Stories by David Watson

NZ firms find value in Singapore expo

Tech Venture 2001, a trade forum in Singapore attended by 11 New Zealand IT companies last month, was a success, say some of those who were there.

Farnet helps schools, saves frogs

The kids like it and the frogs probably like it even more. Farnet, a networking initiative linking 10 high schools in the far north, means biology students can learn about frog anatomy without having to cut them up, as illustrated above.

South to get fast wireless

In a deal worth “six figures”, Southland ISP SouthNet and Invercargill investment company InvestSouth have undertaken to provide a wireless high-speed broadband service to Invercargill, rural Southland and the Queenstown-Arrowtown area.

Buffer overrun

A buffer is a data storage area that allows programs that run at different speeds to operate without interfering with each other.

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