Dene Mackenzie's blog

Microsoft is aiming squarely at Apple's iPad technology with its new Windows 8 operating system.

An invitation to Microsoft's Tech.Ed 2011 in Auckland was too good to turn down.

Just when I have been anxiously looking forward to election campaign participants becoming more active on Twitter, an exchange took place last week among forces of the Left that was better than anticipated.

Yahoo! and Facebook are combining to test the theory known as six degrees of separation.

BBC technology reporter Iain Mackenzie raised an interesting point in his column last week, which started with the oft-repeated aphorism "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter".

Having a bit of time on my hands, I started playing around with Google+, the search company's latest attempt to take over the world of social networking, the top position still being in the hands of Facebook.

It takes a bit to get Mackline stirred up about online shenanigans these days but just lately, things have been getting a bit frustrating.

The battle between Microsoft and Google for online supremacy continued with a vengeance last week.

Finally, after years of planning, New Zealander Peter Dengate Thrush, who chairs the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), last week steered the internet through one of the biggest changes in its history.

My fingers are crossed that New Zealand politicians and political candidates extensively use Twitter during this year's election. What fun it could be.