Paul Brislen - Author - PC World Australia

Stories by Paul Brislen

Article | 7/07/2003 Kiwi geeks may not inherit anything yet

While New Zealand's decision to create a new second level domain (2LD) in the form of .geek.nz looks likely to go ahead, its actual implementation may...

Article | 30/04/2003 Kiwis pay a million dollars for NZ domain

The New Zealand government has admitted that it paid NZ$1 million for the domain name newzealand.com after Trade New Zealand's unsuccessful attempt to...

Article | 25/03/2003 Centrino to go begging say IT managers

Intel's new wireless chip family, Centrino, is failing to excite New Zealand IT managers, who aren't persuaded they want the three-in-one functionalit...

Article | 14/03/2003 Aussie model suggests "Probe" is the right thing to do

New Zealand's Project Probe broadband pilot scheme has received the thumbs-up from an Australian broadband researcher who says it's exactly the right ...

Article | 18/12/2002 Porn removed from JetStream games site

Telecom New Zealand has removed a collection of soft core pornographic photos from its JetStream Games website at http://www.jetstreamgames.co.nz/ fol...

Article | 13/08/2002 Rebate for DSL outages the right move, analyst says

Telecommunications analyst Paul Budde says Telecom New Zealand Ltd. could learn a lesson from Telstra Corp. Ltd.'s decision to reimburse customers in ...

Article | 3/06/2002 NZ, Australia battle domain name registration spam

The New Zealand Commerce Commission is taking part in "informal discussions" with its counterpart in Australia, the ACCC (Australian Competition and C...

Article | 30/11/2001 Microsoft design to blame for virus load, says NZ expert

The blame for the latest round of viral congestion can be laid squarely with Microsoft Corp. according to one anti-virus expert in New Zealand.

Article | 17/10/2001 Residential broadband take up "crucial" says cable chief

The slow take-up of broadband services by residential customers is proving to be frustrating for the director of the Southern Cross Cable Network, Ros...

Article | 4/09/2001 New Zealand delivers first online defamation verdict

Alan Brown has been found guilty of defamation in New Zealand's first online defamation case.

Article | 9/07/2001 Anti-child porn virus on the loose

A new strain of Windows virus tries to weed out perverts by identifying all files on PCs that may contain child pornography, then notifies the British...

Article | 5/07/2001 Registrars set up group to lobby InternetNZ

Lobbying the lobby group is the aim of a new registrars only group. The group was set up to better coordinate the various points of view of registrars...

Article | 1/01/2000 New Zealand health systems pass Y2K physical

New Zealand's healthcare providers seem to have passed through the Y2K rollover with flying colours.

Article | 1/01/2000 All's well says NZ Y2K Commission

The New Zealand Y2K Readiness Commission is reporting a problem-free rollover at its 0200 briefing.