Microsoft’s new operating system Windows Vista, has already been pulled apart by hackers and security firms who have found several vulnerabilities already.
That was to be expected. If anyone thought Microsoft was going to deliver a water-tight product this time they were dreaming. It’s a shame because from a user interface point of view and in [...]
A great story turned up just before Christmas, broken by Juha Saarinen, who generally writes for Computerworld but had this particular gem published in Aussie telecoms industry magazine CommsDay.
The story arose from a leaked memo the chief executive of TelstraClear, Dr. Allan Freeth, sent to his key executives. The is quite bizarre, unlike anything I’ve [...]
So Phitek, the Auckland headphones maker which is trying to crack the consumer electronics market after doing well making headphones for a number of airlines, decided to give away three pairs for readers of my Hot Technology column in the Herald on Sunday. I was late putting the competition together, so instead of getting the [...]
I’d wanted to post my thoughts on last month’s superb U2 concert, but I flew out to the US the following day and my feet barely touched the ground for the following ten days as I visited LA, San Diego, Pasadena, Kansas, New York and San Francisco.
It was a very rewarding trip which primarily revolved [...]
Hi Peter,
I have just finished reading your article:
“Why I still haven’t found what I’m looking for” from way back in December 05′.
I wasn’t aware of this particular article until this morning when a friend sent the link through to me. “ARRGGH! When will it end?!” was my original thought, when I read her [...]
The revamped New Zealand Herald website is now live and while there are a few missing links and content on some pages aren’t displaying correctly in my Firefox browser, I’m impressed with the overall new design.
In particular, I’m happy the Herald has broken out science from the Technology section I write for, and the new [...]
I was in one of my favourite places, San Francisco, last week and decided to pop into CompUSA for a look at Microsoft’s new Zune player. The device itself is quite nice, but a look at the physical player itself doesn’t reveal the unforgivable yet avoidable weaknesses of the player.
It’s outrageous that Microsoft didn’t make [...]
My Herald on Sunday column about the proliferation of Sony product placements and tech product placements in general in big Hollywood movies. I’d love to have a chat with a behind-the-scenes type Hollywood insider who has the task of negotiating these product placement deals. I wonder how much money changes hands, how much control the [...]
There’s an excellent feature in The Guardian entitled “Star Vehicles” which looks in some detail at the stylistic and story telling features of my favourite director Michael Mann. I watched Mann’s latest film Miami Vice for the third time on a recent flight back from the US and my opinion of it is improving. Miami [...]