Today at 16:05:19 - An ongoing programme that highlights the importance of bees to agriculture and offers practical ways to encourage better bee health on New Zealand farms is proving highly popular.

Today at 15:05:18 - Central Otago's Drumsara Wines is leading the way in the New Zealand wine industry by adopting the cutting edge QR Code technology to help profile its wines.

Today at 15:05:18 - A renowned Israeli bird expert, Dr Yossi Leshem, is visiting Wellington and he will address different audiences during his stay.

29/07/2010 at 16:01:00 - The Foundation is investing $2.1 million into New Zealand company Argenta Ltd to support the development of an improved device to administer multiple doses of drugs to sheep and cattle.

28/07/2010 at 10:26:00 - With sadness we report four deaths of our kiwi.  Three of the deaths are kiwi trans-located here from Little Barrier Island in May. 

Today at 16:05:16 - Kiwis formed lunchtime queues to get their hands on the latest iPhone 4, after a delayed launched being described as a ''nightmare''.

Today at 14:05:21 - We've discussed this before on Game Junkie but I found this great read today via Kotaku where the writer echoes feelings that many of us probably feel as we get older: at what point do we ha ...

Today at 14:05:21 - Watch a fresh episode of New Zealand's first full-length online gaming show, profilig Microsoft Kinect, PlayStation Move, and Cataclysm Beta, as well as an interview with a Kiwi pro-gamer.

Today at 13:05:26 - The latest Apple iPhone is now on sale in a slew of new countries, but in New Zealand it has been mysteriously delayed.

Today at 13:05:26 - At the beginning of the year, computer security firm Symantec took a punt on predicting some of the threats to appear in 2010.

Today at 17:05:13 - Telecom has finally rid itself of its struggling Australian retail business, confirming it sold the consumer division of its AAPT unit for A$60 million ($74.8m) to iiNet Ltd.The phone company also sol ...

Today at 14:05:18 - Apple's iPhone 4 has finally gone on sale in New Zealand after a spectacular launch fail this morning. With iPhone mobile provider Vodafone saying it would not launch as promised, backed up by retaile ...

Today at 17:05:13 - WASHINGTON - Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that developing Windows-based tablet computers and getting them to market is "job one urgency" for the US software giant."We h ...

Today at 09:05:09 - SHIELDS UP: A magnet the size of your thumb could be all we need to shield spaceships from radiation in solar wind. The magnet separates positive and negative charges in the solar wind, which in turn ...

Today at 13:05:11 - LONDON - Britain's data protection watchdog said Google had probably not captured "significant" private details in the country when its Street View cars grabbed data sent over wireless net ...

Today at 14:05:18 - Telecom shares have been put on a trading halt on the NZX and ASX ahead of an announcement pending 'the outcome of discussions in relation to a disposal of assets'. Across the Tasman, iiNet share ...

Today at 13:05:25 - Cutting off internet connections for illegal downloads is akin to cutting off power or phone access, the Commerce Select Committee was told this week. The committee sat this morning to hear further su ...

Today at 11:05:14 - Telecom is set to sell the struggling consumer arm of its Australian business AAPT to Perth-based internet service provider iiNet for up to $A60 million ($NZ74.6m), The Australian newspaper is reporti ...

Today at 09:05:18 - It's Apple's designated iPhone 4 release day for New Zealand  - and 17 other countries, including Australia. Across the Tasman, the wonder phone duly appeared at midnight. Staff from Vodafone, an ...

Today at 13:05:25 - Confusion reigns this morning, with Vodafone pulling the iPhone 4 from its website, then returning it - but with no option to buy. Read NBR's full update here.

Today at 08:20:03 - The England cricket team has made a new signing - a robot bowler capable of replicating the exact delivery of any of the world's top players.

29/07/2010 at 22:20:01 - Apple has been ordered to explain to Japan's industry ministry what it plans to do about cases of its iPod Nano music player overheating and catching fire.

29/07/2010 at 20:20:02 - Sky will launch its 3D TV channel to millions of homes on October 1, the broadcaster has announced.

29/07/2010 at 05:20:32 - Nintendo has given gamers in the UK their first chance to play its latest console - the 3DS.

29/07/2010 at 03:20:02 - A hacker accused of creating one the world's biggest ever viruses - which infected up to 12 million computers, including those of banks and major corporations - has been arrested.

28/07/2010 at 03:20:02 - Unlocking smartphones like the iPhone to install applications that Apple does not approve is fair use, US copyright authority says.

Today at 16:44:06 - LiveScience.com - Five thousand years ago, in North Africa, humans formed an alliance with the wild ancestors of the donkey, twice.

