Latest game for bored students? Wikiracing
Wikipedia is now the source for more than just sourceless term papers for college students.
Technology
New iPhone in short supply at launch
Bing's new bling: TV, music from Microsoft search
Microsoft's Bing search site is getting an entertainment section with click-to-play music, television shows, movies and casual games.
Google beats $US1 billion copyright suit - for now
A federal judge has handed Google a major victory by rebuffing media company Viacom's attempt to collect more than $US1 billion ($NZ 1.4 billion) in damages for the alleged copyright abuses of Goog
Otago connection in data device
New Firefox promises fewer crashes
A new version of Firefox released yesterday aims to minimise crashes by isolating third-party plugins like Adobe's flash when they crash.
Supreme Court rules: online petition signatures OK
The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that state election officials must accept online petition signatures to qualify individuals for the ballot.
Kirk joins board of Pacific Fibre
Former Fairfax Media chief executive David Kirk is joining the board of trans-Pacific data cable company Pacific Fibre and is investing in the project.
No link between cellphone towers and child cancer: study
Research in Britain which has found no link between pregnant women's exposure to cellphone tower radio-frequency and early childhood cancer should end public debate on the issue, a New Zealand medi
Regulator starts bitstream competition review
The Commerce Commission has started a review of the level of competition in the unbundled bitstream access service (UBA), which allows operators to supply a range of broadband services.