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Previous Columns

Let's kickstart our knowledge economy

I've been thinking about this whole issue of helping NZ lift its ability to compete in a hi-tech world while being hog-tied by a lack of vision and commitment from successive governments...

Alas poor snail-mail, we knew you well

When email first came along I, like many others, saw very little use for it...

Which 70's and 80's era home computer was best?

Congratulations Commodore Amiga, you're 25 years old and many of us still remember you...

Watch out for the watchers

It looks as if automatic number-plate recognition systems are coming to NZ -- in fact they're already being trialled in South Auckland...

Please, step away from the internet

I remember getting all excited back in early 1998 when 7amNews reached the astonishing milestone of 100,000 user-sessions per day...

eBooks outsell inky pulp - or not

The newswires are running hot this morning with what should be earth-shattering news...

Cool laser weapons

Lasers are so cool. I remember that I was still at school when I came across a Popular Scientist (or maybe PM) magazine with plans to build your own laser...

A plague of smart frogs?

Technology is coming together to create a new plague of smart devices that are totally self-contained and virtually maintenance free...

Can REX deliver on its promise?

Yesterday's media was filled with another new Kiwi invention, the robotic exoskeleton known as REX...

Personal wealth versus national wealth

I love seeing Kiwi entrepreneurs succeed and enjoy the fruits of their efforts...