Today at 16:44:06 - AP - A Canadian company whose pipeline leaked hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into a Michigan river has experienced leaks, an explosion and dozens of regulatory violations in the past decade t ...

Today at 16:14:07 - PC World - Smartphones, tablet PCs and other wireless devices are poised to play a greater role in health care as doctors and patients embrace the mobile Internet, panelists at a mobile health technol ...

Today at 13:44:15 - AP - Business software maker Epicor Software Corp. said Thursday that its second-quarter loss narrowed as revenue climbed.

Today at 13:29:05 - AP - Google Inc. said Thursday that its search engine and other services were abruptly cut off from mainland China, raising more questions about the Internet company's ability to operate in the countr ...

Today at 14:44:06 - In Case of a Catastrophe, Seven IT Experts Will Be Mobilized With Digital Keys to Secure the Internet.

Today at 13:14:08 - CEO Steve Ballmer Says the New Units Will Ship "As Soon As They Are Ready"

Today at 12:59:11 - Pentagon officials are accusing the WikiLeaks Website and the source of the "Afghan Diaries" of murder for jeopardizing the security of military contacts in Afghanistan. David Martin reports. ...

Today at 12:59:11 - Study Sees Weakening U.S. Capacity to Conduct Nuclear Forensics Posing Future Risks

Today at 12:59:11 - A new study in the British Medical Journal shows calcium supplements are linked to an increased risk of heart attack. As Dr. Jon Lapook reports, researchers say doctors should rethink recommending cal ...

Today at 14:29:21 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog..

Today at 14:29:21 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog.

Today at 14:29:21 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog..

Today at 14:29:21 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog.

Today at 14:29:21 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog..

Today at 14:29:21 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog.

Today at 14:29:21 - LaGesse of U.S. News & World Report speaks with WTOP. Check out the Dave's Download blog.

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Today at 12:14:12 - LIBERTY LAKE, Washington--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ : ITRI) a annoncé aujourd'hui que Gaz réseau Distribution France (GrDF), le principal distributeur de gaz en France et une filiale à 100  ...

Today at 11:59:10 - LIBERTY LAKE, Washington, USA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Itron Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) hat heute bekannt gegeben, dass ,Gaz reseau Distribution France' (GrDF), der wichtigste Gasversorger Frankreichs und eine hund ...

Today at 11:59:10 - LIBERTY LAKE, Washington (VS)--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) heeft vandaag bekendgemaakt dat Gaz reseau Distribution France (GrDF), de belangrijkste gasleverancier in Frankrijk en een 10 ...

Today at 11:44:14 - MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The highest growth rates in consumption for surfactants are expected in Latin America, China, Middle East and Africa. The world's supply/demand patterns are changi ...

Today at 16:11:04 - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the proble ...

Today at 11:26:04 - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc's Web search and mobile services in China were fully blocked on Thursday, according to a message on the company's website.

Today at 11:26:04 - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - McAfee Inc, the No. 2 security software maker, reported better-than-expected profit on Thursday, lifted by growth in its consumer business.

Today at 11:11:03 - SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp showed off prototype phones featuring its new mobile software to Wall Street analysts on Thursday, but is yet to set a date for their rollout beyond availability thi ...

Today at 09:41:04 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it sued Oracle Corp, alleging it defrauded the federal government on a software contract in effect from 1998 to 2006 that involved h ...

Today at 15:03:09 - GOOGLE says people in mainland China have once again been blocked from using its search engine.

Today at 12:18:17 - AN asteroid more than half-a-kilometre wide is heading for the Earth - and we've got just 50 years to knock it off course.

Today at 11:48:24 - KANYE West has embraced Twitter in a big way, jumping from 20,000 followers to more than 220,000 in less than a day.

Today at 09:48:45 - JAPAN'S industry ministry has ordered Apple to report on measures it will take regarding cases of its iPod Nano music player overheating and catching fire, an official said today.

Today at 12:48:10 - VIDEO sharing site responds to overwhelming demand and gives users an extra five minutes.

29/07/2010 at 13:23:07 - London's High Court rules the R4 cartridge and other similar devices for the Nintendo DS are illegal.

Today at 11:48:14 - The iPhone 4 has finally made it to these shores and for once the delay has been a good thing.

Today at 11:48:14 - New research has found the reason locusts move is to avoid being cannibalised.

29/07/2010 at 22:18:07 - A landmark retesting of DNA evidence used to convict a man of a Queensland murder 20 years ago has confirmed his guilt.

