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Cloud computing - time to get on with it?
The cloud is here and organisations should "get over it and get on with it".

Turpan, China
The lowest point in China is an unlikely place for a wine industry to be based. It's possibly the hottest and driest place in the country. It also gets cold, down as low as -24.4C. And it's smack in the middle of the great sandy desert which, under various names, stretches right across Central Asia. But there's evidence grapes have been grown in this inhospitable place for millennia, supported by an intricate underground irrigation developed by the Uighur people.

China: Highs and lows in a desert winery
A remote and harsh area of China produces some liquid surprises for Jim Eagles.

World shares down as China eases growth outlook
Equities on Wall Street and in Europe fell amid signs from China and Europe that the economic outlook is dimming.

O Brother, art thou? The story of Rob Hamill
Peter Calder on the documentary of Rob Hamill's solemn journey to Cambodia where his brother was killed by the Khmer Rouge.

Wow impresses on international stage
Overseas interest in New Zealand's World of Wearable Art show has grown following its first sell-out international show in Hong Kong.