Kiwi software no longer patentable

Featured The Channel Mixed reaction as New Zealand government proposes bill making software no longer patentable.   Read More →

Does the Orcon sale smack of short-term thinking?

Featured Telco Review Labour Party says sale of the state-owned telco is shrouded in mystery and demands to know the cost.   Read More →

I see your malware, and I raise you a cyber attack

Featured Start-Up Malware this, cyber attack that, just another normal day in New Zealand’s ICT industry according to the Labour Party.   Read More →

New cable blows govt arguments away – Labour

Featured Telco Review The new undersea cable between Auckland and Sydney proves that a second cable is necessary to increase competition.   Read More →

Where is our digital ambition?

Start-Up Labour ask why the government isn’t defining intellectual property as an integral part of our economy?   Read More →

Young learners losing out

Educate Some of our youngest learners are losing out thanks to the government’s lack of progress in closing the digital divide.   Read More →

NZ lacks power to fix tech tax loopholes

Featured IT Brief IRD backs government claims that they lack sufficient power to ensure large tech companies pay more tax.   Read More →

Has Adams put Chorus before consumers?

Telco Review Labour criticises Minister of Communications for refusing to pass wholesale costs onto Kiwi households.   Read More →

Labour backs telco data roaming rates

Telco Review Horrendous data-roaming costs to Kiwis travelling overseas just got a lot more affordable according to Labour.   Read More →

Bill establishes Special Inquiry into data breaches

NetGuide Electronic Data Safety Bill will establish a Special Commission of Inquiry into the spate of disastrous data breaches across government.   Read More →

Key's Dotcom denial baffles Labour

Featured NetGuide John Key’s claims he knew nothing about Kim Dotcom questioned by Labour leader David Shearer during TV Q&A.   Read More →

Southern Cross Network denies Labour claims

Featured Telco Review Company denies “misleading and inaccurate media release”, insisting no ‘catastrophic failure’ occurred on the Southern Cross Cable.   Read More →

Govt has fingers in its ears on international fibre connections

Featured Telco Review Labour challenges Government to open its ears to the concerns NZ’s business community has regarding internet capacity and the need for a second fibre cable.   Read More →

Chorus deal doesn’t go far enough

Telco Review Labour slams new UFB connection deal, saying the expiry date of 2015 is too early for Kiwis.   Read More →

Should ComCom have more teeth?

Featured Telco Review Labour says consumers could be the big losers after the Commerce Commission rubber-stamped Vodafone’s purchase of TelstraClear.   Read More →