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Sony launches the ModSpot Challenge in PS Home, where players race to find Mods in a vast virtual world for a chance to win exclusive items.

In a bold move, Nintendo slashes Wii's price by $100 to NZ$399.95 from April 29th, marking its first price cut in Australasia since 2006.

Chinese pirates have released a bootleg version of Apple's iPad, just three weeks after the device went on sale in the US.

StorageCraft unveils new backup and disaster recovery systems that can restore multi-terabyte servers in minutes.

The firm behind Flash will stop making tools that let iPhone and iPad use its technology following a change in Apple's developer program license.

The New Zealand-owned datacentre and managed services provider has set its sights on becoming the country's leading provider of trusted cloud services.

The total fixed line and mobile telecommunications revenue in New Zealand for 2008/09 is estimated by the Commerce Commission to be $5.

Microsoft's Office 2010 reaches RTM milestone and will be available for download by partners on 27 April, with retail availability in June.

Has Telecom CEO Paul Reynolds finally conceded thatstructural separation of Telecom - that is the sale of its Chorus business - ison the table?.

The Commerce Commission has ruled that Telecom Wholesale can charge a premium for VDSL, on the condition that it supplies it at the same price to all ISPs.

Due to stronger than expected US sales, Apple is delaying the iPad's international release until the end of May.

Telecom has announced the appointment of Kieren Cooney as director of mobile to replace Paul Hamburger who leaves the company in July.

David Head joins FileMaker as a new systems engineer, bringing vast experience in database solutions to aid sales in Australia and New Zealand.

EMC unveils fastest deduplication storage system, offering up to 14.2 petabytes of backup capacity and speeds of 12.8 terabytes per hour.

Revolutionise your speeches with iSpeechCards, the digital cue card app for iPhone and iPod Touch, perfect for any public speaking event.

2degrees has extended its distribution network and is now selling SIM cards and top up vouchers in 75 Whitcoulls and Bennetts stores nationwide.

A recent Informatica survey reveals enterprises are struggling with overwhelming data growth, with 35% unable to manage growing volumes in their applications.

Cloud computing and app delivery firm says channel partners can benefit from offering services on the back of it offering off-site data storage.

There is no word on when the independent investigation into the XT Network will be complete as Telecom customers suffered a fifth outage on the network.

Telecom's troubled XT Network appears<br />to be experiencing its fifth outage since December - this time in the Auckland<br />area.