The Techsploder http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/ en Copyright 2009 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:06:51 +1300 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OpenMoko, or Free Your Phone update There are other exciting developments in the mobile arena than the iPhone. No, really.

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/07/openmoko_or_free_your_phone_up.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/07/openmoko_or_free_your_phone_up.html Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:06:51 +1300 BT's Reynolds to fill Gattung's shoes Gender-confused footwear cliché apart, Doc Reynolds will have his work cut out for him at Telecom.

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/bts_reynolds_to_fill_gattungs.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/bts_reynolds_to_fill_gattungs.html Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:45:33 +1300 Deliver on existing services before hyping the next ones, Vodafone Oh, wow: 100Mbit/s to your handset!

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/deliver_on_existing_services_b.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/deliver_on_existing_services_b.html Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:32:41 +1300 Why can't New Zealanders too have cheap mobile calls? Is there some special international law or rule somewhere that says we have to pay much more than for instance the Australians for our mobile calls?

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/why_cant_new_zealanders_too_ha.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/why_cant_new_zealanders_too_ha.html Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:15:43 +1300 Typical Isn't it funny how disaster waits until the right moment?

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/typical.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/typical.html Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:49:28 +1300 25 Mbit/s broadband in New Zealand Only on TelstraClear cable in Wellington and Christchurch though.

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/25_mbits_broadband_in_new_zeal.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/25_mbits_broadband_in_new_zeal.html Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:43:56 +1300 111 419ers nabbed Good on the Dutch for acting on 419ers.

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/111_419ers_nabbed.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/111_419ers_nabbed.html Sun, 17 Jun 2007 17:12:57 +1300 Going on a Windows Safari So what's Apple's Safari for Windows like?

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/going_on_a_windows_safari.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/going_on_a_windows_safari.html Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:31:16 +1300 Vodafone could still be sold off All the signs are that Vodafone New Zealand is doing rather well, but is that enough to ward off a sale?

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/vodafone_could.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/vodafone_could.html Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:41:03 +1300 Telecom confirms hybrid WCDMA/UMTS-CDMA network Took Telecom a while to admit it, but here is the announcement, following what I wrote last week.

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/telecom_confirms_hybrid_wcdmau.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/telecom_confirms_hybrid_wcdmau.html Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:04:42 +1300 Work is a waste of time Besides being a four-letter word, that is. What do you actually do in the office?

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/work_is_a_waste_of_time.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/06/work_is_a_waste_of_time.html Mon, 04 Jun 2007 10:36:22 +1300 Behold our new Telcommissioner! Is Douglas Webb's replacement a poacher turned gamekeeper?

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/05/behold_our_new_telcommissioner.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/05/behold_our_new_telcommissioner.html Thu, 31 May 2007 13:16:57 +1300 Is multi-threading a dead end? Parallel problems plague programmers.

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/05/is_multithreading_a_dead_end.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/05/is_multithreading_a_dead_end.html Wed, 30 May 2007 13:23:58 +1300 The loquacious dissembling and immoral lies of a stunted, bigoted, dark, ugly, pugnacious little troll for free They won't make you green around the Gills either, I promise.

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/05/the_loquacious_dissembling_and.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/05/the_loquacious_dissembling_and.html Sun, 27 May 2007 14:20:10 +1300 Sell your shares in wireless companies NOW! RADIATION ALERT! ! !

]]> http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/05/radiation-alert.html http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/techsploder/2007/05/radiation-alert.html Wed, 23 May 2007 11:02:18 +1300