29/07/2010 at 21:03:07 - Heavy rain has interrupted the first ever electric car race on Mount Panorama at Bathurst in central-west New South Wales.

29/07/2010 at 15:03:09 - A team of Canadian archaeologists has found a British ship that has been missing in the Arctic for more than 150 years.

29/07/2010 at 14:03:04 - A study published in the journal Nature finds a strong link between higher sea surface temperatures and a major decline in phytoplankton, which forms the base of the marine food chain.

Today at 12:20:11 - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer isn't all that impressed with Apple's so-called 'magical' iPad. read more

Today at 12:20:15 - Unabashed Apple fanboi Walt Mossberg has opined - perhaps unbelievably so - that the iPhone 4 remains the 'best device' in its class. read more

Today at 10:20:10 - Swedish geek extraordinaire Martin Magnusson has designed a rather fashionable wearable computer for aspiring cyborgs. read more

Today at 09:20:15 - Fulfilling the most requested change to Google's video sharing site, Youtube has finally increased the length of videos that users can upload to a more accommodating 15 minutes. read more ...

Today at 09:20:15 - Microsoft has kicked off a major campaign to promote the benefits of cloud computing, with CEO Steve Ballmer pledging $9.5 billion in related R&D efforts.  read more

Today at 09:28:10 - Vodafone Plc is discussing whether to have an initial public offer (IPO) for Vodafone-Essar.

Today at 09:13:13 - Growth in engineering, enterprise applications and emerging verticals like healthcare and retail helped HCL Technologies post a 3.5 per cent rise in fourth-quarter net income.

Today at 09:13:13 - Net income for the quarter under consideration stood at $27.8 million (Rs 130.6 crore) compared with $29.7 million (Rs 139.5 crore) in the corresponding quarter a year ago.

Today at 08:43:13 - The government today said the makers of BlackBerry, Research in Motion (RIM), had given an assurance on addressing its security concerns and hoped that the Canadian service provider and security agenc ...

Today at 08:43:13 - In a scheme that would help Nokia consumers to afford handset and accessories in the price range of Rs 7,000 - Rs 35,000, the Finnish mobile handset major has announced the launch of its Easy EMI in A ...

Today at 07:43:08 - More bystanders are willing to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions - especially if they can just press on the chest and skip ...

Today at 07:43:08 - It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.

Today at 07:43:08 - Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells.

29/07/2010 at 08:11:21 - Ever worried about having an ugly baby? Fret not, a dating website exclusively for beautiful people has branched out to provide a fertility forum aimed at creating beautiful babies.

29/07/2010 at 08:09:46 - Apple unveiled the "Magic Trackpad", a touchpad which allows a user to operate a desktop computer with finger gestures, eliminating the need for a mouse.

Today at 07:13:12 - Ugandan officials say an anthrax outbreak has killed 82 hippos in the last month and a half.

Today at 07:13:12 - Number of adult tiger has reached 155 in Nepal, an increase of 28% over last year`s population.

Today at 07:13:12 - Japan orders Apple to report on measures it`ll take about cases of its music player catching fire.

Today at 07:13:12 - Anomalous heat, like the current unprecedented soar in temperatures in Russia, may become normal by 2070, UN experts have said.

29/07/2010 at 19:58:02 - UNESCO`s World Heritage Committee said it has removed Ecuador`s Galapagos Islands from its list of endangered sites, due to Quito`s protective efforts in the Pacific archipelago.

29/07/2010 at 19:58:02 - The personal details of 100 million users of social networking website Facebook are now available for download after they were leaked online.

Today at 06:20:02 - Nintendo, master of the addictive games console has reported its first quarterly loss in more than two years as Sony and Microsoft ready themselves to challenge the Wii’s crown in motion-contro ...

Today at 03:07:31 - Sony has officially confirmed the pricing for its upcoming PS3 motion-control gaming peripheral for, PlayStation Move with a wallet-friendly outcome.   Prices were first leaked last month on P ...

Today at 02:39:26 - Archos’ latest tablet is designed to reside at home – hence its name. Archos probably pictures you picking it up, having a quick browse over Wi-Fi then watching some video, possibly becau ...

Today at 01:30:00 - Laptop powerhouse Acer has announced it is to launch its Android 2.1 touting smartphone the Acer Stream exclusively through the online retailer Expansys.   With a SIM-free price of &pound ...

29/07/2010 at 23:36:00 - Pure has just pulled the wrappers off of its new Evoke 1S Marshall. Its latest DAB effort, it rocks the same look as a Marshall amp and comes crammed with killer tech to boot.   Inside the bla ...

Today at 04:56:01 - Prices in consumer electronics tend to fluctuate wildly.

