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Pat Pilcher: New technology could transform aviation
Scientists at MIT are working on a propulsion technology that has the potential to completely revolutionise air travel, writes Pat Pilcher.

Pat Pilcher: Pirate Bay browser clocks up massive downloads
ThePirateBay has launched a web browser that allows people to access blocked sites and is proved hugely popular in countries where access to file sharing sites is blocked.

Triumph of the geeks
Share traders are being replaced by maths geniuses who use supercomputers to beat the markets. But are the "quants" a force for good or evil?

Mac Planet: Tablets beneficent and bitter
As we have seen, even more magazines have dropped print versions and gone to digital.

Kiwi tech students ready for world pitch
Four of New Zealand's brightest young technologists are in Russia hoping to take out a prestigious student competition with an anti-skin cancer smartphone app.

Review: Hands on Windows 8.1
Microsoft have been listening to the public and have launched a fix pack branded Windows 8.1, and Pat Pilcher puts the update through its paces.

Tony Street: Good business cases can prevent IT wastage
According to Otago University's Professor Robin Gauld, for decades our government has been blowing hundreds of millions of dollars on useless IT systems.

Xero stock price hits new high
Shares in cloud-computing software company Xero hit a new high yesterday despite the NZX 50 index having another day in the red.