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Technology correspondent Peter Griffin on European moves that question the principle of net neutrality. And Google tries to bring better internet to the island nation of Indonesia with its balloons. Audio
Geoff Colvin: humans vs machines
Senior editor at large for Fortune magazine whose new book is Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will. Audio
Tech news VR, You Tube and OLED TVs
Peter Griffin looks at the future prospects for virtual reality. Also You Tube makes a premium offering, and the next generation of TVs called OLEDs hits NZ. Audio
DNA tests and privacy
Kashmir Hill of fusion.net on worries about the privacy of genetic information provided to genealogy and health analysis websites like Ancestry.com and 23andme.com Audio
Why do big IT projects fail?
University of Auckland Computer Science Lecturer, Paul Ralph, says when it comes to the public procurement of big software design projects - don't! He says the total cost of larger IT projects always… Audio
Vlogging a Haunted House - Ollie Langdon
He's famous for his comedic web videos, and he's taken his latest one to a new extreme. Twenty-year-old YouTube vlogger, Ollie Langdon, tracked down a 'haunted house', and filmed his overnight stay… Audio
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Tyrone Magnus
The new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer is out. It debuted at halftime on ESPN's Monday Night Football, causing a spike in the ratings. Fans took to the Internet, causing movie theatre web sites… Audio
Centennial Street Shuts
A long term fixture at Auckland Museum is going 'virtual'. Audio
The internet of things
Philip Howard looks at the challenges and opportunities of a networked world in 'Pax Technica - how the internet of things may set us free or lock us up'. Audio
Evan Kindley: annotation
Literary scholar, critic, and senior editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books, who teaches at Claremont McKenna College. His article about annotation, Down the Rabbit Hole, was published recently in… Audio
Controversial data laws unveiled in Australia
Large amounts of telecommunications metadata must now be kept for two years by Australian telecommunications companies, under a new law which came into effect on Tuesday.
No grounds for Dotcom hearing delay, says Crown
Kim Dotcom's arguments for putting off his extradition hearing are defences that should be raised at his trial, says the Crown.
Data retention laws launched in Australia
New laws requiring Australian telcos to store information about their customers email, land-line, mobile and internet use come into effect today. The Mandatory Data Retention Regime requires the time… Audio
Increasing data security in the cloud
A public-private project based at Waikato University is aiming to give people more control of their data. STRATUS, led by a cyber security expert and lecturer at the University Dr Ryan Ko, is a… Audio
Cable Green: open education and sharing
Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons International, and advocate of affordable universal access to quality education. Audio
No need for more restrictions on anon internet users
The Council for Civil Liberties says while the Police should treat online threats seriously, it would not want to see heavier restrictions on anonymous internet users. Audio
Austrian student wins David and Goliath battle against Facebook
An Austrian student has won a David and Goliath battle against Facebook, arguing the company breached his privacy in transferring data to the United States. Herwig Hofmann is Max Schrems lawyer and… Audio
Wikipedia as books
PediaPress is a German company producing Wikipedia articles as on-demand books, co-founder Christoph Kepper on why demand is growing for this user-edited encyclopaedia to return to the medium that it… Audio
Promotion vid driving the wrong way
A Tourism NZ promotion video shows a campervan driving on the wrong side of the road. It was creative license by the editor. Audio
