Most of the rumours proved to be true, testament I suppose to how hard it is for a company of Apple’s stature to develop a product secrectly in a world as inter-connected as ours. Here’s the spec sheet for the new Apple iPad: 9.7 inch IPS display 0.5 inches thin 1.5 pounds Full capacitive multi-touch […]
MoreI had a sense of deja vu today as I walked down Lambton Quay repeatedly attempting to dial a number on my Blackberry. Instead of a ringing tone, dead air was all that could be heard in my phone’s earpiece. The words “call failed” kept flashing up on the screen. A few things go through […]
More[UPDATED: An ERMA spokesperson got in touch to clarify that ERMA isn’t party to the appeal – “In the High Court, GE Free challenged ERMA’s right to receive the applications from AgResearch. AgResearch appealed the High Court decision, and we were in court yesterday to assist in any way we could and to seek clarification […]
MoreDr Klaus Bosselman is right when he suggests in a New Zealand Herald article today that opinion polls carried out by the media are fickle things and that Government policies in relation to climate change should be based on sound science not public opinion. But there’s no denying the fact that the public is becoming […]
MoreNature has just published a very good feature on its website which is worth reading for anyone wanting an overview of the real contentious areas of climate science. As Nature sees it, the areas that need “greater open discussion” include: regional climate forecasts, precipitation forecasts, aerosols and palaeoclimate data. A fuller reading of the e-mails […]
MoreA common complaint among those of us who buy most of our food from supermarkets is that it costs significantly more to fill a shopping basket these days than it did a couple of years ago. Cheese has become the benchmark for the affordability of food and, boy has a block of tasty cheddar gotten […]
MoreThe IPCC has formally said it is reexamining the subsection of the 4th Assessment Report that makes claims that appear to be based on “grey literature” via a WWF report which in turn quoted from a New Scientist piece. So what’s the real deal with Himalayan glacier melt? Well, this presentation put together by a […]
MoreA comprehensive report published last week in the United Kingdom suggests science journalism is weathering the storm of cost cutting in the media, but is suffering through the workload pressure on journalists, pack journalism and the rise of science PR. The report, Science and the Media – Securing the Future was commissioned by the UK […]
MoreIn a week where Telecom was roasted by the Commerce Commission for ripping off hundreds of thousands of customers for the greater part of the last decade, its worth noting one of the few things the company does well – mobile broadband. Just before Chritmas, Telecom did something most people thought it had become incapable […]
MoreIn a fascinating post on its corporate blog, Google has threatened to pull out of the Chinese market following attempts to access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists and an attack on Google’s corporate network “originating from China”. Publicly anyway, Google claims to be putting its Chinese business on the line, stating that […]
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