Telecom XT network is down on the North Island, affecting everything South of Taupo except for emergency calls:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3156329/Telecom-XT-outage
Google Goggles service lets you take a picture of something, and then find out more about it. Like your boss, for example...:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10615395
Presumably this capability will be linked with Googles quantum computing project to provide faster recognition:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18272-google-demonstrates-quantum-computer-image-search.html
The EU is objecting to Oracle buying up MySQL:
http://blogs.computerworld.com/15246/opposition_mounts_to_oracles_mysql_acquisition?source=rss_blogs
Apple declares that audio books must have DRM on them - even if the audio can be freely distributed:
http://torrentfreak.com/apple-says-audiobooks-must-have-drm-091212/
And finally. A pair of Kiwis smash the gliding distance record, facing -35C temperatures to fly 2500km over nearly 15 hours:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10615370
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