My Herald on Sunday column dealt with the very good free software Google Writely. I haven’t started doing the bulk of my word processing in Writely but what I am doing is transferring the file from Word to Writely so I can convert it into a smart looking PDF file. I’m also going to start [...]
Considering everything that’s gone on at Telecom in the last few months - the scandal around the Government unbundling report leaked to it, the subsequent $3 billion drop in the company’s market value, the departure of Chairman Rod Deane, I thought it would be worth getting along to the company’s quarterly earnings briefing held in [...]
A series of announcements of late involving the planned implementation of wireless technologies has strengthened the prospect that many of us will be increasingly using hotspots or the mobile networks to access the internet. The question is whether these technologies are robust and cheap enough to serve as primary connections and DSL replacements. Woosh’s purchase [...]
What follows is part I of a two part series of interviews with two of the best brains in computer giant IBM. The interview below is with Dr. Don Eigler, a nanotechnology expert at IBM. Don was a pleasure to interview and it’s also heartening that he likes New Zealand enough to keep his sailing [...]
Turn your computer into TV and video
Friday July 14, 2006
Reviewed by Peter Griffin
A computer can do many things: connect you to the internet, burn DVDs, play music and store all your digital photos. With the addition of a simple tuner card and some software it can also become a television and personal video recorder, capable [...]
I’ve just looked back at the column I wrote following the Government’s announcement and seen the ludicrous intro the subs put on the top of my story. Originally, I’d made some comment about Steve Maharey referring to digital TV as being the biggest thing in the TV industry that he could remember since the switch [...]
I’ve been immersed in discussion on digital TV of late, even went on Media Watch to talk about what it might mean for the country. It was a bad performance so I won’t link to it. Below however are a handful of articles on the subject of Freeview and the coming launch of digital free-to-air [...]
I foolishly waded into the debate surrounding the proposed introduction of a capital gains tax on foreign investments. It was foolish because it’s required a lot of research on my part of a particularly complex and confusing bill. Still, after reading the comments of people in the IT industry and talking to people who could [...]
I’ve posted below my recent Herald on Sunday column on a new service I’ve been using called Pandora. I urge you to take a look if you’re at all interested in discovering good, new music. Some of my readers are also now Pandora converts…
Internet radio opens a Pandora’s box
Sunday July 16, 2006By Peter Griffin
I’ve been [...]