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• Names found online despite judge’s ruling

  A judge’s order preventing publication of the names of two defendants in a murder prosecution on the internet has been less than successful, according to Law Commissioner John Burrows.

• Online publisher creates reader community

  Wellington start-up Bookhabit is offering a new way for readers to find books, and for writers to publish.

• E-shirt designer starts his own label

  The most-printed designer on US online T-shirt shop Threadless.com is not the head designer of some large US clothing corporation, but a designer from Auckland.

• Funding cuts force online trainer to charge

  Changes in education funding are forcing online providers to rethink their couse delivery and charge for courses that were once delivered free to students.

• Derceto pumps up NZ's software export profile

  Software developed in New Zealand is helping to pump water efficiently in some of the world’s greatest cities — and doing its bit for the environment in the process.

• Quotable Value powers ahead with online sales

  The progressive application of technology has allowed property valuations company Quotable Value (QV) to shrug off its roots as a loss-making government department and re-launch itself as a profitable online business, according to CIO Bryce Johnson, who spoke at the IBM Forum event in Auckland last week.

• Online sorter boosts usability

  Wellington-based internet consulting company Optimal Usability has launched an online card-sorting system, which it originally developed for in-house use.

• Web threatens traditional news organisations

  The internet is a threat to traditional news organisations, which no longer have the advantage of being the first to report breaking news online, according to a Harvard University study (pdf) released last week.

• UK deal a test for local survey software company

  A recently-signed contract within the UK travel industry is likely to prove the viability of New Zealand-developed online survey software.

• Schools display their excellence in use of ICT

  “Kids learn stuff they want to know in their own way. If they want to learn, they will do it online. They are used to a short, snappy multimedia world,” argues Adrian Steel, teacher in charge of electro-technology at Auckland’s Rangitoto College.

• Pinnacle cuts out the middleman with online services

  Local insurance company Pinnacle Life has launched a service selling life insurance online.

• The strengths and the weaknesses of new media

  Being a media guy, I spend a bit of time pondering the future. Of late that has been a somewhat depressing prospect.

• Online charities registrations already proving a hit with users

  The Charities Commission’s new online registration system is functioning well and attracting a lot of custom, the commission says.

• News, news and some fun

  Some of you may have realised when I walked into the Computerworld office two weeks ago that I was returning to the scene of many crimes.

• Online ID fraud overhyped, problem is offline: analyst

  Despite incidents such as the US$22 million (NZ$33 million) in losses suffered by E-Trade Financial and TD Ameritrade from online identity fraudsters, the problem of online identity theft is vastly overhyped when compared with its more prevalent offline equivalent, according to one analyst group.