If you ever needed proof that the internet puts power into the hands of the consumer, take a look at the latest electricity prices in New Zealand. Energy prices have now fallen for two consecutive quarters, for the first time in almost 13 years

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NZ energy prices fall, websites thanked

While many are cheering the impending death of Internet Explorer 6, including Microsoft itself, large businesses aren't.

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Ion seeks to save IE6 users

One of the most curious aspects of the US Government's case against Megaupload is the large number of the company's internal communications acquired by the FBI. In one exchange, Megaupload managers fretted via Skype IM chat in 2007 that founder Kim Dotcom wasn't "safe with his money" and "the current situation is a bit risky", according to documents US authorities filed with a New Zealand court this month as part of their criminal pursuit of the embattled cyberlocker service .

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Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, PayPal and others are working together on a standard that can be used across the internet for blocking phishing emails. The 15 companies will be announcing DMARC.org on Monday, which stands for Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance - a system for verifying that emails are coming from legitimate companies and not impostors trying to trick people into clicking a phishing link. Basically, the system offers a common way for companies to authenticate their legitimate communications with customers

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Has a slow web been getting you down lately? (Credit: CBSi) Just imagine if your multibillion-dollar business depended on it, as Google 's does. Then imagine the glee in Google's corridors at a significant new victory in the company's attempt to build a web-accelerating technology it calls SPDY into the internet

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Google web accelerator gains key support

Local bug-management start-up BugHerd has scored $500,000 from Melbourne-based venture-capital (VC) firm Starfish Ventures, providing the means for it to fulfil its growth plans. Matt Milosavljevic at Tech23 last year

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Australian cinema giant Hoyts has just completed a move from Telstra to TPG for its internet service, citing spiralling costs as the primary reason for the migration. (Credit: Film Projector Lens image by Daniel Leininger , CC 2.0 ) Speaking to ZDNet Australia at the launch of the new QkR in-cinema ordering system last night, Chris Robinson, support services manager for Hoyts Australia, said that the cinema chain has just finished moving its nationwide internet business to TPG. "We left [Telstra] due to [high] costs," Robinson said, adding that Hoyts doesn't have just the connectivity needs of its cinemas to consider

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Collaboration and 4G networks will be the key technology shifts in the travel industry between now and 2020, according to a study commissioned by Amadeus and developed by The Futures Company. Travellers' frustrations versus their expectations.

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6 ways tech will change travel: Amadeus

No matter how you decide to spend our national day of celebrating all things Aussie, with these apps on your phone, she'll be right, mate.

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Best apps for Australia Day

Telstra is in the testing phase for a major firmware update for the HTC Velocity, which will upgrade the Android platform on the handset to the latest version of Android, known as Ice Cream Sandwich. (Credit: HTC) Telstra Director of Device Management Andrew Volard confirmed last night that the telco is testing the Ice Cream Sandwich update on the new HTC Velocity, with sources at HTC saying that they are working towards a mid-February release date for the update.

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Telstra testing ICS update for HTC Velocity