Category Archives: open source

Creating a deep infrastructure tool and asset for Christchurch – a (relatively) cheap idea well worth NZ Inc considering

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Here’s an idea, so time topical it deserves much more thinking about by Christchurch, government and NZ Inc. The Cement & Concrete Association of NZ’s (CCANZ) education and development manager Joe Gamman spoke at the recent Multicore World 2013 conference … Continue reading →

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Getting to grips with multicore’s hugely disruptive technology – an opportunity for NZ Inc

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

There was some serious brainpower assembled at the recent Multicore World 2013 conference in Wellington. Some of the subject matter was way-beyond the once over lightly understanding that I have of computers and computing. But the clear message was that … Continue reading →

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Patents Bill Second Reading: A Software Storm in an Ideological Teacup

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

By guest blogger Doug Calhoun Thirty years after the Muldoon government first looked at patent law reform, a new patent law is on track to come into force by the end of 2013. This guest blogger has been involved in … Continue reading →

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Gunning for better play; Makerspace takes aim at crowdfunding

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

The Wellington Makerspace [TWMS] wants to build a better gun, well that’s not strictly true. The community actually play a lot of what are commonly known as first person shooters [FPS], such as Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Team Fortress and … Continue reading →

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“So Makerspace, can you create this?” – workshop eases into existence

Posted on August 9, 2012 by

A couple of months into its life, and The Wellington’s MakerSpace is finding its feet, getting into gear as a physical product incubator for people testing their ideas. Co-founder Lee Bennett says as businesses around the place learn of its … Continue reading →

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Enspiral’s collective model taking on the world

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Wellington’s Enspiral is a difficult beast to describe in traditional terms. For a start, there’s very little to compare it to. The two-year old collective of developers and designers and other connected people, is a work in progress, which its … Continue reading →

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Developers invited to a northern hemisphere ‘Summer of Code’

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

A couple of New Zealand based businesses are in on the wider opportunity for New Zealand-based trainee coders to gain invaluable experience (and pay) through Google’s Summer of Code. University students in New Zealand will have a unique opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Kiwi conference to get to the core of computing opportunity

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

Lurking below the IT headline generating buzz of Apps and social media and smart phones is a core change racing in parallel with its sometimes perceived more glamorous cousins. The very way computers and computing itself, works, has changed. The … Continue reading →

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Thanks New Zealand, MusicHype heads to America to tap the mother lode

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

In an internet and social media oriented world, the traditional music label ‘push’ model is in what can only be described as a death spiral. Like it or not, at its core, recorded music is now essentially free. But for … Continue reading →

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Wellington start-up looks to become cloud computer crunching de facto standard

Posted on March 10, 2011 by

GreenButton wants to become the omnipresent, defacto standard for speeding up computer hungry tasks, using the vast distributed computing power of the internet. While the concept of this isn’t really new, commercialising has been the challenge. That is, the raw … Continue reading →

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