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The year in tech - and what's coming in 2011
A quick skim through some front page news stories over the past year provides incontrovertible proof of technology's grip on our lives.
Turn off phone on holiday: unionist
Listen out for the sound of waves crashing on the shoreline and birdsong in the trees - not the ringtone of your company phone.
Apple and the serious world of dark blue suits
Apple has, over the last few years, been criticised for not being 'serious' about entering (or appealing to) the corporate world.
iPad 2 rumours fly as tablet wars heat up
Barely six months after the iPad was launched, Apple-watchers have something new to talk about: a successor to its first tablet computer.
The Apple advantage - get with the application
Apple came along and invented computing 'for the rest of us' - at first it seemed a mere curiosity, until designers clicked to WYSIWYG.
Kindy surprise - Macs for pre-school Kiwis
If anything, it's odd to see preschool children in a Decile 1 New Zealand kindergarten using Apple gear.
Has big business kicked its CrackBerry habit?
It seems like the BlackBerry is losing its addictive powers, and businesses are shopping around for other smartphones.
<i>British Vogue</i> launches first iPad application
The December issue of British Vogue will be available as an iPad app, but editor Alexandra Shulman is waiting to gauge reaction before embarking on a second instalment.
Lions, tablets and the mystery of Apple product placement
Remember touch-screen tablets? For indeed, Apple did not invent the touchscreen tablet. But before iPads, the category was a clear failure.
<i>Scott Kara:</i> Gimme, gimme, gimme
Scott Kara on why his almost three-year-old won't be getting an iPad this Christmas.
Tech-savvy children learn as they play
Only one has started school but all three of the Cotter children are using iPhones, an iPad and an Apple laptop.
All iWant this Christmas...
Children as young as 3 are hankering after $1000 Apple iPhones for Christmas.
iPhone security flaw leaves phones open to abuse
The latest security woe comes with the news that the device's lock screen is easily able to be bypassed.
One out of the box
Elite British hi-fi companies like Arcam have long been the preserve of big-spending audio- and video-philes like our own Peter Jackson. But now the firm is about to launch a must-have portable speaker system for iPod, iPhone and iPad.
iPhone patent blocks sexters
iPhone maker Apple has technology to stop "objectionable" messages sent on its machines.
Two Apple distributors in New Zealand
Last week, both Apple and Ingram Micro confirmed a new arrangement for Apple distribution in NZ.
Five guaranteed iPhone 4 reception fails
I have been trying to make my iPhone 4 drop connection - or even to drop a bar or two - and have come up with several ways to make it happen.