Today at 04:11:01 - Something weird is happening to mobile phones: After shrinking from enormous Zack Morris proportions in the '80s and '90s, they're getting bigger again.

29/07/2010 at 11:26:02 - Three iPad users claim that because the iPad will shut itself off after remaining in direct sunlight for long enough, it fails to meet the promises Apple made about using the device as an e-book reade ...

29/07/2010 at 09:26:01 - It's hard to remember, but viral videos actually existed before YouTube.

29/07/2010 at 09:26:01 - Few games live up to 11 years of anticipation, but "StarCraft II's" slick upgrades mean the sequel's got a shot.

29/07/2010 at 06:26:02 - From the two-story care home where she lived in the northern English city of Bradford, 104-year-old Ivy Bean would tell her nearly 57,000 Twitter followers around the world what she got up to each day ...

Today at 03:47:39 - The Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology in Vodnany, South Bohemia (a centre with a long and respected history and part of the University of South Bohemia's Faculty of Fisheries and Pr ...

14/07/2010 at 04:10:04 - Czech scientists have come up with an interesting theory about the relation between a man's character and the colour of his eyes. According to the study which appeared in this month's issue of the jo ...

04/07/2010 at 13:01:00 - Where will the energy of the future come from? If it comes from nuclear fusion, then the COMPASS tokamak fusion reactor in at Prague's Institute of Plasma Physics will have played an important role i ...

30/06/2010 at 02:46:13 - The first results are starting to be released from an exhaustive 20 year study of thousands of Czech children. One of the main findings is that stress related incidents in childhood can mark you for ...

06/06/2010 at 13:01:00 - The most exciting story of the month: Czech psychologists help set the stage for one of the greatest journeys of the mind imaginable. The scene is a parking lot in Moscow, where six scientists have b ...

Today at 01:51:23 - With many critics having a pop at Kinect's price tag, and Sony re-confirming the price of its Move motion control system to be £50 for the Starter Kit, Microsoft has been defending the cost of Kinect ...

Today at 01:23:11 - Sony has clarified exactly how much its Move motion control system will set back PS3 owners in the UK, and spilled the details on the contents of its starter pack. The Move motion controller itself w ...

Today at 00:52:51 - Facebook recently topped the 500 million user mark, and is keenly looking towards expansion and netting that full billion strong user base in the future. And one area it seems the social giant is ste ...

Today at 00:22:01 - The Samsung Galaxy S smartphone has been going down a storm since its launch, establishing itself as a clear iPhone rival (with not a case bumper in sight, either). And now the latest version of Andr ...

Today at 00:05:15 - The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has effectively cleared Google over the wi-fi data collection uproar, which privacy activists sank their teeth into back in May. If you don't recall this o ...

29/07/2010 at 23:55:47 - They are more selfishLIFE at the bottom is nasty, brutish and short. For this reason, heartless folk might assume that people in the lower social classes will be more self-interested and less inclined ...

29/07/2010 at 23:55:47 - Evidence that ancient mammals were dinosaurs' preyIN DAYS gone by, many palaeontologists thought the reason the dinosaurs became extinct was that the big, lumbering reptiles were outcompeted by small, ...

29/07/2010 at 23:55:47 - Some bookmakers will take bets on anything—even the nature of realityFOR those who enjoy the occasional wager, but know more about quark-gluon plasmas and minimal supersymmetry than they do abou ...

29/07/2010 at 23:55:47 - The LHC hits its stride, but America's Tevatron is still in the runningBESIDES providing something to bet on (see article), competition has the desirable side-effect of spurring progress. As far as th ...

23/07/2010 at 00:21:19 - Scientists may have found a better way to identify voicesTHESE days a lot of crime is planned, executed, and sometimes gloated over, via the medium of the mobile phone. So a new field of forensic phon ...

29/07/2010 at 00:08:07 - The world's oldest Twitter and Facebook user, Ivy Bean, has died at the age of 104.

28/07/2010 at 22:46:53 - Sony is showing off a new prototype display capable of 360 degree 3D images at Siggraph in LA.

28/07/2010 at 22:46:53 - Sony Corp. is showing off a new prototype display capable of 360 degree 3D images at Siggraph in LA.

28/07/2010 at 21:55:22 - Campaigners have welcomed a US ruling that loosens Apple's tight control over what users of its iPhone can do with the device.

28/07/2010 at 21:00:14 - Google's YouTube website has hidden a playable version of Snake in some videos.

28/07/2010 at 20:46:37 - It might be high summer but Apple's iPad is already tipped to be this Christmas's best-selling gadget, the UK's largest electrical retailer said.

