Read MoreWelcome to New Zealand Scott... You just found out what we have been complaining about all along. And don't even try using mobile data roaming on your iPhone or instead of sucking dry "the pipes" it will suck dry your wallet.
And another one:
And then:
Oh, and if you are staying at the Skycity Hotel, like me - be prepared. They have "unlimited" broadband in the rooms, capped at 50 MB/day. Disgusting.
Seriously people, that's what tech visitors see when they arrive here.
Read MoreWell, back safely - what a drive! Over 7 hours each way with no one to share the load.
Read MoreThe TVNZ7 Internet Debate (in association with InternetNZ) will be broadcasted live, 23rd September 2008 9:10pm on TVNZ7 (Freeview).
This will be an organised debate on ICT issues, streamed live to the official website and TVNZ7’s site, directly from Avalon Studios.
The debate involves four politicians quizzed on major areas of ICT policy with questions coming from you through the online chat, a studio audience, and experienced journalists.
The politicians are Labour’s Minister of Communications Hon David Cunliffe, National ICT Spokesperson Hon Maurice Williamson, ACT Leader Hon Rodney Hide and Greens ICT Spokesperson Metiria Turei.
You can participate live through an IRC channel or by posting your questions in our Geekzone forums - we have created a special ICT Policy and Regulation forum specially for this event. There you will find the discussions for each topic (direct links below) and you will be submit questions:
* Broadband (includes infrastructure, productivity, sustainability)
* Convergence (includes broadcasting and mobile)
* Copyright (includes open source)
* Cybersafety (includes privacy and security as well)
* Digital Divide (includes rural and TSO as well)
You need to login to post in the Geekzone ICT Policy and Regulation forums or complete our quick registration to get started.
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IE8 beta 2 has been a great release so far from our Redmond friends. We should not forget that its still Beta and we will have issues with it.
I was playing around with IE8 Tab Grouping and also looking into Task Manager on how IE8 was performing.
Tab Grouping is a cool feature which gives a color for similar tabs opened from same web site. For example, you may be reading an article from a web site and suddenly you see something interesting, and click that link to open in a new tab. IE8 groups those two tabs and treats them to be different web page links from the same web site and thus gives a color to it so that we can easily identify where the tabs came from.
Most interesting is even the Quick Tabs will show that color 
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Suddenly I thought why not open Task Manager and see what's going on
I was surprised to see that there are 10 instances of iexplore.exe running and also to see it marked as a 32 bit application even though I have installed the 64bit version in my 64bit Vista Ultimate!
I also found that I had opened 10 Tab Groups opened (based on the color) which directly relates to 10 instances running in Task Manager!
What is happening here!
Let us do some test:
1) I opened IE8 and fired up the Task Manager
You can see that shows 2 instances running!
2) Let us open 3 tabs now
We now have 4 instances running!
3) Lets close two tabs in the previous screen-shot
I still have 4 instances running!
I really do not know what is happening here, but each instance does use memory!
What with IE7?
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I have opened 4 tabs and yet I get only one instance running (This IE7 is a 32 bit version though)
Any suggestions or comments are welcome
UPDATE: This is a new feature called LCIE. To know more about LCIE, please visit here
UPDATE: Regarding the 32bit thingy, IE8 defaults to 32bit becoz so many Addons are still 32bit and dont have native 64bit versions. Thanks to Nathan Mercer for pointing it out. The 64bit executable is available from the start menu though :)
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Here we go again:iPhone / Apple:
Orange says Polish iPhone 3G customers weren't paid actors
Apple acknowledges iPhone passcode flaw, promises fix next month
Top 5 iPhone buzzkills
Apple's Next iPhone Killer App: Interactive Albums With Lyrics, Photos
Mobile / Gadgets:
Google talks Android Market app store
3 Mobile Web Apps that keep old Pocket PCs relevant
Presenting the winners of the Android developer challenge
How to Set Up a Laptop Security System
24 Killer Portable Apps For Your USB Flash Drive
Live Mesh Windows Mobile client teased
General:
Mythbusters RFID hacking episode canned by credit card company lawyers - watch the video.
Adam Savage's RFID implant activates, orders him to change his story - saw that coming.
Ginormous robot spider invades Liverpool, England
Japanese firms to partially propel cargo ship via solar panels
Microsoft to launch “Skymarket” applications marketplace for Windows Mobile 7 - anyone else see a pattern emerging here?
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: September 2008
88% of IT Admins Would Steal Passwords If Laid Off
Google Analytics Advanced Tips and Tricks
5 Apps For Painless Windows Reformats
Getting Wireless To Work On A Laptop Running Windows Server 2008 As Its Operating System
Fix for Windows Vista forgetting folder view settings - Freakin' yes!
Keep Vista from Changing Folder View
NASA Preparing to Service Hubble for the Last Time, In Glorious Pictures
Stunning Desert Canyon Flight Scares the Underpants Off Me
More mobile - Xero adds support for Blackberry and Windows Mobile.
Stephen Fry wishes GNU a happy birthday - he also has a great podcast (or Pod-gram as he calls them).
The Deadly Aftermath of a Rocket Explosion Seconds After Launch - incredible video of what happens when launching a satelite goes wrong.
Coding / Development:
Hug a developer today - great video.
20 Websites To Help You Learn and Master CSS
Protecting Your Cookies: HttpOnly
Free New Zealand web cartography tools for educational and non-commercial purposes
Roll your own 404s with Error Page Generator
NZ Teched 2008:
Microsoft Tech Ed New Zealand 2008 keynote now available in video streaming
TechEd 2008 Summary
Darryl Burling's TechEd 2008 Summary
The unofficial TechEd blog
FAIL:
This weeks FAIL comes via a Twitter from @freitasm this morning. Parking Lot FAIL.
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