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Thursday, 28 Aug 2008

Net mob search for iPhone girl's identity

By STEPHEN HUTCHEON - SMH | 10:35AM

China's "human flesh search engine" is in hot pursuit of an unnamed Chinese factory worker after photographs of her showed up unexpectedly on a new iPhone 3G purchased recently in Britain.

Dead Sea Scrolls to go digital

Reuters | 09:55AM

Scientists in Israel are taking digital photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the 2000-year-old documents available to the public and researchers on the Internet.

Fears over privacy of gene data

By KATHERINE NEWTON and GREER McDONALD - The Dominion Post

Employers, health insurers and police could access the public's genetic information through medical records in the future, experts have told a privacy seminar.

Vector keen to build fibre-optic network

By ANDREW JANES - The Dominion Post

Vector says it has the capability and scale to build a $1 billion-plus fibre-optic network covering the Auckland region.
Li Ka-Shing wants more Kiwi assets
Vector gets waiver for buyback
Electricity meter reading getting smart

Digital living

Woman tries to kidnap former 'virtual' boyfriend

AAP

A woman who fell in love with the online persona of a man in the virtual world Second Life has been charged in the United States with trying to kidnap him.

The Wikipediholic's fix

The 90-year-old Aussie love doctor

Jail 'greedy' scam victims - diplomat

Gadgets

Microsoft's sci-fi computer touches down in Aust

By ASHER MOSES - SMH

Australia has become the first country outside the US to receive Microsoft's radical new US$10,000 (NZ$14,000) Surface coffee table computer that responds to touch.

Review: Owl Wireless Energy Monitor

Olympics sees increased TV sales in NZ

Stuff's guide to buying speakers

Games

NZ gaming industry grows

The Press

How big are video and computer games in New Zealand? Try $145,662,181.

Review: Soul Bubbles

Sony to launch revamped PSP

EA abandons bid for Take-Two

IT and Telecommunications

Why Bill Gates is paying Seinfeld $14m

Reuters

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will star in a US$300 million marketing campaign for Microsoft aimed at burnishing the image of its computer operating system, a person familiar with the effort said.

NZ-based ICT co wins $12m US deal

Chip makers get moving with motion sensing chips

4G networks will offer more for less

Supplied

SEARCH ON: Who is she? Chinese netizens are hunting the iPhone girl.

Games

Review: Too Human


With fast, furious and fun combat, this is easily the best action RPG on the Xbox 360.

Gadgets

The mod squad

Some people express their personality through their cars or clothes, but resourceful geeks do it through their computers.

Digital living

Renaissance in digital mischief

They are both mythological creatures, of sorts, but Heath Ledger's Joker and the nymph Eucharis make an unlikely couple.

IT and Telecommunications

Why Bill Gates is paying Seinfeld $14m

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will star in a US$300 million marketing campaign for Microsoft aimed at burnishing the image of its computer operating system, a person familiar with the effort said.

Business

Charlies reports annual loss

Charlies Group, the juice company fronted by former All Black Marc Ellis, is talking up its new Australian plant, the setting up of which contributed to its annual loss.

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