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The Dotcom bubble has well and truly burst for our resident German-born hacker slash money launderer.
Posted Wed 25 January 2012 @ 10:23 a.m. by Paul Brislen
While he resides at Her Majesty’s pleasure, and the wheels of international law enforcement turn on both Kim and Megaupload (et al), most of the discussion has centred around copyright infringement and whether Kim’s business is legit or just a front for something more sinister.
My first thought was that it goes to show you... >> more
Categories: Innovation | ISPs | Regulatory
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Locking handsets - why it's wrong
Posted Tue 13 December 2011 @ 8:59 a.m. by Paul Brislen
SIM locking has reared its ugly head again, with Telecom’s offshoot Skinny proposing to lock handsets to the XT network for a period of nine months.TUANZ is opposed to such things as they’re a barrier to customers moving freely between networks and we already have enough of those thank you.But someone on Twitter argued that... >> more
Categories: Regulatory | Wireless carriers
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New Zealand's first female ICT minister
Posted Mon 12 December 2011 @ 3:57 p.m. by Paul Brislen
Amy Adams is our new Minister of Communications, making herthe first woman to hold the role. I’ve already written an email congratulatingher on her appointment and inviting myself over for a cup of tea and strategysession (no point mucking about), and I’ve already written here about what we’dlike the new minister to look at,... >> more
Categories: Innovation | Regulatory