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New Zealand

TelstraClear’s YouTube stutter

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There’s something very wrong at TelstraClear NZ: some cable Internet subscribers just can’t watch YouTube videos smoothly. Here’s my experience.

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Dark Sky Idol final round approaches

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Can New Zealand win the coveted Dark Sky status for Tekapo? The competition is down to 5 finalists.

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What’s that bird?

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These days I hear quite a few birds around where I live. Now a new one has turned up and I can’t identify it.

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Icebergs ahoy!

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A small flotilla of icebergs seem to be heading for New Zealand.

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Increase Backyard Biodiversity at home

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Backyard Biodiversity is an invaluable guide for Kiwis to help save this little part of the planet by making gardens more hospitable to native wildlife.

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Street View transforms our world.

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Google Street View transforms the way we see and move in the world.

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Know the law: NZ copyright changes may cut you off

In 2008 New Zealand’s Copyright law was changed. The changes take effect on 28 February 2009 and have important implications for community organisations, businesses and individuals.
The law in question is the ‘Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 No 27, Public Act – New Zealand Legislation’. The specific section you need to know about [...]

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Soon I might not be a criminal when I use my iPod

Here in New Zealand our crazy law has made millions of Kiwis into criminals: we’re breaking the law if we buy a CD and copy the music to our iPods or AppleTV.
Fortunately that’s soon to change — Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Bill passes third reading:
Legislation that updates New Zealand’s copyright law to ensure [...]

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Kiwis like Internet relationships

In February 2008 Nielsen Online revealed that most New Zealand Internet users are generating web content. (Source: 02/26/2008 Consumer Generated Media: Evolution or Revolution?. )
We like photos, videos, music, blogs
In plain English: we share photos, links and videos, through websites such as Flickr, YouTube, MySpace. We read and write blogs and wikis. We [...]

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For Kiwis: Ordering a book from iPhoto (in pictures)

While I was totally occupied with Webstock over the last couple of weeks Mac stuff happened. I still haven’t caught up with it all. Phil Roy though, of NZMac.com has created a tutorial showing the process for ordering a photo book, using iPhoto.
Non-Kiwi readers will wonder what the fuss is, but the fact is [...]

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