zealand shows how to guard against domain name scoundrels 05/07/2006 08:54:06

    The latest ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) meeting, which was held in Morocco last week, heard about the dangers associated with the growing secondary market in domain name resale. It heard about two cases where a Cub Scout site and one for a women's refuge were, legitimately, acquired by pornographic website operators.
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    Electronic approval takes seconds, not weeks 26/06/2006 13:57:01

    Web services and XML are being used to implement a much faster process for the approval of risky or expensive medicines by local New Zealand health authorities - a system said to be ahead of most in the world.
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    NZ government backs off 'death-sentence' tax 22/05/2006 02:11:14

    Xsol chief executive officer John Blackham's argument that proposed company tax reforms could kill local hi-tech start-ups seems to have carried weight with the government.
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