Diamond Age Solutions News for the IT Industry

Mon Nov 5 18:30:41 NZDT 2007

Today Index

A power cut causes a major Telecom outage in Auckland affecting the Internet, EFTPOS, paging systems and the emergency services:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4261599a11.html

Xtra is resoundingly voted the worst ISP in New Zealand - in every available category. They have excuses for that too:
http://www.consumer.org.nz/newsitem.asp?docid=3121&category=News&topic=ISP%20survey%20reveals%20dissatisfaction%20with%20broadband

Nanotube supercapacitors look set to take on the combined role of batteries and capacitors for hybrid vehicles:
http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/nov07/5636

New image processing techniques allow many photos on Fickr to be combined to produce high-resolution 3D models of landmarks:
http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/article.asp?articleID=37724

And finally. Pakistani police beat up a load of lawyers to curb extremism. While I understand the temptation, it ain't quite right:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7078364.stm

News collated from various sources by Vik Olliver for Diamond Age Solutions Ltd. The views presented in this document are the personal opinion of the collator, and should not be taken as any more than that.