28/07/2010 at 22:56:00 - Google has been in discussions with top developers like Playdom Inc, Electronic Arts Inc's Playfish and Zynga Game Network Inc, a company in which Google recently took a financial stake, to offer thei ...

28/07/2010 at 18:57:00 - The 3-D camcorders go on sale in Japan on 20 August and will be available in overseas markets later this year

28/07/2010 at 04:19:00 - This auxiliary business is responsible for not only the millions of spam SMSes sent, but also for rendering ineffectual the lone barrier that the Trai has erected against spam

27/07/2010 at 23:43:00 - The Japanese firm also said it has confirmed with the Japanese government that the partnership with Google will not violate antitrust regulations

27/07/2010 at 07:32:00 - The sheer ease of sending these messages and a per-SMS price that has plummeted in near-suicidal manner over the last two years, have combined to yank this industry into overdrive

26/07/2010 at 22:21:25 - Estonia should be solving some crimes faster in future, armed with Swiss technologies that allow for bodies to be examined digitally and without an autopsy.

24/07/2010 at 00:45:00 - There have been reasons for both optimism and pessimism at the International Aids Conference in Vienna, a Swiss delegate says.

09/07/2010 at 20:43:00 - This week's record-breaking night flight by the Solar Impulse aircraft has been widely acclaimed, but few of us are ever likely to fly in such a plane.

09/07/2010 at 01:59:00 - The huge solar dragonfly made a final historic loop over Payerne airfield then gently glided onto the runway to loud applause - just over 26 hours after taking off.

08/07/2010 at 20:04:00 - Solar Impulse on Thursday became the first ever manned solar-powered aircraft in aviation history to fly through the night with no fuel.

23/07/2010 at 10:51:47 - A minor glitch in Apple’s latest phone hints at bigger problems.

23/07/2010 at 01:10:02 - Don't worry, now a brain scan method can help you discover your ideal job, scientists claim.

22/07/2010 at 19:49:43 - Google is worth one billion page views a day as the new image searches can show up to 1,000 images per page.

22/07/2010 at 19:19:37 - Mark Zukerberg started Facebook in February 2004, when he was a student at Harvard.

22/07/2010 at 18:35:59 - Smartphones could become the next weapon in the United States' battlefield arsenal.

22/07/2010 at 09:38:46 - A huge ball of brightly burning gas drifting through a neighbouring galaxy may be the heaviest star ever discovered — hundreds of times bigger than the sun....

21/07/2010 at 16:00:00 - "Szigetfone from punk to hip hop - Sziget InfoSMS for festival-goers - tickets by the minute for day trippers - payment by card for a comfortable and safe festival experience.

20/07/2010 at 14:00:00 - "Just as so many other areas of everyday life, June's information security arena was dominated by the FIFA World Cup. Cybercriminals did their best to cash in on the interest in the event. Meanwhile, ...

16/07/2010 at 14:00:00 - "Business Telecom Távközlési (Btel) has started mobile internet services under its own brand but in co-operation with Vodafone, which will provide network services. The companies signed a two-year agr ...

13/07/2010 at 14:00:00 - "Magyar Telekom, Hungary's leading telecommunications group, has announced that its Board of Directors appointed Attila Keszég Chief Sales and Services Officer on Monday. He will take up his position ...

09/07/2010 at 14:00:00 - "Armed with new data for Hungary's fixed-line, mobile and broadband markets, this quarter's update to BMI's Hungary Telecommunications Report sees us rein in our forecasts for mobile growth, slightly ...

26/06/2010 at 05:13:00 - Apple Inc.'s newest iPhone was selling briskly on Thursday as thousands lined up outside stores around the world to become among the first to own the device amid concerns of supply shortages.

26/06/2010 at 00:42:00 - Apple's touch-screen smartphone has been a sensation since Day 1 three years ago, and many who own the device believe it to be almost perfect - if only it worked better as a phone. So it is not surpri ...

25/06/2010 at 23:02:00 - For decades, computer scientists have been pursuing artificial intelligence - the use of computers to simulate human thinking. But in recent years, rapid progress has been made in machines that can li ...

25/06/2010 at 22:57:00 - If you think it is teenagers who are primarily guilty of sending text messages while driving, think again. According to a new poll from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, adults are more like ...

25/06/2010 at 06:54:00 - In many ways, Flickr, Yahoo's photo-sharing site, represents lost opportunities. In 2004, Flickr brought photo-sharing on the Web back into vogue when it seemed that pioneers like Shutterfly and Snapf ...