Stories by Ulrika Hedquist

Orcon's datacentre fails

Orcon’s datacentre on Auckland's North Shore went down on Monday morning.

Firefox man plans to double Kiwi developer team

Leading Firefox expert Robert O’Callahan is planning to double the size of his Mozilla Firefox development team in New Zealand.

ODI audits government website accessibility

The Office for Disability Issues has conducted an accessibility audit of 127 government websites as a follow-up to a similar survey conducted in 2005.

HP takes ‘hard line’ as 60 staff pursue grievance

Sixty Hewlett-Packard staff are pursuing a personal grievance claim against the company, after it withdrew a superannuation fund, according to current and former staff.

The other night when I was trying to make my way to bed, I kept stumbling over gadgets, accompanied by a sea of chargers and cables of different sizes and shapes. Looking around our cramped little flat, I realised that they are taking over whatever little floor space is left.

Small annoyances mar Toshiba's new media player

Toshiba’s Gigabeat V30 portable media-player is sleek, good-looking and handy, but a series of small issues with it will take the shine off for some users.

Securities Commission joins global IFRS push

A new database system has been launched that will allow securities regulators around the globe to track and share information about compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Emails in StayinFront case probably not privileged: lawyer

A US court ruling stating emails exchanged between a Kiwi software executive and his legal adviser are not privileged communications is probably correct, says a local legal expert.

Smart public transport on the cards for Auckland

In five years’ time Aucklanders may be using single smart-card tickets to travel on any mode of transport across Auckland — and enjoying real-time reports on bus arrival times, via their mobile phones and bus-stop screens.

Not so sleepy ‘snorage’ market set to grow again

Storage has long been overshadowed by other, more exciting and dynamic market segments. It has been accused of being boring and even called derogatory names such as “snorage”.

Hi-tech just latest in long line of crime aids

Criminals have always used technology to help them commit crime, says David Perry, global director of education at antivirus software company Trend Micro.

Headphones could contribute to a safer environment

We have written about them before, the gorgeous Blackbox M14 noise cancellation headphones from Kiwi audio technology company Phitek. At the time, we here at Toybox headquarters were pretty excited about their performance after testing them in our air conditioning cupboard.

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