Wednesday, January 6, 2010

06-Jan-2010 PM clippings

Enjoy:

NZ's November web usage stats show IE 8.0 in the front with 26% and Firefox 3.5 close on its heels with 23%. Chrome has a slight upturn:
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-NZ-weekly-200942-200951 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/4588C88B3EA4A81ECC25767F00666BC0

NZ introduces surveillance super-powers, allowing one warrant to cover all a suspects e-services. Next, one warrant for all NZ?:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/3203448/NZs-cyber-spies-win-new-powers

An Italian Consumers' Association is preparing a class-action lawsuit to reclaim the cost of unwanted preinstalled Microsoft software:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/185915/class_action_suit_microsoft.html?tk=rss_news

A US$200 tablet computer is on the cards for release this year, with a 1GHZ CPU, 1/2GB RAM, 64GB flash, WiFi, Bluetooth, and Android:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/185764/A_199_Tablet_for_Everyone_And_Its_Not_From_Apple.html

And finally. The whales get a new friend, as a 3rd vessel joins the anti-whaling fleet. It's a shame some NZ PR firms are anti-whale:
http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100105-1.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/3209484/Secret-ship-confronts-whalers

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