Web Week

Free WAP on weekend

This Queen's Birthday Weekend, Xtra email and internet will be free on Telecom 027 mobile phones. Some 300,000 New Zealanders with 027 mobiles won't pay to access the internet, play mobile games, access information and send email. The offer, which expires at midnight on Monday, is designed to increase awareness of services on 027.

PlayStation crosses over

Sony has unveiled a "crossover" PlayStation 2 video game console with a built-in DVD recorder, 120GB hard drive, TV tuner card and memory stick slot. The beefed-up PlayStation 2, called the PSX, will go on sale in Japan this year and in the United States and Europe early next year. The announcement comes amid speculation about the much-rumoured PlayStation 3, expected to debut in 2005.

Sony had previously announced plans to begin selling a revamped PS2 in June, which would play re-writeable DVDs, come with an online adaptor and run more quietly than current models. Two weeks ago, the company announced plans to compete with Nintendo's GameBoy in the handheld portable console market with the PSP (PlayStation Portable), which will go on sale late next year.

What Sir Edmund saw

Get a stunning 360-degree panoramic view from the top of Mt Everest without having to gasp for oxygen. Climb on to your computer chair and go to Panoramas.

Give it a whirl ...

While TVOne's Monday night series on the history of Kiwi pop Give It a Whirl is fuelling music nostalgia, head to the games section of Elvis Number Ones to make a music video for an Elvis song.

With "Roll Your Own" you select a song, drag and drop images of Presley, type in your message, pick your video effects and email your music video to friends.

Living in the Matrix

Seen it twice and counting the days until the last chapter? What purports to be the trailer for the next and last Matrix movie, out November, has appeared at Movie List but this web blogger says it's similar but different to the one shown at the end of the latest movie.

Business e-dating

The Auckland Regional Council, calling it an e-dating service for businesses, has launched a site for businesses to link up with others to get rid of unwanted leftover materials free.

Admit it, you're a geek

If you've read this far, you might just be one. If you like to read on Friday and Saturday nights, the odds get higher. Spend 10 minutes taking the geek test to find out the truth.