Stories by Paul Brislen

Sales figures fiddled, Toshiba claims

Research firm IDC is playing down allegations by Toshiba that some vendors are inflating their sales figures in the cut-throat Australia-New Zealand notebook market.

Econet to build network in first half of 2006

Almost five years after arriving in New Zealand, Econet Wireless says it will begin constructing its third generation mobile phone network by the middle of next year.

Usability lab opens its doors in Christchurch

New Zealand's first commercial usability lab has opened its doors in Christchurch.

NZOSS files objection to Microsoft XML patent

The New Zealand Open Source Society has filed its objection to a Microsoft XML patent filed in New Zealand amid international moves to reject it elsewhere.

It's the smaller disasters that matter

Mention disaster recovery to most businesses and they automatically start to think about power failures, earthquakes or some kind of nationwide catastrophe. It's because of that attitude, says Plan-B founder and director Martin Wellesley, that disaster recovery plans tend to be vague and ultimately not worth the paper they're printed on.

New Zealand Gov't hopes others will copy antispam bill

New Zealand's Minister of Communications, David Cunliffe, hopes his soon-to-be-introduced antispam bill will be the foundation of an international antispam campaign.

New Zealand set for 15Mps ADSL this year

Telecom New Zealand is set to roll out ADSL2+ broadband services later this year, offering speeds of up to 15Mbit/s for download, dwarfing today's maximum of 2Mbit/s over Telecom's copper lines.

Ihug flogs off satellite service

Ihug has sold its broadband satellite service to an Australian company, closing one of the longest chapters in New Zealand broadband history.

Google hires top Firefox talent

The New Zealand engineer who spear-headed development work on Firefox, the browser that is causing Microsoft quite a few headaches, has a new job. Unfortunately, Ben Goodger can't say what it is he'll be doing for the search engine giant.