Windows Vista problem solving (not)

Seeded on Sat Feb 24, 2007 4:25 AM EST (The Techsploder)

Vista tries to be helpful but ends up doing nothing useful.

technology, microsoft, windows-vista

US to pressure NZ into copyright compliance?

Seeded on Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:43 AM EST (geekzone.co.nz)

Private organisations in the US lobby the Trade Representative to force rewriting of sovereign countries' laws, basically.

us, new-zealand, copyright, us-news, mpaa, riaa, dmca, iipa

Vista DRM Domesday Scenario rebuttals

Seeded on Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:36 AM EST (The Techsploder)

The other side of the Vista DRM story.

technology, microsoft, drm, windows, vista, peter-gutmann

Internet Explorer 7 is vulnerable to the old VML hole - patch now!

Seeded on Tue Jan 9, 2007 11:14 PM EST (geekzone.co.nz)

Internet Explorer 7 has been vulnerable to the same Vector Mark-Up Language used to attack IE6. Does this mean that installing IE7 on patched IE6 installations reopened the security hole?

technology, security, microsoft, internet-explorer, windows, geekzone

DRM behind lack of Windows Vista drivers... and fear the new content protection

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:28 PM EST ()

"...Reading the long document made me realise that the likely culprits for apparent lack of Vista hardware drivers for graphics and sound devices aren't the vendors in question. Instead, it's Vista Content Protection.""

technology, digital-rights-management, geekzone-blog, component-video-automatic-echo-cancellation, digital-interface-format

Flickr targetted in new-style social phish/trojan attack

Seeded on Wed Nov 1, 2006 5:33 PM EST (The Techsploder)

It's not just banks that phishers target now - they're hitting social interaction sites too.

technology, web-2-0, security, internet, phishing, flickr, viruses

Amazon links Debian with bondage?

Seeded on Tue Oct 10, 2006 8:24 PM EDT (The Techsploder)

There's something about Debian, it seems, that makes Amazon serve up risque ads for bondage films.

business, amazon, humor, bondage, linux, humour, debian

Internet Explorer VML Zero-Day protective measures summary

Seeded on Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:49 AM EDT (Techsploder Blog)

A roundup of tips on how to protect yourself against the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer zero-day VML exploit that is currently circulating on the web.

technology, internet, microsoft, computerworld, techsploder, local-intranet

Norwegian 'Linux showcase' kills Tux migration

Seeded on Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:32 AM EDT (geekzone.co.nz)

Bergen Council's Linux migration, touted as one of the biggest in Europe is off. Microsoft Windows and HP/UX stays, while Tux gets relegated to a secondary role.

technology, microsoft, open-source, windows, linux

Rotten core of Italian football punished

Seeded on Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:11 PM EDT (The Techsploder)

Four Serie A teams, officials and referees get punished in Italy's massive match-fixing scandal. Should there have been prison sentences though? The corrupt German referees got 3.5 years in prison a few years ago.

football, sports, italy, soccer, corruption, match-fixing, fifa, uefa, juventus, italia

Debian r00ted through Linux kernel security flaw

Seeded on Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:07 PM EDT (The Techsploder)

If you're running a vulnerable version of the Linux kernel, now would seem to be a good time to update to a newer, patched one...

technology, security, computers, it, cracking, computing, hacking, linux, freebsd, debian

World Cup: It's Italy after Zidane headbutts France out of the game

Seeded on Sun Jul 9, 2006 5:50 PM EDT (The Techsploder)

What disappointing end to both the World Cup and Zidane's career - there's no excuse: doesn't matter what Materazzi did to provoke Zizou, he should not have felled the Italian with a thumping headbutt to his chest.

football, sports, france, italy, soccer, world-cup, italia, world-cup-2006, francia

World Cup: Zizou on fire ends Brazil's hopes

Seeded on Sun Jul 2, 2006 4:18 AM EDT (www.geekzone.co.nz/juha)

Zizou bids adieu to Brazil in his own, inimicable style.

football, sports, brazil, france, soccer, world-cup, fifa, world-cup-2006, bresil

World Cup: ref hands Italy victory against Australia

Seeded on Mon Jun 26, 2006 8:56 PM EDT (The Techsploder)

"Gli Attori" got a lucky break, not just with the late and very dubious penalty against Australia, but also how the World Cup itself panned out. Next up is Ukraine for the Italians....

football, sports, italy, world-cup, australia, italia, socceroos, gli-azzurri

The spoofed Telecom commercial aka 'telecon'

Seeded on Sun Jun 4, 2006 7:46 PM EDT (Techsploder Blog)

The "Telecon" TVC spoof.

entertainment, advertising, new-zealand, telecommunications, regulation, telecom-new-zealand, gattung, spoofs

PM alone as ministers dodge Telecom blame

Seeded on Sat May 6, 2006 10:23 PM EDT (New Zealand Herald)

The scandal over the leaked cabinet documents on the regulation of Telecom New Zealand rolls on. Now the Herald on Sunday points the finger at Prime Minister Helen Clark's office as the source of the leak.

business, blogs, new-zealand, telecommunications, labour, msm, helen-clark, juha-saarinen

It's official: Telecom New Zealand to be unbundled

Seeded on Wed May 3, 2006 2:10 AM EDT (Juha Saarinen)

New Zealand is the last country in the OECD bar Mexico to unbundle the incumbent's last-mile telecommunications network.

business, internet, new-zealand, broadband, web, telecommunications, regulation, telecom-new-zealand

Deborah Hill Cone on the New Zealand freelancers conference

Seeded on Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:58 PM EDT (publicaddress.net)

Freelancers in New Zealand get a particularly raw deal. Word rates are extremely low and publishers assume all rights and resell material without paying royalties.

new-zealand, journalism, freelancing, freelance, freelancers

New Zealand journalist entraps Mick Jagger

Seeded on Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:31 PM EDT (New Zealand Herald)

Inspired perhaps by Mazher Mahmood at the News of the World, Rachel Glucina worms her way in with Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones. She doesn't tell Jagger she's a journalist however.

entertainment, rolling-stones, journalism, ethics, gossip, mick-jagger

Maori and Pacific Islander children more likely to be run over in driveways

Seeded on Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:01 PM EDT (New Zealand Herald)

Bizarre as it seems, Maori and Islander children get run over since they're poor according to this report, and not because drivers don't look out for them. Interesting spin.

health, maori, accidents, pacific-islands

Headshot at Easter Bunny Hunt

Seeded on Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:14 PM EDT (Stuff.co.nz)

Unlike most other parts of the world, the Easter Bunny isn't popular in New Zealand. Rabbits are hunted down as pests here, an activity that can be dangerous for everyone involved.

sports, hunting, new-zealand, guns, easter-bunny, south-island, easter

War of the swear words in UK and Australian ad campaigns

Seeded on Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:17 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Having at first banned the Aussie "Where the bloody hell are you?" tourism campaign in the UK, the British up the ante with that famous Anglo-Saxon word that has multiple meanings depending on the situation and context.

business, australia, advertising, great-britain, united-kingdom, uk, british-council, m-c-saatchi