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Apple staff just emailed to confirm PC World Towers has a wireless network. Presumably this is because they're brining in a MacBook Air at 2pm - and while the Air has many attractive points, being well stylish and the world's thinnest notebook, it ain't got no ethernet jack. (Or USB ports. And the battery is sealed in.) Well ... we don't have any wi-fi, as the brass cheerfully ignored our recommendation when kitting out new building and its conference room. Hope it demos well offline ...

By the way, you should be able to see the MacBook Air on our staff writer Jan Birkeland's next slot on Breakfast's next gadget slot (which runs every Wednesday at 8.15am; our stablemate Computerworld has also joined Breakfast, with a Tuesday 8.15am slot. If you miss either, go to tvnz.co.nz and type in the keyword Breakfast for to watch the archived video).

Incidentally, TVNZ has just removed all DRM from tvnzondemand.co.nz, as predicted on this blog a few weeks back. A free ad-based system will replace the migraine-inducing, audience reducing, $2 and $4 "points" system to pay for clips. The ad-supported streaming content already available is far outstripping pay downloads in popularity.

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I thought you were giving away Belkin N1 vision routers this month, how hard would it be to set one up in the conference room. This is pc world after all!

[Well I guess. But we want humiliation. We want Nielsen//NetRatings. Also, Jan took the N1 home. - CK]

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